James Smith Quotations

We're going to get to a number like 3.8 percent in the next four months. Jobs are plentiful and easy to get. The economy is strong, no two ways about it.

We were in a very vulnerable area for this weather to develop on top of us.

The poor will always be among us. In their mind, as long as they get gas and electricity, they're OK. But what about the next month? And the next? . . . The challenge is helping people to break out of the mentality of poverty.

Since 2001, Florida has added more payroll jobs than any other state, including California, which is triple its population.

I can't recall any FOMC meeting with more than a couple of dissents from the message,

If banks needed to borrow money, no problem, all the normal rules were suspended.

I expect good things from him, as far as leadership, leading by example, knowing what's expected and knowing what it takes to get the job done and being in the right position.

God was able to keep his finger on it and keep them safe -- and we rejoice, ... I think He answered our prayers.

He's a solid defensive player at third base. He's a good offensive hitter with a little pop to his bat.

Just wondered if you know the audience figures for the Brilliant 'Trisha Goddard show' on Five? Which show is doing best in that time slot? Also how is Five's 'Wright Stuff' doing against 'this morning'? Look forward to your column every week.

It could help on the crops and fire situation, but it really depends on how long it hangs around and how much water it puts on us. If it doesn't amount to much, this stuff will dry out pretty quick.

I think almost every single house in Lamar County has damage. We just don't know the extent of the damage.

People just don't think poverty exists here. It's a perception that since Howard County is an affluent place . . . low-income people just don't live here. (But) they do.

My wife saw him being taken in an ambulance. She said they had him covered up, but his body was smoking.

That was Valor Day, when the New York Police Department hands out medals. She's wearing the medal they awarded Moira, the department's highest honor, the Medal of Honor.

Midnight, yet not a nose From Tower Hill to Piccadilly snored!

You don't expect the health of middle-aged people in these two countries to be too different, but we found that the Americans are a lot less healthy than the English.

While we still expect additional Warlock orders, continued delays in the receipt of such orders limit the number that can realistically be scheduled for delivery by year-end. Therefore, we believe it is prudent to adjust our revenue guidance at this time.

We do have the vessel. I can't give any more information until later.

Well, it's kind of uncomfortable. You got to put on sweatshirts or wrap up in plenty of covers. I think it could be warmer.

We have a good group of kids coming back.

We haven't really come for a beach vacation because it's a lot cheaper to go to Spain or someplace like that.

We were able to give several thousand people water and ice. We're hoping the supply will last seven days. We can extend that.

This reflects significant concern on the part of suppliers about how bad the damage was from the hurricane. We're all walking on egg shells.

When the curve inverts, run for the exits. It will stay that way until the Fed realizes it caused a recession in 2007. Investors should start planning for a recession.

But only after they apologize first for exercising their free speech, is that correct?

We've had several calls but after the weather started breaking up, I think they changed their minds.

Those Wall Street gurus have bigger expense accounts than I have total income.

What (Brady) said made sense. I wasn't rebounding well enough. I just tried to make a better effort. It was an important game against the number one team in the league.

Everybody expects the economy to slow down. But the question is when is it going to slow down.

Every kid in the family, besides Marvel, left the house by the age of 16. There was less stress living on our own than trying to survive in the environment we were in. I don't know how Marvel did it. He spent his time playing football, but the cards were stacked against him.

The three black graces, Law, Physic, and Divinity.

I want confidence in my vote. I have no confidence.

Back in the day, black people and white people didn't mingle. Now you see people being treated like souls instead of animals. I believe God gave Martin Luther King a sneak preview of what he was going to do in the future.

That's where I don't go, ... That's not a scientific question.

They tell us not to commit until they get him back, ... They were proud of being over there and they were really making a lot of progress.

The mortality rates among people around age 60 is about the same in both countries. But we don't do a better job at preventing people from getting sick in the first place.

It's a combination of homeland security, defense, high tech, top-flight colleges and universities. Virginia pretty much didn't slow down in the 2001 recession, and has had the lowest unemployment rate on the East Coast for six or seven years now.

It's a pile of rubble now. It's down and gone.

It's not just a difference in how people characterize their own health. The biological measures confirm there is a difference.

It should definitely help some, but it hasn't rained enough to affect the burn ban,

Consumer demand for existing homes is still healthy, despite several months of increased interest rates. The housing market will not be derailed because economic factors that drive consumer confidence -- employment, inflation and household wealth -- are at healthy levels.

It's strange all this stuff is happening to a great city like Groveland,

The best advice you can give anyone is if you don't have a college degree, go get one, because that demand isn't going to go away. If you have a college degree you're part of the productivity improvement generation. That's what everybody wants to do so we can be globally competitive.

The benefits of this ruling will ripple across our communities by encouraging greater investment in and a wider roll-out of broadband networks.

It was luck, partly. The other reason is the anticipation that inflation would be contained and that continued rate increases from the Federal Reserve would keep longer-maturity investors enthused about their returns.

It will likely turn out to be a combination of different factors.

Inflation is down, there's nothing here to make the Federal Open Market Committee doing anything next week.

I'm thinking maybe September. No later than October because this time of year starts to get pretty cold.

I'm not sure who they (Health Net) are appealing to in this market. If you are healthy and poor, you don't spend money on health care.

If you get on the web, there are all these things telling you 'buy all this' along with a big print Bible so you can pray like crazy that it's not Armageddon.

I know of no better place to live in, and till the millennium comes, Stamford cannot be made a better place to live.

In the name of the Prophet - figs.

In my three years coaching baseball this is collectively the most talent that we have had top to bottom in the lineup. Offensively and defensively this is the most talent we've had. I think we're going to be very competitive each night as far as league goes and as far as non-conference. I think we're going to be in a lot of ball games this year.

By the end of this year, we'll have the long bond down, probably a little below 5 percent, and housing market picking back up again,

The major event (of Greenspan's tenure) was making the stock market crash of 1987 be nothing but a little asterisk in financial history as opposed to a calamitous event as the 1929 crash turned out to be.

I can't think of anything when I'm depressed. I just want to be alone.

Moira sacrificed all that she had and all the richness of life that still lay in front of her in order to save just one more person. Moira was killed when the south tower collapsed ... Today, we choose to remember and share the joy Moira brought to all of us, and we vow that she will always live in our hearts.

The first slap-jack given me for dinner was a cake of flour, partially fried in a pan of fat bacon. I nibbled about the brown edges and threw it, unbaked, against a barn door, where it stuck for days.

It is a general maxim that all governments find a use for as much money as they can raise. Indeed, they have commonly demands for more...I take this as a settled truth, that they will all spend as much as their revenue; that is, will live up to their income.

It is delightfully easy to thank God for the grace we ourselves have received, but it requires great grace to thank God always for the grace given to others.