David Jones Quotes (86 Quotes)

Clearly, the Fed is in the midst of a series of easing steps and is prepared to ease further if necessary to counter unstable financial market conditions or slower growth.

In the short-term, sentiment is probably quite negative for the U.S. dollar. The one thing to watch for the U.S. dollar going forward is what happens in China.

When we finally decide on who our president is, and on the day when we realize the economy is so weak that that new president must cut taxes, and he can't do it because of a divided congress and all the animosity that comes out of this agonizingly long presidential election, the dollar's going to be in trouble.

It can lead to substance abuse, alcohol abuse.

The political side, which people have tried to underestimate, cannot be underestimated in terms of an influence. It's the last major uncertainty that comes into this picture.

Whilst we achieved a strong underwriting performance, our overall result was highlighted by fairly strong investment returns on which no company would want to rely completely from year to year.

He's going to have a good year.

Once the security cordon is lifted, people will be ready to go back. This is definitely not the end of our protest.

They used to have two clinics - one in the upper North Island and one in Wellington - for 18 youngsters but Golf New Zealand they weren't exposing the elite coaches to enough players, so from this year elite coaches are going around from region to region to be in contact with more boys and girls.

I do not think he (Greenspan) has made up his mind. He may wait until the very last minute before he tips his hand.

We are here because we are patriotic and not because we aren't. We are here because we love our country not because we don't. We're here because we honor the flag not because we don't.

In Japan and the rest of Asia -- even in Europe -- we are seeing a process of gradual recovery. That is bad news for the dollar and it has started the dollar down. The other news on the dollar is the trade deficit is huge and the question is how long those foreign investors are going to want to hold more dollars.

I am not going to let up on him there is still a lot of work to be done.

I hate to see the kids miss school, but everybody else strikes, why can't the teachers

Another quarter-point rate hike is baked in the cake. But we are near the end.

The point about labor market weakening suggests the Fed's ... worried about that. That drives home the point they're going to keep these rates unchanged for a long period of time.

It is a Microsoft market today. People have had the weekend to think about the government's plan to break it up. We're still looking at a strong economy and there's room for some buying - at least today, bulls are back.

I think he will ease one more time ... cut rates one more time before the end of the year, but I just don't think the odds are as strong on Nov. 17th as maybe some people in the market think.

That is a situation no one wants to see but the closer we come to the weekend and the 12th of July makes it a lot more difficult. That's why Tony Blair needs to be aware the clock is ticking and it is ticking fast and he doesn't have much time left.

I love abstract art because when it is good, it can put the viewer in touch with who they are beyond their culture, psychology, history or personality.

The fourth quarter... that's still partly the good news of 1997 and that was truly a good news year. The question is what happens in the first, second, third and fourth quarters of 1998 and I think that's a deteriorating process.

At Clemson, you have a lot of people from New Jersey and other states come down here just because we're still cheaper. Out-of-state tuition is still cheaper here than in their home state.

He was a teacher and black belt in karate and it was all taken from him.

We are headed to 5 percent almost certainly, but after that the Fed will pause because they will see enough evidence that economic growth is moderating.

When we go down that road it will be in a dignified manner. It would be ludicrous for people to think we are going to storm whatever barriers are put up.

They will probably get the word the night before or tomorrow afternoon.

This was a private consensual act. It was not, in our view, harmful either to the participants or to public health, and it's also discriminatory in that heterosexual conduct is not prosecuted.

There have been little donations or grants and no sugar daddies. That's virtually unheard of in the theater business.

The simple fact is this a lot of global investors have been making big bets on equities around the world. Now they're pulling back, ... They're worrying about a riskier world, particularly about difficulties in Asia.

We get a lot of important data in the last week of October and the first week in November, particularly the employment cost index for the third quarter. That's going to be a key indicator for the Fed. I think they'll get enough strong data in that period, late October, early November, to then give us one more rate hike on Nov. 16.

It's definitely more dangerous this time around. I didn't expect to lose so many friends so soon.

We get a lot of people from out of state who come down and it's not what they expect Florida to be, the horse farms and oak trees instead of the sand and the ocean.

He's going to try to get a higher score on the ACT or SAT and the FCAT. Right now, he has some pretty good options. He's going to study hard and get in the gym and work hard and get ready to join the team in January.

It's close, but I don't know. We'll just have to wait and see. It kind of makes everybody nervous, waiting to see who wins.

We think it's very important that we deliver the message to people that, yes, our bodies need to move. We need physical activity.

If a company sprays for ants, they're really doing the wrong thing. The only way to get rid of them long term is by baiting them.

Music and video are great if you want to add a slide show to go with the pictures.

I don't know of any business groups who have expressed any interest in this issue.

What Katrina has done is shift the economic focus from inflation to growth.

This event could not have come at a worse time for the economy. We were already flirting with recession.

Doctors coin money when they do procedures but family medicine doesn't have any procedures.

I have been to Australia three times I think now ... but this is the first time I have come to present something which is all my own,

We did not play our style of basketball and we need to rebound and play defense. Things just spiraled out of control the third period and we weren't able to get back in the game. On top of that, Hollidaysburg is a good basketball team.

The culture of the chairmanship is to be the dominant voice in the Fed. If you have a weak chairman... the markets could be very unsettled.

I think actually the Clinton presidency is going to be hurt enough so that he is going to have more trouble coming through with that contribution to the IMF.

Last summer, there was a meeting of the elders of the tribe at Marty Epstein's house. We were told the theater was in financial trouble and needed new energy and new money.

The market is on hold but the fundamentals are still extremely favorable. We've got low inflation ... and strong domestic growth.

I think the odds are better than 5050 that we could see a rate cut between Fed meetings. It's unusual for Chairman Greenspan to move between meetings ... but we do have an economy that is losing steam very rapidly,

And it should be the law: If you use the word "paradigm" without knowing what the dictionary says it means, you go to jail. No exceptions.

If we leave this in the customer's hands, we are putting ourselves at the mercy of what every individual customer is going to do with it. If we take control of it and build a program with a partner to ensure that we get the units installed the way we specify every single time, we put ourselves in a much better position to be successful.