Attribute Quotations | Page 2

Earnings have been fantastic. Any weakness in the market you've got to attribute to (the) rising interest-rate environment.

February sales are typically much more robust than January's, but some may be surprised that this month even exceeded last February's sales. We attribute this in part to dramatically renewed consumer interest in compact vehicles.

There's a difference between climate and extreme weather, ... Our scientists continually tell us we cannot blame any single extreme event, attribute that to climate change.

The rule of law has continued to prevail over the emotion of the moment, the cornerstone attribute of our criminal justice system.

I've always said about Jordan, maybe his best attribute is his competitiveness.

Sales at the 2006 Miami show exceeded our company's all-time performance by 40 percent. We attribute these results to the hard work and training of our international and domestic sales teams, and we expect the orders taken at the Miami show to help our company achieve its third and fourth quarter sales and profit objectives.

Q. started out winning his position because of his defense and his ability to take care of the ball. His passing has really added to the team's strength, and he just plays very hard. I think Q.'s hard play and his toughness of mind has rubbed off on many of the other players, and he's been a very good attribute for the team.

People attribute too much of it to Easter. It's (part of) of a general spring lift.

Of the 13 guys on our roster, I think 12 played summer and fall baseball. I think that's helped a lot. Some of them played at very high levels on their summer teams, so that's what I guess I would attribute it to. They committed themselves to baseball.

Adam has been frustrated; there's a lot of holding and grabbing going on him away from the ball. He's a fiery competitor. Besides his play, his great attribute is how he competes.

A curious mind is the most important attribute any man or woman can possess.

StoreSense makes managing our on-line store an enjoyable and efficient task, ... That coming from guy who is not incredibly computer savvy is saying a lot. Adding a new product, picture, description, making changes to prices or any other attribute are all made simple.

Some scholars attribute the decline in nicknaming to the evolutionary process that turned folk heroes into entrepreneurs. The truth is: George Herman Ruth, the namely-est guy ever, exhausted our supply of hyperbole.

Despite the Asian economic crisis, we continued to find opportunities in the Far East, ... We attribute the record results for the quarter and the fiscal year to strength in all of the firm's core businesses.

This is the essence of your town. It's the great strength or attribute that distinguishes it from other small towns.

This area has given us a lot of love. This past weekend has really put us back on track, and you have to attribute a lot to the people in Prattville.

A lot of this (rally) you can attribute to oil being down more than a dollar, ... You had basically a one-stock decline with 3M this morning, and because that is somewhat seen as a proxy for the economy, like GE, it was weighing on the blue chips.

There's a lot of factors that you can attribute to the underperformance, ... it becomes harder and harder to show top-line revenue growth as your customer base gets bigger and bigger.

There's a real disconnect in this country between what people perceive is the state of indigent defense and what it is. I attribute that to shows like Law & Order , where the defendant says, 'I want a lawyer,' and all of a sudden Legal Aid appears in the cell. That's what people think.

It seems lately, instead of two or three guys (in front), there's only one guy. You can attribute it to whatever, but now I'm finding pucks. I feel a little more confident.

It seems the homes that are real popular are the ones that are at the low end of the price distribution. I attribute some of that to the second-home phenomenon.

It really got attention in Asia...as a result the dollar has pretty much sold off across the board. We can attribute this dollar/Cad movement to across-the-board dollar weakness to the Greg Ip article.

It's a little unfair to attribute the problem to lack of disaster management. If Singapore or London faced a downpour like what Bombay had last week, I would imagine the situation won't be much different. Those cities also would have been shut.

The number one brand attribute at the time Napster was shut down was innovation. The second highest characteristic was actually 'free'.

It's like they always say, good hitters walk. You get to be a good hitter before you get a lot of walks, that's the way I see it. You take a lot of pitches. You can be smart and selective at the plate, and that helps attribute to walks.

It shows just how competitive it is. You can also attribute it to the popularity of girls athletics. Girls are becoming more involved and they have more opportunities to play golf tournaments in the summer.

It's been a little too easy to attribute it to managed care. There are a number of factors here that could explain overcrowding and increases in the numbers of people in certain periods going to the emergency room.

Consumers are obviously more aware of gas prices, but I don't think you can attribute all of that to gas prices.

It's not fair to attribute my decision to any one factor or any one person, ... There were many factors that went into the decision.

The atmosphere has really changed and I really attribute that to our students and fans. I'm most appreciative of them buying into our program and being a part of it. Are we where we need to be? No. We need to get to the point that when we play a game here, this town shuts down.

Talent is the largest challenge we face. When you see businesses faltering, going stale, I attribute that to gaps in talent.

It's difficult to attribute that to a single factor; the high cost of gas would have something to do with it. More importantly is the additional service.

No matter what you do, do it to your utmost. I always attribute my success to always requiring myself to do my level best, if only in driving a tack in straight.

It's very hard to attribute it to an event or release because there is none. I certainly wouldn't attach any significance to it. The professional money managers aren't doing much. They want to take a clear look at third-quarter earnings.

They can't attribute this to anything natural. Something horrible happened to Sophie and that's what we're trying to determine.

After The Partridge Family I worked as a stable boy for Kenny Rogers for a while. But during the show my Mom and I had a couple of horses named Beauty and Patience. Neither attribute was possessed by these horses.

That's essential. If you don't make provisions for adequate roads then it doesn't attribute to the quality of life.

I'm convinced it was a miracle, in every sense of the word. We attribute all of this to the power of the Lord. Through the whole experience, it's brought us all closer together as a family.

If there's that big of a shot differential, 80 percent of that is definitely goaltending. The other 20 (percent), I attribute to our players' ability to finish.

If there's one thing I could attribute my strength to, I would say it's the gift of laughter, which I inherited from my mother's side.

I once drove a pair of horses from New York to Vicksburg, and to this day I can almost map out that country as I saw it then, with its hills and valleys, villages and rivers. Yes, I naturally attribute something of my success in railroad building to the interest I take in such things.

I often attribute my screenwriting to journalism because they drill in the who, what, when, where and why - but we really need to land on that why. That's what I've been exploring in my writing for many years and trying to get better at.

I guess when you get my age, a couple things come your way that's nice. You have to attribute it to the kids and the community in this area.

Because the event happened, people will tend to attribute the slump it to Greenspan, but the market had a bearish bias as it was and we're the middle of a big refunding week.

He's 'Exhibit A' for the power of prayer, ... You can only attribute his recovery, in light of the medical prognosis, to God.

He's an overachiever. If you look at him you'd never think that he is a talented wrestler. He's tall and lanky and not very muscular, but he's a gifted athlete. He's also a good student and a leader on campus. His main attribute is his work ethic. He just works harder than most kids. Hopefully, he'll be a state champ for us.

I did a lot of other things besides scoring the basketball. I got my guys a lot of open looks. I played good defense. I think I had a good all around game, but I attribute a lot of my game to my teammates. The way they pushed me and motivated me to keep playing hard.

I attribute this to working hard and staying with it for all those eight years.

I attribute this description of us as courageous, which Commander Castro has so generously made, to the courageous position that Mexico has always held in its foreign policy, in defense of the principles of sovereignty,

I attribute that to the games we played in the first semester. I don't know if we win those games if we have a cake schedule in the first half.

I attribute that to my teammates, actually. They are always setting me up and always giving me great passes.

I attribute that to listening to partners. Partnering been in the DNA of our company for over 25 years.

I attribute that to a lack of playoff experience. Playoff basketball is a little bit different. We hadn't seen this kind of atmosphere before and for us, our inexperience kind of showed.

I attribute our success to just having a solid combination of players over the last few years. We have always had outstanding players we've been able to rely on. I've been coaching since 1973, I've been around the block a little bit and I have an idea of where the gyms are around here, so I just make sure they get there and let them do the rest.

I attribute it to innovative marketing, rebellion by the people, you tell them not to smoke they're going to do it anyway, and a faster resilience by the industry.

I attribute a lot of that to the fact that Danica ran well in Indianapolis.

I could easily be in different situations. I'm healthy. My personal life is wonderful. I attribute a lot of my happiness to my wife. We have discussions on what goes on here and on everything else. We always take the positives out of things.

Her chief attribute was that she was great at getting things going. In later years she would come by and see how it was going, and I'm sure it was a great feeling that the place was not just continuing to go, but prospering - that her early efforts were rewarded.

Her best attribute is that she doesn't know how good she is.

Gratitude - the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world.

For our players to see that she can persevere through a tougher time than anyone on our team has experienced is certainly an attribute for our team.

You can't attribute it to any one cause. It constitutes part of the pattern.

The essential attribute of a new sense is, not the perception of external objects or influences which ordinarily do not act upon the senses, but that external causes should excite in it a new and peculiar kind of sensation different from all the sensations of our five senses.

You've forgotten the grandest moral attribute of a Scotsman, Maggie, that he'll do nothing which might damage his career

The first three innings it felt like I had a groove going. Then I started elevating and I can't attribute it to anything. But when I started missing high, they were hitting it.

All of those guys can look at the individual honors and attribute it to playing as a team. They made it possible by being a team and they were honored as a team.

We falsely attribute to men a determined character -- putting together all their yesterdays -- and averaging them -- we presume we know them. Pity the man who has character to support -- it is worse than a large family -- he is the silent poor indeed.

A wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic.

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that it may become probable by supernatural interference! The Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in such a contest.

Ahimas is the attribute of the soul, and therefore, to be practiced by everybody in all affairs of life. If it cannot be practiced in all departments, it has no practical value.