Quotes about lackluster (16 Quotes)


    In fact, Windows CE has been blamed for the lackluster acceptance of keyboarded handhelds in general, which some analysts say aren't useful for much other than e-mail retrieval. When are they going to get it to work right with a server as opposed to a desktop ... And when are they going to get an adequate set of personal productivity applications.

    The announcement by Neiman Marcus...makes us as concerned as we have ever been that this Christmas will be extremely lackluster, ... It appears now the high-end consumer is beginning to scale back their purchases, which does not bode well for the holiday season. This type of thing is clearly going to have an impact on other high-end retailers.

    Melanie Sloan, CREW's executive director, said, The NIGC is either running a lackluster investigation or illegally withholding documents, or both. Regardless, the American public deserves to know what NIGC's dealings were with these officials, including now-indicted former GSA Chief of Staff David Safavian and former Majority Leader Tom DeLay. ... We will not sit by and allow the Administration to ignore the law and their responsibilities to the public. We will fight to learn the extent of Jack Abramoff's influence in Congress and the Administration.

    We played a lackluster game. The primary reason was our offensive execution. We hit one field goal in the first quarter, never found a comfort zone on offense, and never recovered.

    With Windows 2000 revenues not really kicking in until 2001 and the continued weakness of the business PC sales impacting Microsoft's core business, we expect the fourth quarter to be lackluster, coming in slightly above the third quarter.


    The only big curve ball I see through the end of the year will be the somewhat lackluster Christmas sales that retailers are looking for. Unfortunately, the impact of higher heating bills on sales is going to be felt.

    Current economic indicators reflect a lackluster economy, and I think it's safe to say that financial markets will continue to experience volatility, at least until there is some resolution to the current situation in Iraq. Mortgage rates overall continue to be amazingly affordable, and that keeps the housing industry humming. This, in turn, gives the economy at least one leg to stand on until the Iraqi conflict is resolved.

    Life is a creative endeavor. It is active, not passive. We are the yeast that leavens our lives into rich, fully baked loaves. When we experience our lives as flat and lackluster, it is our consciousness that is at fault. We hold the inner key that turns our lives from thankless to fruitful. That key is Blessing.

    For the market as a whole, we're moving into this phase of awaiting information flow so that leads to some lackluster action. This is a time for patience and we should take solace in the fact that things are not getting worse.


    The jewels are the vaccines business and blood testing. There's nothing about Chiron that makes you say 'wow, we need to buy this for the pipeline.' The portfolio is rather lackluster compared to other biotechnology companies.

    We're just still trying to get that first (league) win. It's a big deal for confidence. Everybody's down a little bit because we haven't won in a while and the performances are a bit lackluster. But we're still a decent team, and once we get that first win, we'll be all right.

    I thought we were better off discussing (the problem) than trying to punish anybody or bag skate them or whatever. I was trying to find out reasons why we came out so lackluster yesterday, get their opinions, instead of me just going in and telling them we didn't show up with urgency and we didn't show up with commitment.

    Really, we failed to convert and in the second half there was no execution. For Essex, they played a great game. Our defense was lackluster, but they just out-played us.

    By and large, today's session was fairly lackluster. Ahead of the earnings season, we came in with very low expectations and the one hope was we'd see projections of a potential turnaround. But now we're getting hit with third-quarter warnings.




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