Capital Quotes (791 Quotes)

Or rather, since Christians are so fond of capital letters, a Story.

What's this? What are the antagonists doing here - infiltrating their own audience? Well, they're not really. It's somebody else's audience at the moment, and these nightly spectacles are an appreciable part of the darkside hours of life of the rocket capital. The chances for any paradox here, really, are less than you think.

We wrote every day, but the letters began to seem like checks drawn on the summer's capital. There had been a lot in the bank, but it is never good business practice to live on your capital, and I had the feeling, somehow, of living on the capital and watching something dwindle.

The advantages of natural folly in a beautiful girl have been already set forth by the capital pen of a sister author; and to her treatment of the subject I will only add, in justice to men, that though to the larger and more trifling part of the sex, imbecility in females is a great enhancement of their personal charms, there is a portion of them too reasonable and too well informed themselves to desire anything more in woman than ignorance.

I think there's less worry on the consumer, and our focus ought to be more 'Does business, capital spending pick up'... That's much more meaningful going forward.

A medical doctor in rural Rwanda can share information with a specialist in the capital or Tulane.

I don't even like chocolate, but my eye was casting over the possibilities. I am always interested in things that have a bigger social purpose than just being commercial. If I had my way, everything we sold would have a social mission. As a nonprofit, we're not in the business of creating individual personal wealth but of building social capital. That's part of our mission. I've watched funding for arts education go down in the last 20 years. Anything we can do for integrated arts education is great - for all ages, not just kids.

The governor welcomes the return of Major League Baseball to the Capital region, and we're supportive of the District's effort to maintain their franchise.

When I'm singing I try not be a singer with a capital S. I just try to get it out so I feel comfortable with it.

The fact that the project was funded by private money has made the project very challenging at times. It put a tremendous burden on the team to invest in the ballpark and to provide significant working capital. If it weren't for the generosity of our corporate partners, we would never be able to maintain the pricing we have. Washington Federal Savings Bank is the perfect example of a great corporate partner and friend of the team. Not only were they one of the founding partners, but they have also come on board as the team's presenting sponsor.

As the major indexes move near four-year highs, there are some risks for stocks. But the economy is growing at a solid pace, as the payrolls number showed, bond yields remain low and there is still excess of capital out there, looking for good returns.

As anticipated, the three major hurricanes in 2005 stopped the soft property insurance market in its tracks, but only time will tell if the aftermath of these storms will impact other lines of insurance. Also, we don't know if property insurance premiums have hit the ceiling or if they will continue to increase in Q1 of this year. The extent of damage these hurricanes caused is unprecedented, but due to strong pricing, higher investment income and new capital, it appears the insurance industry will end 2005 better financed and more competitive than it was at the beginning of 2005. Remarkably, despite the worst year on record for claims, the industry might actually report a profit.

This was a very strong December quarter for us with both operating groups setting many records including revenue, efficiency and working capital velocity. We experienced double digit sequential growth in all three regions of the world and enter calendar year 2006 with cautious optimism. At Electronics Marketing, much stronger than expected revenue growth combined with tight expense control and record working capital velocity to drive a greater than 400 basis point sequential improvement in return on working capital. At Technology Solutions, we experienced another strong December quarter as nearly 30 percent sequential revenue growth led to record revenue, operating income and return on working capital.

In 2006, we hope to be a regular filer of 1OKs. We hope to address the capital structure that was hampered by the previous management and hope to be listed again on one of the national exchanges.

There's a lot of capital flowing into 'information-age' companies. These are 25 companies that are leading the charge in building the bandwidth for the world economy.

After all, sustainability means running the global environment - Earth Inc. - like a corporation: with depreciation, amortization and maintenance accounts. In other words, keeping the asset whole, rather than undermining your natural capital.

The bourgeois must no longer feel himself a kind of pensioner of either tradition or capital, separated from the worker by the Marxist idea of property, but must aim to accommodate himself as a worker to the welfare of the community.

Previously, Pope John Paul has taken a position on capital punishment . . . and given clear teaching on the value of all human life, not just innocent human life.

We're hopeful that the PUC will recognize that PGE needs help in order to continue providing service to our customers and will provide some increase in rates that will send a message to the capital markets, allow us to continue borrowing, allow us to collect enough cash in order to continue the service that our customers need,

We are seeing significant investment. The rate of addition to the capital stock is as great if not greater than anything we have seen in the past 20 years.

High office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and insights with which they entered; they learn how to make decisions but not what decisions to make.

There are certainly plenty of opportunities to put 500 million worth of capital in the hedge fund space. I think by and large Yale is looked upon as a preferred investor, and therefore I think a lot of managers would be open to having discussions with them.

That says a lot about the history of the two schools and the games. People have told me that the two schools are very similar. They are two of the biggest state institutions in the country, both very good academic schools and are in the capital (cities). We each have a lot of fans and a lot of talk and publicity about football. (Football) is really important at both places.

Yet again, this issue will be raised in capitals throughout the Middle East, and perhaps most importantly in the streets of these Arab capitals. It makes the task of the coalition forces in Iraq yet more difficult.

It is very important to do the job well in Beijing, which is the capital and the political and cultural center of the country,

One thing that's very clear is that we need to maintain a general balance of capital inflows and outflows. How to promote the domestic funds to enter the overseas market will be the focus of our work over the next period of time.

We remain concerned with the company's longer-term positioning, given its choppy sales showing despite significant store-level investment, and its poor return on capital. The majority of its remodeled stores should have yielded their most significant same-store sales impact in 2002, and we see few tangible growth drivers ahead.

This interim government needs an infusion of a modest amount of capital in days, not weeks, not months,

As the new endogenous growth theory suggests, TFP growth is closely related to accumulation of the intangible capitals, such as human capital and research and development.

Puerto Rico is very important to him and the fact of the matter is this is the capital of Latin America. Because of that, where could he do more for Latin America Where could he do more for Puerto Rico than here These are all things I've put in front of him and made him aware of.

We hope the funds invested in the capital market, including bonds, will increase significantly.

Interaction with the international community is a high priority issue for us, and we see our visit to Moscow, the capital of a great world power, as the beginning of contacts.

If then the prosperity of the commercial classes, will most certainly lead to accumulation of capital, and the encouragement of productive industry; these can by no means be so surely obtained as by a fall in the price of corn.

With good returns on their lettings businesses and strong levels of capital appreciation over the past year, landlords continue to benefit from good overall returns taking into account both rental income and capital appreciation. Overall returns have now reached 22, up from 21 last month and a low of 18 in April this year.

George Washington intended this to be a Federal city, and it is a Federal city, and it tingles down to the feet of every man, whether he comes from Washington State, or Los Angeles, or Texas, when he comes and walks these city streets and begins to feel that this is my city I own a part of this Capital, and I envy for the time being those who are able to spend their time here. I quite admit that there are defects in the system of government by which Congress is bound to look after the government of the District of Columbia. It could not be otherwise under such a system, but I submit to the judgment of history that the result vindicates the foresight of the fathers.

We will only see profitability in 2007 when we expect a return of US6.2 billion. This is a net profit margin of 1.5, not even enough to cover the cost of capital and nowhere near recovering the billions lost since 2001. A long and difficult agenda for change involving all partners is still ahead of us.

We spend two to three hundred million dollars in capital improvements for sewers from our capital spending plan. A lot went into the sewers in Southeast Queens over the last decade and there are plans for more work to be done. We are doing a lot to alleviate the flooding, but we have to do more.

Rep. Henry Bonilla, R-Texas, wants to change 16th Street Northwest into Ronald Reagan Boulevard. His bill is part of a nationwide campaign to honor Reagan that has so far resulted in the naming of 65 streets and places and an aircraft carrier. Most people agree that Ronald Reagan was an American icon, ... He deserves an honor in the nation's capital.

I think at this point in time, with the situation we have in Maryland with the slots issue, we can't play on a level playing field with Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Delaware we don't have the capital to compete with them. It's affecting our breeders' bonus because we don't have better purses. As far as Magna, with the dates, that's got to go before the racing commission to be approved, but in a way I can understand what they are doing. You can only lay money out for so long and not get a return on your investment.

First of all, Arafat is wrong. Jerusalem is Israel's capital, will never be divided, and will remain the capital of the State of Israel, the capital of the Jewish people, for ever and ever.

This is our nation's capital. To have Major League Baseball return to our nation's capital has a special significance, ... There's the opportunity to own something that has been a part of the tradition and legacy of the city and the surrounding area, and now can become part of the fabric of our community.

We are now heading down a centuries-long path toward increasing the productivity of our natural capital - the resource systems upon which we depend to live - instead of our human capital.

The terrorists are counting on us running away like we did in Somalia, where a pro-al Qaeda faction just took control of the capital.

Vietnam, rightly so, is considered to be one of Asia's great untapped markets. Competition for capital is becoming more intense and Vietnam will continue to be one of the most dynamic economies - with or without WTO membership.

We work for the families back home, we do not work for the lobbyists that prowl the halls of the capital building, do not forget who we work for.

The current level of growth is unsustainable over the longer term as house prices in the capital still remain relatively high.

We're really fortunate now that we have a dedicated source of capital funds from the federal government.

The hurricane losses have highlighted the need to be a large, well-diversified company across many lines of business and across many territories with a capital base that is big enough to sustain losses.

Those guys, Scott and Preston, had professionalism, with a capital P. It's a bygone era. I'm getting emotional talking about them.

He is one of the greatest labor leaders around. The players are almost 60 partners without putting up any capital at all. Every union should have it so good.