Boon Quotations

As for the expected boon to the Mexican economy, we have seen none of these gains, and instead we have seen NAFTA's detrimental impact on the Mexican workers.

Writing for Mills and Boon taught me a lot of discipline. You have to produce books in a short time scale and four a year, and it teaches you a lot.

My mother and father were never frightened of anything. They always felt that they should go through life happily and without fear, and they did that. And it was a great boon to my brother and myself.

The internet has been a boon and a curse for teenagers.

I think bolstering free trade is a boon to the dollar.

Wayne is having a good season and his wealth of experience is a really boon for our younger players - both on and off the pitch.

The proclamation and repetition of first principles is a constant feature of life in our democracy. Active adherence to these principles, however, has always been considered un-American. We recipients of the boon of liberty have always been ready, when faced with discomfort, to discard any and all first principles of liberty, and, further, to indict those who do not freely join with us in happily arrogating those principles.

Shortly after I came on, the district acquired the golf dome, which was a failing business. That has been a great boon for the community.

I was still an avid reader of Mills & Boon romances - on publication day, I used to rush out of work to get to the local book store to grab my favourites before they all disappeared.

I have always suspected that too much knowledge is a dangerous thing. It is a boon to people who don't have deep feelings; their pleasure comes from what they know. . . . But this only emphasizes the difference between the artist and the scholar.

Had we not done what we did, and told customers when there was a boon that I didn't want to do it because I didn't want to fire 5,000 people, some little guy would have got the business.

We may look through ancient and modern history, yet scarce find a sovereign to whom God offered the privilege of bestowing on humanity a boon so vast.

Joe's decision ... is a great boon for our business. Frankly, it made little sense to me that he left in the first place.

Overseas Chinese control, by my estimate, $2 trillion of liquid assets that can be mobilized instantly to punt on anything from European football games to Shanghai property. This source of money is both the boon and the bane of China's economic development.

Sure, lower rates might offer another brief respite in an environment that has seen increasing dollops of profit-warnings and negative economic news recently, but when that is all said and done, a poor operating environment is unlikely to be a boon for corporate profits -- or U.S. shares prices -- in the months ahead, ... The New Laws of the Stock Market Jungle.

Most of these companies don't want to have the fluctuations, good or bad. When we saw the weakening dollar, it was a boon for companies like Coca-Cola ( Research ). But most companies hedge against the adverse scenario of a stronger dollar.

The advent of DVD/Blu-ray reissues of classic Hollywood and foreign films has been a boon to film buffs, who can now study their favorites in all their glistening detail and restored palettes.

That's been a real boon for us this year. Like 'George Washington,' we couldn't have afforded it.

The overall growth in cell phone data usage is a boon for carriers. The popularity of mobile activities such as text-messaging is a solid revenue driver, with bundled pricing for data packages averaging $20 a month or 10 cents per message on pay-as-you go plans, in addition to the costs consumers already pay for their voice minutes.

We are definitely going to see downsizing. There just isn't going to be a need for people to the degree that was required in the boon years.

We are definitely going to see downsizing, ... There just isn't going to be a need for people to the degree that was required in the boon years.

This will be a tremendous boon to tourism, not just in Charlotte, but this entire region." ()

This will be a real shot in the arm for an industry that hasn't been receiving a lot of investment. It's a real boon for business, and that will probably spill over into the attitude for overall investment in Indonesia.

This was a tremendous boon to the students to have these professional actors working with them, ... It was a wonderful mix.

Cosmetics is a boon to every woman, but a girl's best beauty aid is still a near-sighted man

There's no doubt that everyone has various agendas. But whatever their agenda, Microsoft's support has been a huge boon to HD-DVD.

It would be a great boon to the community.

November 14, 1996 was proclaimed David Boon Day in Tasmania, but was later overturned by the federal government as it was a ridiculous idea.

An end to litigation with Microsoft is not priced into the stock. If Real gets a big payout, which Microsoft has been doing, that could be a boon for them to help fund growth,

As a successful romantic novelist - one of my publishers is Mills & Boon - I create the sort of male heroes that no woman could fail to adore and few real men could hope to emulate.

Your magnificent success is a great boon for the country's image in the eyes of the world,

This is a place where you really are what you achieve in Houston, and that's a tremendous boon to this town. I think you'll find people who have succeeded because of that kind of open culture.

This isn't only a boon for the county, it also now offers protection for those people who partake in gambling, whether it's regulated or not.

The web is playing a powerful role for a younger demographic that hasn't traditionally been a target for the higher-priced offerings of the financial services industry. The growth of younger users online is a potential boon for these companies, but because these users are more financially savvy, you have to demonstrate that you're dedicated to serving them.

The weather has been a boon for players who shipped spring goods early.

This could be a real boon to Quincy and to Grant County. It's bringing renewed optimism to the people of the town, especially the business owners. We're interested to see where it takes us.

You don't want to keep a person with her talent in perennial handcuffs. To have someone with her dazzling writing ability turn to Lincoln is a great boon to the Lincoln field.

Accelerating world trade is proving a boon to German exports. The recovery is broadening; no doubt the optimism is warranted.

A couple of days before we were due to shoot the snow scenes using a combination of artificial snow and CGI in the background, the crew woke up to several feet of the real stuff. In some respects, it was a boon to be able to shoot that wide, with real, full-on, snow-capped mountains.

It's a boon for income, but it's gotten so high so fast, we're waiting for the other shoe to drop.

It's a good day for the market, ... It's a great boon for the economy when you've got more than $70 billion in M&A activity (mergers and acquisitions), and these companies are making these moves because they think the economy is getting better.

It penalizes California for doing such a good job of negotiating drug prices. It was supposed to be a boon for California. Now it's created a . . . budget hole.

It may be a boon for electronics retailers, but not for toy sellers.

It's really moving along pretty quickly. I just think it's going to be a big boon for that area.

It's certainly a boon to the luxury business. That exclusivity has made more people willing to pay full price for merchandise the moment they think they can get it, which has helped the bottom line.

It's certainly a boon to the luxury business.

It will be a boon to stocks and to capital investment. Increasing the stock market will give business confidence a very big shock.

It's really a tremendous boon because there's some money going to the creation of more permanent housing units and it also provides for case management, which really increases the success rate for all of our agencies.

Smart energy policies will be a boon for Michigan's economy and its consumers and the environment. That's why we are advocating for smart energy policies here in the state. The first smart step begins with a concerted investment in energy policies.

The Internet has been a boon to this age group.

It encourages people to go elsewhere to purchase the product. It would be a boon for New Hampshire.

Clients now can store all types of files as attachments to their email and use our web-based email program, W:Mail, to retrieve them. This is a great boon to people who have to have access to large files wherever they are. We run more than 600 different tests on every piece of email that comes through our network, all to protect our customers. These tests use 'smart filters,' that continue to learn what is junk and what is legitimate.

The way I see it is, I am a boon to the English language.

Praise when merited is not a boon: yet to a generous nature, is it pleasant to utter it.

It will be a vast boon to mankind when we learn to prophesy the precise dates when cycles of various kinds will reach definite stages.

Dignity and love were never yet boon companions.

The load factors are unprecedented, and in a pre-9/11 environment, this would clearly be a boon to (higher fares). With the way things are, we are only getting a modest (fare) benefit.

It is amazing how much our lack of trust provokes God if we request of him a boon that we do not expect

To never have been born may be the greatest boon of all.

Is life a boon? If so, it must befall That Death, whene'er he call, Must call too soon.

Whate'er my doom; It cannot be unhappy: God hath given me The boon of resignation.

Death is an ill; 'tis thus the Gods decide: / For had death been a boon, the Gods had died.

Friendship is the gift of the gods, and the most precious boon to man.

Since I do not foresee that atomic energy is to be a great boon for a long time, I have to say that for the present it is a menace. Perhaps it is well that it should be. It may intimidate the human race into bringing order into it's international affairs, which without the pressure of fear, it would not do.

When one has tasted watermelons, one knows what angels eat. It was not a Southern watermelon that Eve took; we know it because she repented.

To die before one fears to die may be a boon.