Buys Quotations

When I listen to the complaints that follow just about every presidential debate, I'm reminded of the well-worn joke about the Jewish mother who buys her son two shirts. When he shows up at dinner wearing one, she says: 'What's the matter? You didn't like the other one?'

If a patron buys from an artist who needs money, the patron then makes himself equal to the artist; he is building art into the world; he creates.

A pound invested in energy efficiency buys seven times more energy solution than a pound invested in nuclear power.

I thought I was investing in myself and my brand, like Kim Kardashian. When she buys these clothes, she's investing in herself, because she is a big brand and is likable. I thought I had that potential. My ego got too big. To think I could be someone like that when I was the most hated girl ever.

I've seen articles suggesting that Wal-Mart buys at prices lower than our competitors', and that this gives Wal-Mart an unfair advantage. I don't believe it... What we hear is concern that in some circumstances, Wal-Mart may actually be paying more than our competitors.

The chief problem with the individual investor: He or she typically buys when the market is high and thinks it's going to go up, and sells when the market is low and thinks it's going to go down.

You can't be the dad who takes your kid out after your wife has said, 'No ice cream,' buys the ice cream, and says, 'Don't tell your mother.' You teach the child to lie - and to disrespect the other parent.

Commerce has changed the ethics of citizenship and the incentives for national service. America now buys private contractors - we used to call them mercenaries - to do the country's fighting.

I grew up when comics were only sold in food markets and news stands, so the direct market is vital to me. The best way to make it stronger is if everybody buys my comics in multiple copies before they buy any others.

I wish I was one of those persnickety types who buys guidebooks and studies them, but I don't have the inclination or time. I'm more of a 'get on the plane, arrive at the destination and see what happens' kind of traveler.

My mum's amazing - every time I achieve something in my career, she buys me a diamond earring.

We have a very loyal fan base, the kind tat buys the record the day it comes out, sees every show, and that's fantastic, but what about the people who would never hear about our band?

It's like, on my solo stuff, every single person who buys the record, gets it. On the other stuff, the masses... when you have a hit on the radio, not everyone's going to get it. They are going to buy it for the hit.

When Pandora doesn't pay, and bars don't pay, and weddings don't pay, and nobody buys CDs or shirts or concert tickets or lessons, then the musician can't make a living making music.

If you want to be a person who buys stuff at the dollar store, you can be that person. If you want to make really cool stuff on your desktop and be the manufacturer, that is a lifestyle.

I've never been naturally fashion conscious. I'm the kind of person who sees a whole outfit in a magazine, runs out and buys it but looks like a clown.

Money buys the most experienced teachers, less-crowded classrooms, high-quality teaching materials, and after-school programs.

In Italy, everybody buys silver for every special occasion. Baptisms, weddings, you get silver.

Only if everyone buys insurance can insurers afford to cover people with preexisting conditions or pay the costs of catastrophic diseases.

I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.

The person who buys a Focus is more likely to stay with us to move into a mid-size car or SUV or pickup trucks,

The permitting process is so complicated here in Massachusetts. Realistically, whoever buys Frank's land, you're still talking 1 1/2 to 2 years.

We're forecasting revenue contributions of $600 million from about 7 million upgrade (Windows 98) units where a consumer goes to (a store) and buys it.

We knew when we started this band that a lot of our appeal was going to be in the teen market. We knew that's who buys records; kids in college burn CDs.

There is a prevailing sentiment that a higher cost for a managed service buys a lower-risk investment. I don't buy that argument.

There are no major triggers, apart from strong fund buys and quarterly earnings.

Life has enough challenges, and getting insurance shouldn't be one of them. Whether a family buys a bigger house, lets their 16-year-old drive a car or needs some personal liability coverage, our goal is to provide the right products at the best possible prices. Dimensions auto and homeowners insurance is all about meeting life's changes.

Low inflation buys the Bank of Korea some time before the next rate hike.

Many users simply need a fast, reliable and affordable monochrome laser printer. These printers deliver exceptional quality, value and performance, and we are very pleased by the recognition they have received from Better Buys for Business.

Some competitive keyword ad buys currently being made will be eliminated because the competitors (or search engines) decide those purchases are too risky. Stock valuations of relevant industry players should adjust downward accordingly.

Mobile digital convergence is leading to the situation where one customer buys our product for its video properties, another to listen to music, others to take pictures or access e-mails on the move.

People watch American Idol 3, they find the names of the four people that can do the semis and that night one person goes on Internet.com and buys trade names.

Nobody buys traditional handhelds anymore. The entire market underwent a paradigm shift. The mass adoption of cell phones eliminated the need for basic PIM (personal information management) functionality from a Palm Pilot.

Nobody buys traditional handhelds anymore, ... The entire market underwent a paradigm shift. The mass adoption of cell phones eliminated the need for basic PIM (personal information management) functionality from a Palm Pilot.

Nobody buys them. They find them in the library.

If these guys couldn't play, they wouldn't be here. And I think that's what people forget. Everybody buys into the hype that comes out of the Cleveland media, and nobody here in Denver has truly sat back and evaluated the situation. If they did, they'd say it's a great thing Denver did.

Founded by an ex-Apple employee, Nest devices do for thermostats and smoke alarms what the Mac did for PCs - Google Buys Nest made them relevant and far more valuable.

If a guy who has a personal interest in the Braves buys the team, he's more apt to take the money that he makes off the team and put it right back into the team ? such as Ted did. Time Warner didn't do that. Obviously, selling out to (Liberty Media), I don't see things being any different.

I don't think we've done nearly a good enough job tracking the money in Washington and the influence it buys in concrete terms.

If we are able to have just one person get information from this center that buys them time, then it is worth it.

He who buys what he needs not, sells what he needs

He who buys what he doesn't need steals from himself

He had a bad experience, you know, in Athens. He wasn't happy about how things turned out there, the outcome and his own personal experience there. He sees this as an opportunity and he buys into representing your country and winning a gold medal, and doing it the appropriate way. He wants to be a part of that.

Underneath the covers I believe that Abbott wants to be a device player and for the first time they are making a real legitimate stand to become one. If Boston doesn't get Guidant, at this valuation, I think Abbott ultimately buys Boston.

Hallmark is a national and international brand name that gets good promotion. Whoever buys it gets the backing of the company.

I wouldn't be surprised if the market wakes up tomorrow and buys them (stocks) back again.

It buys us a little time and I hope to find something more realistic, ... At least we have a permit. We can still go out and serve the food without worrying about if I can afford a fine.

I think the prices are low. I think there are some great buys here.

I think we're better off without him, absolutely better off without him. I don't think he buys into anything but his own thing.

I think aggressively touching the moon is an understatement. What this mission buys is an early attempt to know what some of the resources we're going to have ... we know for sure that for human exploration to succeed we're going to have to essentially live off the land.

I think they've run rather quickly, and if anything they're buys on the weakness rather to buy into the upside momentum.

I said roughly that I was starting all over again. I don't think the past buys you anything.

People are consumers first, union members second. They aren't loyal when it comes to their pocketbook. They do what's best for the families with the best buys and products.

Likely these larger, more established stocks will become buys again as the froth gets washed out of the market,

I won $100,000 in Vegas, which buys furniture for my beach house. That takes nerves. You can't think if I'm wrong I'll blow $30,000.

It does keep the momentum going and keeps it on the front pages and on the minds of the public who have been inconvenienced. The boycott demonstrated how virtually every product that the public buys and every service the public receives has been touched by a Latino immigrant.

Just about everyone who buys a house uses a mortgage, so a sustained drop in mortgage demand tells you where home sales are going, regardless of the current sales data.

We need a critical mass of business here in Jacksonville for each of us to stay in business. Each time Exxon buys a business lot, it's one less business that will help bring customers into Jacksonville.

We continue to believe the probability is very low that either Philip Morris or Reynolds American buys UST.

We do not collect a dime from the retailer. We don't collect any money, when the user buys these books.

We had huge crowds in jewelry stores. Who buys jewelry in August?

We made it clear early on that when the state buys (Babcock), it belongs to the people and it should not be available only to the rich and well-to-do.

We haven't found another national group that buys these properties.

We think there's very few of them that can be long-term buys because of the fashion aspect of it, ... In Gap's case, what's happened here is that they've acknowledged that they have missed fashion but, in terms of their inventory management, they'll be delivering more frequently to the stores with less inventory commitment to each delivery. That should minimize their markdowns and improve their gross margins.

We were told to take anything of a personal nature so I don't think we will be back in, unless somebody buys it and rehires. We were slow, but everybody is slow at this time of the year.

When someone buys a painting of mine and they fall in love with it, I hope they fall in love with it every time they look at it. That's why I paint. That's why I sell.

We're the dominant union in the petrochemical industry, and we're not at all saying, 'Put them out of business.' We're saying we want to keep a strong economy within America's control. We're saying, 'If China runs around and buys up most of the world's resources, what will we do? If the world starts demanding hybrids and Japan dominates that market, what will we do?'

Tweeter has been losing market share to the big guys. It served a higher-end customer, and historically it differentiated itself with home audio, but that business has fallen off a cliff. No one buys stereos anymore. They buy MP3 players, and you don't need the same kind of service to sell these lower priced, lower margin products.

What this mission buys us is an early attempt to get to know what the resources are. We know for sure that for human exploration to succeed we're going to have to eventually live off the land.

What this mission buys us is an early attempt at getting to know what some of the resources are there that have large implications on what we do in future exploration, especially in the near term as we go and do the missions to the Moon and as we're preparing to go . . . to Mars. We know for sure that for human exploration to succeed, we're going to have to learn eventually to live off the land.

When a guy comes in and buys a $2 million property, he probably comes in with a pretty big ego and he wants to put something on that property that reflects his own personality.

We typically sell it all. We'll run it through at the price we think it will sell and lower it if nobody buys it.

Vista is inevitable for a lot of people. When a consumer buys a new PC, it likely is going to come with Vista.

We don't accept panic buying from our customers. Let's say there's a customer that normally buys one truckload a day. We don't want them to come in and buy 10 truckloads a day.

At this point, the task of the component suppliers is to find enough chips to meet the demand, ... But there's always the psychological turning point as to when you begin to slow the demand down. I think that's the problem. I think it's been overdone, and I think the chip stocks are very good buys here.

Europe buys more than half of its energy from outside.

There's a glut of sports programming out there. It's all going after male viewers age 18 to 49. To reach other demographics, you have to spread your buys around.

There's kind of an axiom out there that when Larry Best buys you should buy and when Larry Best sells you should sell.

The United States and Europe have clearly moved away from uranium conversion to set enrichment as the new red line but it's not clear if Russia, the key diplomatic player at this point, buys this.

The semiconductor industry appears to be in the early stages of a broad-based recovery. Inventories are low and demand is seen across all product types, especially telecommunications and consumer electronics. Bookings and earnings strength are attributable to both capacity and technology buys of our core products.

Roughly speaking, when you are dealing with business firms operating in a competitive system, you can assume that they're going to act rationally. Why? Because someone in a firm who buys things at $10 and sells them for $8.00 isn't going to last very long in that firm.

Revenue sources is the area where I am most excited about and focused on right now. How do these programs make money? Who buys these ads?

Premium support is nothing but a voucher system. Unless there's a guarantee that every plan gives the same benefit package to anybody who buys it, and that you and I get it at the same price, this is going to be bad for the sick elderly.

Premium support is nothing but a voucher system, ... Unless there's a guarantee that every plan gives the same benefit package to anybody who buys it, and that you and I get it at the same price, this is going to be bad for the sick elderly.

Santa Fe is one of the best buys out there. This should give them a premium trading multiple and should benefit both shareholders.

People shouldn't chase returns. The average investor looks back at returns and buys based on performance. But people have to look at the worst-performing sectors, not the best-performing ones. That's where the smart investor goes.

Normally when they shut down every year, Sikeston just goes out and buys the extra power and sells it to its customers. But the prices are so volatile Sikeston hasn't been able to get anyone to lock in a bid, and we haven't been able to either.

A firm like J.C. Flowers buys businesses at a low price, fixes them up and sells them off a few years later for a much higher price. We're interested in running a futures business and we have expertise in this.

The one thing I have going for me is that I'm exactly the age bracket of the person who buys my clothes,

The most the kids seem to get is five packs for $50. They pool their money and one kid with the guts to go to Detroit buys for them all.

Anything the central bank buys constitutes an asset and allows it to expand its liability of money supply.

At times when people cut back media expenditures, they're not cutting everybody back, they're cutting the tertiary and secondary buys out. They tend to consolidate into their big players and the people who really give them the horsepower. The good news is, this company has got those kinds of TV networks, those kinds of magazines.

At lot of customers now feel comfortable issuing their own boarding passes at home. It buys them a few extra minutes when they get to the airport.

You would hope that a guy would want to do something for positive reasons, because he wants to be successful and he buys into the things that can make him successful at what he does.

This group has to be the team that has to really buys into the system because if they don't they won't excel.

This company buys P&O. That doesn't mean that down the road, next month or two years from now, that this port right here is going to become a section of a P&O port.

This marks another significant milestone for the F-16 Fighting Falcon the most sought after fighter in history. With 4,300 aircraft in total delivered to 24 countries, the F-16 is the only international aircraft program that can claim more than 50 follow-on buys by 14 repeat customers, each who have relied on the Fighting Falcon as a key component of their national defense and fighter force structure.

They're going to try to make an argument that simply cutting wages, slashing benefits, etc., is not the only way to go. Whether the bankruptcy judge buys that remains an open question.

There's been concerns with jobs, ... It's not that it's one person. It's that everyone buys into it and becomes comfortable in it. Sometimes people don't realize they've done that until someone brings it to their attention.

As much as 85 percent of U.S. households go to Wal-Mart and we get 100 million visitors a week at the stores. Yet everyone who goes there buys consumables but not apparel or electronics, which are two huge categories, ... We want to complete the shopping experience for our loyal customers and as well as appeal to a different kind of customer.