John Hughes Quotes on People (8 Quotes)

I'm a former hippie, so clothes are important to me - your clothes defined you in that period. I guess clothes still defines people. But, I change a lot. I'm in my Brooks Brothers period now.

The young actors get hit harder because of their age. Because Rat Pack - which Brat Pack is clearly a parody of - was not negative. Brat Pack is. It suggests unruly, arrogant young people, and that description isn't true of these people.

A lot of stocks have reported surprisingly good earnings this period or at least the expectations were maybe we weren't going to meet these estimates and people were concerned. But they have been performing a little bit better of late. Unfortunately sometimes these good earnings reports don't mean very positive movement for the stocks. Sometimes the stocks have run up in anticipation. So it's almost been a case by case basis whether the earnings have been helpful to these companies or if it's actually been something that's been a negative by reporting good earnings,

Rock 'n' roll is a young form. People over twenty-five ruin it. This whole censorship thing has come about because old people are playing with a form that is essentially young and rebellious. Do you know how brilliant it was for The Beatles to break up when they did

It's finally something that you can hang your hat on, ... I think the one-day rally always is more impressive to the average person, but people should be more impressed with the last three days.

The volume's been low the past few sessions, and that tells you there's no enthusiasm, ... People may be expecting that the payrolls number Friday will be good, but they are not willing to bet on it too much yet. So you're seeing this tentative trade.

The action is pretty good considering everything. If we can basically hold up through the close, that may confirm for some people that we have set a temporary bottom that could hold up for the next week or two.

I think over the last week or so, a lot of the negative news that has been bothering the market for some time has been priced in, ... So when you have a day like today, when you get a drop in the price of oil, some people are willing to get back in.