July Quotations | Page 2

No one should be fooled into believing that the slight improvement relative to July indicates a change in trend. Any growth came from heavy discounting, which is not sustainable - especially as retailers' margins are already being squeezed by rising labour, property and energy costs. The underlying position is still weak and unlikely to improve unless and until there are further cuts in interest rates.

On July 18, the phone rang. It was someone claiming to be Mr. Green in the UK and asked where the remainder of the money was. I told him Pauline wasn't here and he gave a phone number where she could reach him.

More importantly, we are rather surprised by the launch plan for Mac OS X. Apple plans to release the new OS into stores in March and then bundle onto systems in July -- which creates the potential of a lengthy stall by customers waiting for the new OS.

Nothing is coming in. Nobody is scouting. The tax incentives are gone for this (fiscal) year, and the new ones are not in effect until July 1 ... when $10 million will be awarded.

Right now it's just too early. It's just too early to start thinking about hitting the panic button. If it's in July or August and you're just 30 games under and it's just a joke, then you've got to find a way to prepare yourself. But right now nobody's panicking.

On holidays, like July 4th, you did double. There were days when I (delivered) over 2,000 cases of beer.

Nobody holds training camp in January. It's held in July and August, and more is heaped upon the body. Nobody can dictate how much an athlete needs to eat or drink over the course of a day, and if it's hot and humid, he may not want to eat or drink as much. So now, he's at a higher risk. It's never usually one thing, but three or four factors that end up being the recipe for disaster.

On or about July 12, 2003, Libby flew with the Vice President and others to and from Norfolk, Virginia on Air Force Two. On his return trip, Libby discussed with other officials aboard the plane what Libby should say in response to certain pending media inquiries, including questions from Time reporter Matthew Cooper.

One of the lessons learned from 22 July is that we have to take seriously all those people who take part in debates on the Internet, expressing extreme views, and then meet them, discuss with them, bring them into the open. We have not used bans or used the laws to try to forbid parties or political tendencies which we don't like.

If we're into July and we're still wondering what's going to happen with Iraq, that will not be a good thing.

I got to see him when I got inducted into the Hall of Fame last July and he sang a song for my wife and myself that we danced to. He was just a big part of my experience with the Hall of Fame last July.

I graduated in June 1943, and July 1, 1943, I was sent to the Pacific. I was 17. I was just a kid. Wars are not fought by old men, they're fought by kids.

If they're looking forward to days off, they're geared more toward July and August than April and May. Then there's some who don't want them at all.

If they (the pledgers) all live up to their promises, we'll have more than enough money to cover the remaining bills. But the event happened in July and here it is September. This is not good.

If this comes to bear, the current 200 basis points advantage for U.S. cash will be preserved through July and ensure the U.S. enjoys sufficient foreign capital inflows.

I am expecting it to be done sometime in June or July next year. That's a real difficult job to do because there are several places where it gets choked down. In front of Sexton foods, Race is already three lanes, and they will widen it a little there. But further down in front of Midnight Oil, it's just two lanes so it will cut it down to one lane when they close a lane for construction.

Bear in mind this survey is always more volatile than the ISM, and there may be an outsized July 4 long weekend effect, too. But these are bad numbers.

Basically what will happen is all the small chapters in Illinois will be formed into five to six regions, so there will no longer be an individual chapter. This will all take place as of July of 2007.

Basically the first half-hour of the opera is an extended prologue, which is all material from the first two weeks of July 1945, ... Germany has just capitulated. Truman is meeting Stalin at Potsdam, which is where all this pressure comes from for the test to work. Oppenheimer has been in these meetings in Washington to select the target, and it's full steam ahead to Japan.

I have July 14, 2015, emblazoned on my calendar. That's our arrival date at Pluto. We are now quite certain of that.

I fought the odds all the way growing up and I'm still not the biggest guy around. But I work my tail off at what I do and it all paid off that day. It was July 4th and I got called to the big leagues. It was a special time for me, my family and friends.

From July until the end of December was one of the highest periods ever of increases for transportation projects. Labor costs are not an issue here - it's raw materials.

Fortunately for the president, it's the summer of '05. The critical time will be July of next year. They've got about a year to get the ball up the field a little bit. What that is, I don't know, but I suspect that involves stability, more local control, and starting to pull the troops out because they can, not because it's necessary for the US midterms.

I got a letter in July saying they were going to give me a personalized 2004 World Series watch along with everyone else in the organization, ... but I really wanted a ring. I felt I deserved a ring. The so-called ambassadors who were there for a year and the grounds crew all got it. And I didn't.

He's got to try to speak to the local level and win the support of the local Conservatives. The state executive committee ultimately makes the decision. We don't make the decision until July (after nominating petitions are filed) and we'll see how this thing unfolds.

He won't turn 18 until July 25, or somewhere around there. He has a lot of tremendous upside. He has very big hands and can catch it. He's a very good foul shooter.

He goes days and days and days and days and days without missing, ... He's been hitting 100 putts like that from that distance every day since July 6.

The purpose of the attack on July 27th (1996) was to confound, anger and embarrass the Washington government in the eyes of the world for its abominable sanctioning of abortion on demand.

We're optimistic for the retail sector this fall. We think that the consumer will come back into stores. July is primarily a clearance month, and we think we have accomplished what had to be done in July, liquidating all the spring merchandise. So, the stores are well positioned,

We're pleased to have Mike on board with us for '06. He certainly gave us all a thrill last July at Daytona. We're hoping for more of the same.

We canceled the Fourth of July concerts. Every year that was a money loser. If someone had come along and sponsored it, that would have been fine, but year after year it was a money loser.

Here we are approaching the end of July and already resources are thin.

He's been hot for the last 12 or 13 starts. You take away the Colorado game (on July 31). If you put those numbers up, it's been pretty awesome.

The raised interest rate goes into effect on July 1. People graduating prior to that date should absolutely apply for consolidation under the current lower interest rate. That could save recent graduates lots of money in the long run.

There aren't many consistent big summer stock winners. In our sector watch, biotech is the one sector that tends to perform well in the summer months, starting in August, and July tends to be the best summer month overall for the S&P 500 stocks.

He was just in shock, didn't know which way to turn. He's a changed young man, forever. I don't think he picked up a basketball all June, July or August.

He was getting a barrage of calls from May to late July -- phone calls, e-mails, text messages. It was endless. And my phone was ringing off the wall as well.

Harold was the grand marshal for that July 4 parade. We decided to have him ride his own 1920 truck for the parade.

It is a gorgeous day. In Milwaukee, you don't get a day like this until July Fourth.

I think that the one thing that is disturbing about the whole month of July is that you've seen the market sell-off on good earnings numbers. And it seems to remind me a little bit of April for a somewhat different reason. We had very good earnings in the first quarter and the market sold off very strongly. We're starting to see the same pattern in July. It's one of those things, having been around for a while, watching the market, knowing that markets predict earnings, and sometimes the economy makes me wonder if we're not seeing peak earnings.

I was disappointed in some respect to see that some of these bills had been submitted have an effective date of July 1, 2007, which is going to be no help to the people who need the relief now.

I thought the jobs report was more robust than the headline number would suggest, with the June and July upward revisions to payrolls countering the August miss.

I thought the first six months of the year would be a white-knuckle ride. But monetary policy is as effective as ever. That money takes time to get in there, but I think it will stabilize things. We shouldn't expect anything to happen until July at earliest, though, and we'll have a few more months of holding our breath here.

I think we can see the market continue to move up through the summer, but it's going to depend on the earnings and the economic news. We should begin to see some evidence of an economic pick-up in the July data, which will start to come out early August. Second-quarter earnings look to be favorable, judging by the estimates and the fact that there have been less negative pre-announcements than in recent quarters.

I think we've been in a search for leadership in the market. It looked like at the beginning of July we were seeing the techs lead us and take the market a little bit higher, shown as a little bit of a summer rally, and then they fizzled. And so did the rest of the market. And we've just sort of swooped lower. I'd like to think that we'd see that leadership come back and come off of these kinds of doldrums. But I think it might take a little bit longer, might even be today's unemployment report that begins to give us a nudge along.

I think a lot of investors want to see the July numbers and get a handle on whether June was just an aberration or a harbinger of things to come. The key next week is going to be that employment report.

I think that with a very soft July and August in Europe, combined with customers sitting on their hands for the next quarter, there's just no way CA can get to the growth rates that they were talking about before and I think that they probably realize that and will be more cautionary about near-term growth.

It is not a big surprise, some of it is kind of a backlash to this saw-tooth pattern that we have seen in durable goods in the past -- July was weak and August was very strong and now September is relatively weak.

It is my position that the incident that occurred on July 23, 2003, was a matter of the utmost seriousness, that it was a vicious assault that was entirely consistent with homicidal intent, and that such intent could be and should be proven against both Wayne and Cynthia Jensen,

I want to wear yellow in Paris in July and I reckon I am on the right track,

I was absolutely appalled. The reality is that these guys can profit from stealing the people's money back on July 7, and they're going to profit for some time to come.

I will not withdraw (from the race) in favor of another candidate. I'm going to campaign up to July 2 ? the date of the elections ? I want to become president, I want my party to win Congress, and every vote for me will serve that purpose.

I will in due course put forward a motion, in accordance with Article 68 of our constitution, so that a vote on July 1, 2005 can take place,

James Toney has fulfilled his obligation to the New York State Athletic Commission. As such, Mr. Toney's suspension will be lifted effective July 30, 2005, as mandated by the New York commission's previous order.

Our July was a record month as far as total vehicle sales for cars and trucks.

Our goal is to have a new director to start by July 1.

Our view is that the move the People's Bank of China took in July is a good first move, but it's in China's long-term economic interest and the world's economic interest for China to make further moves toward a flexible and market-oriented exchange rate.

Roger Bentley received on July 4 his right to vote again because he was off probation or parole. If he's convicted, he will lose that again, but to me, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

Physically, I have been working out since July -- really, really hard wanting to be sure that I was physically prepared for this race,

Our main priority is to make sure that everyone has an enjoyable time and is kept safe, ... The community has been very much behind the Metropolitan Police after the events of July 7 and July 21, and I think this is a good example of that.

Some of these guys have been playing sports straight through since July (since many also played football) and they've never lost their focus or intensity.

My wife, Jan, and I are shocked by the apparent triple homicide that took place on our ranch in Hondo, New Mexico, sometime over the Fourth of July weekend while we were away in Santa Fe,

Look, June and July the market basically crashed. Everything got washed out and everything was going to rally after that. So we're seeing a little bounce here -- people shouldn't get too carried away by it.

Listen, the NFL season at best is a tiring process. When you've been going every day since July 29, every single day, it's tiring for me. I don't know what it is for the other guys. When I see them on Sunday, they all look tired, too.

I think right now we're in a period of a little greater uncertainty than when I was asked that question back in July and March,

I think prices reached the point where it would drop demand sometime back, in July or so,

June was much cooler and wetter than normal. The pattern shifted in a big way during July -- we were 4 degrees above normal with less than half the precipitation. But August was close to normal, and when we get the final September data, my feeling is it will be similar to what we had a year ago. So again, that could mean a wetter year with more runoff. But again, that's only if you're looking at trends.

June and July we were looking at terrible crops, and then I think we benefited from hurricane rains and had a better crop than we thought, which dropped the prices.

July was surprisingly strong -- consumers are on a buying spree, ... Remember the old saying 'Shop till they drop'? Now it has become 'Shop till they shop some more.'

July was much stronger than expected, but when you factor in the revisions to June, there's only a 0.4 percent increase ... I think these numbers are very close to consensus forecast.

July was a washout, a bust, whichever way you want to call it, unless you were a discount retailer,

July was a transitional month as our brands continued to clear summer merchandise.

July was a tough month for us, and the remainder of the year looks like it will be just as challenging. But we believe that we have the right plans and the best people in our industry to build sales in every market, reduce spending, consider thrift as a way of life and continue to provide the best service and value to our customers.

July was a special month -- those don't come along all the time. You can't expect 40 hits a month the whole season, as much as you'd like to see it happen.

July sales were weaker than expected. Summer can be a volatile season for retailers but I am a little surprised by the weakness in apparel. I'll be keeping an eye on discretionary spending going forward.

July sales numbers are not going to be very good, maybe a tad better than they would have been without the checks,

July sales always looked unsustainably high relative to the level of mortgage applications so a correction was due. This drop in sales does not mark the start of a sustained weakening.

July is high burglary season because so many people leave town. To help avoid making that obvious, suspend your newspaper subscription and have your mail held. Another clear indication is if all your lights are off for an extended period. To fix that, you can buy a timer for about $30.

July 30, 1966 will rank as one of the greatest World Cup finals and one of the great days in sporting history.

We've talked about ultimately having four of these a year, but it's probably best to start slower, so my vote for this year is July 4 and possibly something later in the fall. I think July 4 is a good one to start with because that is a celebration for the whole country.

A white truffle, which elsewhere might sell for hundreds of dollars, seemed easier to come by than something fresh and green. What could be got from the woods was free and amounted to a diurnal dining diary that everyone kept in their heads. May was wild asparagus, arugula, and artichokes. June was wild lettuce and stinging nettles. July was cherries and wild strawberries. August was forest berries. September was porcini.

That was brand new in 1995 when we had the idea. In July 1996 we launched the service and then just hit a fantastic curve. When I started it was hard. Every dollar that was spent had to be accounted for. We were willing to go the next five or six years to make that successful. We were very fortunate that within a span of two years we saw personal reward from that experience.

When speaking at a March 2 briefing ... I referred to nuclear testing that occurred on July 6, 1962, at the Nevada Test Site code named 'Sedan.' I was not referring to the African country Sudan.

We intend to create a legally independent entity out of the memory products business by July 1.

We were more looking to July when Mo turns 40 for the all-40 outfield. The three of us played for a long time and take good care of ourselves. It's not like we're putting three slouches out there. We can all cover the ground, we can put the bat on the ball and we know where to play. We all have good baseball instincts. You're not losing anything with us out there.

We were more looking to July when Mo turns 40 for the all-40 outfield.

Well, I said in July before Katrina that we had a lot more work to do in preparedness. And I think that was borne out, obviously, a month later.

We reviewed the status of our cooperation including the agenda that was set on July 18, 2005.

We have already had strong July car sales, and now with consumer confidence this strong we get the impression households could repeat the spending spree we saw last summer.

Typically, we don't have 75,000 people on our streets with 48 hours notice. This was a very serious event and it came out well for everyone, but on the same token, it wasn't a Fourth of July event. It was a highly visible, highly debated event.

Trends show a sharp surge on auto spending in July but little strength elsewhere, ... Most disturbing is the ongoing sluggishness for services. Demand there is hovering around (annual) gains of 2 percent. That won't create many jobs.

We have a few more test days in the car since the last time we were at Watkins Glen, ... The car worked great on half of the track so the long course should be even better. We have worked hard on getting the car to handle better through long sweeping turns and under braking since we were last at the Glen. I hope that we can backup our first win there from July

We have another contract starting in July for 12th Avenue extending from the south side of Bridge Street down to Cedar Street. We?re hoping to start that project early, if we can get this one done before its deadline.

We are informing employees today that we are giving our U.S. management who are pension-eligible, or close to it, an opportunity to leave the company voluntarily with enhanced benefits. Eligible employees will receive an official offer on June 11 and acceptances must be made by July 10.

Titanic' was supposed to open in July 1997 as a big summer movie, but it got delayed until the very end of the year.

Though the Hotmail hoax is now in its 14th month at the top of the chart, it has fallen in volume by 20% from July - though this may be explained by the reduction in user activity, ... With London still recovering from last month's bombings, it is not surprising that the ICE virus hoax, which exploits a genuine 'In Case of Emergency' campaign, has risen several places in the chart.

The police told me, and the security services back them up, that they may have stopped two further attempts since July 7, ... There are people we are tracking the whole time.

We are delighted that he will be flying the flag for us on July 6th.

We are concerned about this e-mail report and our investigators will follow up with BP for more information. Mechanical integrity has already been identified as an important issue in the incidents on March 23, July 28 and August 10.

We're not even in the peak driving season. Imagine what it'll be like the Fourth of July weekend, or even Memorial Day.