April Quotations

My father was a legendary copywriter. He wrote 'Timex Takes a Licking and Keeps on Ticking.' He named Earth Day 'Earth Day.' It falls on his birthday, April 22. Earth Day, birthday. So the idea came easily.

Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness.

It is best to be born in April or August when the life-giving Sun is in its exaltation sign Aries or Leo, its home, for then we enter the sea of life on the crest-wave and are backed in the battle of existence by an abundant fund of vim and energy.

Last year was a tough decision for me, to end my season so short. But it was the right decision for me, because right now I feel great. I can go out here and sprint full speed right now, but I'm just going to pace myself for April 5.

Having been kept pretty strict in prep schools, I guess I couldn't cope with all the freedom at Yale. I had a wild, wonderful time, got abysmal grades and was bounced out in my freshman year. I then came back the following fall as a repeating freshman, lasted until April and got bounced out again - for the same reason.

At the end of April I archived 'Curses' and Inform, and announced them on the newsgroups.

My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him.

At home I have a copy of the April 21, 1986, issue of 'Sports Illustrated.' I'm on the cover with the blurb, 'Can Lou Do It?' I'd just arrived at Notre Dame, and with spring football underway, I was the focal point of that week's coverage.

In April, God speaks to us in the seas whose rhythmic murmuring fills our ears from a long way off. It was in April that the Titanic went down into the deep to lie like a slasher's victim, bleeding the 'debris field' - its passengers' personal possessions, the everyday things of everyman and everywoman - across the ocean's floor.

In whatever position you find yourself, determine first your objective.

It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.

I can only speak for myself, but when I was growing up in Memphis - and having the Martin Luther King holiday and the moment of pause on April 4th - he was just a statue to me. I wanted to make him a little bit more real to me as a human being.

I've been with the group since 1965. I will be beginning my fifth year on April ninth this year.

Oh, to be in England now that April's there.

The 2013 Boston Marathon was, for me, a milestone. A bucket list event that was supposed to be my last marathon until my next big milestone, turning 50. But I couldn't leave marathoning on a memory like that, so I am running this year to honor everyone in the running community and those unsung heroes from April 15, 2013.

The postponement of Dell's analysts' meeting from April to September, while bound to create more uncertainty about the timing and scope of Dell's changing model, is probably a reality check on how much Dell needs to accomplish before it can feel confident about execution and results.

We are pleased with our performance and progress in the first quarter, especially since the first quarter of last year included sales generated by the Easter holiday. This year, the Easter holiday fell in April and is in our second quarter.

We are pleased to open five new stores in April as a part of our planned 14 to 16 new stores this fiscal year. We look forward to continuing to bring Golf Galaxy's unique interactive store concept to so many new markets and to continuing our expansion into the greater New York metropolitan area.

We've all been around the block enough to know that you don't win championships in January or February. You win them in April and May. This team has worked hard all year long to be the best now. Right now we're playing about as well as we can.

There is no need to talk to anyone unless and until Roger decides to play. He has indicated to me that he does not intend to play in April or May. We agreed to review everything in mid-May.

We're going to start this activity the first week of April, and focus through the months of April and May and be monitoring, of course, as we go.

We're going to really play it by ear and be cautious. We're not out of April yet -- that's what I keep getting told. There's a lot of season left. ... Talking to Larry, he says these things can take five to 10 days.

What this, in conjunction with the April unemployment report, shows is stabilization in the labor market and timid improvement. By no means are we talking about a roaring improvement in the labor market.

We felt it was best to decrease the prices when it helped our customers the most. April is the month when those changes typically occur, but we didn't want people to have to wait that long.

With the merger action in North Carolina, we have cleared the last hurdle in the regulatory approval process. With all requisite approvals in hand, we intend to close on April 1, less than 11 months from our merger announcement.

We feel that we have some things to negotiate. They gave everybody full pay up to April 11. I guess this is their 60-day notice of plant closing.

Three's a lot of economic impact that would be unfairly applied to other eating and drinking establishments beyond casinos if indeed it goes into effect on April 15. In anticipation of the jolt the industry would experience, we want to make sure nobody goes through any particular hardship from April 15 on. That's really the motivation.

We're reaching a point in the season when knees are starting to get a little bit tender, and shoulders. Especially in the men's game, you know, you've got 190 pounds, it's not the jumping, it's the landing. I want us to be as fresh as possible in late April or May. If we gotta give them some days off and let them recover, I think with the men it's real important to do that.

We're putting up the new building because we badly need the additional room. We broke ground on the building on Jan. 21 and it is expected to be completed in April or May of 2007.

Her [ Onata April] great talent as an actress is that she has the ability to understand and listen to the scenario and what the story is, and then she can pretend and live that.

We've got another goal in mind for next year and the year's after ? but we could not have done this without (the fans). You stayed with us in April and May when we struggled. You stayed with us in June, July and August. And, now you are here to celebrate with us today. You're a big part of why we have been successful,

We want our pilots to focus on contract negotiations. We want them to prepare emotionally, financially, for a potential strike on April 1.

We'll be happy if we get $10,000 to 12,000 (at the fund-raiser). Then, we'll be all right throughout our fiscal year, which is April 1.

The reference rate might fall in April by another 25 basis points.

Way too much is made of the slowdown of money into funds in December. For the last several years, there have been countless articles telling investors 'Don't buy a fund in late November or early December' because you might be buying just before it pays its dividend and then you'll have to pay taxes on the dividend next April Investors are doing what's rational and right.

April comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers.

Life in itself / Is nothing, / An empty cup, a flight of uncarpeted stairs. / It is not enough that yearly, down this hill, / April / Comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers.

The on-year rise in core CPI backs up our forecast of an exit from quantitative easing in April of next year, but the market's interest has shifted to the timing of an interest-rate hike.

There are expectations for quantitative easing to end in April - that's our forecast too - but it will probably take several months (after that) before they begin tightening interest rates.

We're an institution. We've been here for 20 years, as of April 3.

We didn't tell anybody until March of 2002 ? that's when the April National Geographic was released with the first article about the site.

We have played well in April (8-1). That hasn't been the case in the last two years. The main focus has been to play well and go into the playoffs with some momentum. Obviously, Dallas is playing good as well. It's a big challenge, but it's a challenge that should be fun.

There are a lot of fun activities at a time when you can generally count on decent weather. April skiing and snowboarding is affordable, it's accessible, it's a little bit quieter experience than you encounter in January, and that can make for a better overall experience.

The Producer Price Index for April, released today, showed a considerably larger decline than had been expected, reaffirming market concerns about the state of the economy. However, the Consumer Price Index for April that will come out tomorrow will give us a much more comprehensive picture of what is actually happening.

What we did was create a program last April that acknowledges the fact we are in deep trouble in the United States through habitat loss. With massive habitat loss, we've got to do something.

This program is knocking down the barriers to entry for people who want to participate in the digital revolution. After a seasonally slow April and May, our marketing program kicked in, driving a dramatic increase in volume in June and creating good momentum for the second half of the year,

How would you prepare to die on a perfect April evening?

We had been in touch with them, and it looked like in April 2003 it was going to be sold. It happened a few times. We finally decided we can't continue to wait until it gets sold.

We made a good recovery off the April lows, but now we may need to move sideways and consolidate. Maybe then that will set us up for the typical November through January advance.

We're not confident that these machines have a clear track record and today doesn't make us feel any better. We've been told, 'Don't worry. It will all be taken care of.' Well, it's almost April and there are still questions.

Semiconductor sales in April are continuing the steady growth exhibited in the first quarter of this year, another sign that the industry is rebounding from 2001,

On April 16, 2010, 34 Chinese environmental organizations, including Friends of Nature, the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, and Green Beagle, questioned heavy metal pollution in a letter sent to CEO Steve Jobs.

On April 1, 1998, I launched Webmaster-Resources.com, and I remember that date specifically because it was the date that the price of a two-year domain name registration dropped from $100 to $70, and considering I was funding this out of my allowance, that $30 made all the difference.

Silver, which got butchered because the slope of the daily chart began resembling the angle of a shuttle launch, seems to have found support as it approached the April lows.

Signals, Drums, Guns, Bells, & the sound of Voices weighing up & clearing Anchors ... Monday April 9th, 1804, really set sail ... No health or Happiness without Work.

Since April we've experienced three out of the four strongest months on record for existing-home sales, and August was the sixth highest. We're at a more sustainable level now, but long-term there should be some additional easing toward the end of the year. In fact, the August sales pace is close to what we project for total sales this year.

She has been staying with me since April 4. It's been working out good. It's better for them because I can speak the language and cook rice, which is their main food, and I cook Filipino food every night.

Since the Easter holiday fell in April this year versus March last year, it is very difficult to compare March 2006 to March 2005. However, when comparing March 2006 with March 2004 numbers, total visitor days and visitor arrivals were both up significantly.

Since meeting Tony Jones in April 2002, BLBC has been able to provide tangible support from initial business planning advice through to interventions aimed at developing an investment ready business plan suitable for a high growth start up business.

Most people in the market see the BOJ scrapping the quantitative easing policy at its board meeting on April 28 as a done deal.

My goal is we break camp April 3. I may not take the same route as everybody else but I'll be ready for it.

My goal and their goal is on April 3 I'll be ready to go. I'm just taking a different route.

No, I don't want to go. I'm a Ranger. I'm playing with a little bit of an injury. All I'm worried about is March, April and the playoffs.

Next to April 7, 1977, this is going to be the most exciting opener. There is a special sense of excitement around the city. For the first time since I've been here, we have a competitive team that can play into September, God willing, they all stay healthy.

Obviously these things (fixes) are experimental in nature but considering the options of being vulnerable or at least having a fighting chance--well, I think you get the point. Again, this is just another mitigation option until Microsoft releases their patch, which last was scheduled for April 11th, or 16 days from now.

No color was provided, and there is no conference call before the April 17 release,

Right now he has a contract. He intends to honor it, and I'm sure between now and April 1, I'll have discussions with the appropriate people. Larry's been there the last two years and done everything asked of him. He's made the Pro Bowl. He's not been a bad player. If they want to sign someone else instead of Larry and release him, he'll end up playing somewhere else. Players have only so many options.

People were not prepared for it because it's not the type of storm we get this time of year; it's usually April or May when you see this.

Phase I will consist of 33 units, which we plan to have ready to move into by April 15 of 2007. Phase II will consist of 24 units that we hope will be finished by mid-summer of 2007.

Perry is a better passer today than he was in November. I know how hard he's worked. March and April have been a lot of fun for him.

One thing Manny always does is put his time and effort into getting ready. I'm not worried about that. Once it's April 3 and he's healthy, we'll be fine. Manny's one of those guys who if he didn't show up for Spring Training, I'd still know he'd be ready for the season when the season started.

Nintendo is probably going to wait to revise its forecasts until early April after it knows for sure what the effect of foreign exchange rates will be on recurring and net profit in the fourth quarter.

New Yorkers get until midnight April 18 to file their taxes this year.

One of the other things I like about the April program is it gives me a chance to talk some to the audience. In researching this, I found some interesting connections between these pieces. During the time ragtime was popular, it was a world-wide craze. Brahms wrote some, and so did Stravinsky. In fact, the last thing Stravinsky wrote before 'A Soldier's Tale' was a ragtime piece, and that helps explain the quirky style of that piece.

I would definitely consider it higher than usual. April and May are usually slow times, with the exception of opening day. But it's not been like that. I would say it's double the amount we dealt with at this time last year. All of the season-ticket holders believe they have gold in their hands, so there are a lot more tickets available on the secondary market.

I would also point out that many governments that chose not to support this war - certainly, the French president, Jacques Chirac, as I recall in April of last year, referred to Iraq's possession of WMD.

I guess if a storm hit Augusta in early April and disrupted our storied Masters, then we would know how you feel,

If we don't start getting seeds to the farmers now, they will miss the September harvest and we will have to support them until April 2001.

If we get a downside surprise in retail sales, everybody will shrug it off. We all know that April was a bad month for the economy; the markets are really geared toward May.

If they don't get help, we don't know what shape they're going to be in come April and May.

If they're looking forward to days off, they're geared more toward July and August than April and May. Then there's some who don't want them at all.

If this is not decided in the next few days, I'm scared we could be looking at a year, a year and a half, two years, not just three months like a lot of people thought in September. From April to October, the players don't get paid, so I can't see us coming to an agreement in August or September. If we don't find a way to make everyone who is part of this sort of happy and get a deal done, we could be looking at a long, long time before hockey is played in the NHL and that's very alarming too. I hope in the next couple of weeks we can come to an agreement.

I have got a warm-up at the end of April and then a rematch for the light heavyweight championship in Chicago, probably in September or October.

I don't have a lot to say, I am just very happy about the award. I am just going to keep doing the same things that I do. We get the horses trained and qualified for the races which start in April and go through November. The amount of races we do generally varies.

I don't give two (expletive) when Manny shows up. He'll be ready to play. I don't care. He'll be ready. One thing Manny does is put in his time and effort into getting ready. On (Opening Day) April 3, he'll be here and ready to hit.

I don't know what it is about him and April Fool's. I think he's evil and we should put him in a home.

Ideally a project like this would begin on the first of April but we cannot meet that time frame even if the railroad gave us the paperwork today.

I am considering running in the April parliamentary elections,

I am issuing an executive order setting aside the Student Government election that took place on March 14 and 15, and directing that a new election be conducted on Tuesday, April 11.

I am very satisfied with the bid document. But before submitting, we will give one final look at the document April 17 in Dubai. Once our bid is accepted, we will decide where and when the matches will be played. But the four countries have agreed to host six matches each of the initial league phase.

But we would like a presence for the block party we have planned for April 22,

I have a hard time believing we're going to have anything done by the April school board meeting. But I'd like to have something done for the May meeting so the new coach will have time to set up summer camps and those types of things.

I had a very bad year in my life. My mother died in February. I was 16 in April and graduated from high school that June. My father died in August and the mortgage was foreclosed in October. I can remember thinking, This is tough, but this is good for me. It's always stuck with me. I knew somehow that I was going through a period that was strengthening.

I feel very sorry for Dwight. He left the Yankees in April of his own accord.

If injections from April through October match last year's pace, stocks could begin the next heating season with a record 3.6 trillion cubic feet in the ground.

I feel pretty good. By the time April rolls around I should be ready to go.

From April to May outbreaks happened and 3,771 cattle were culled, including those infected and those in the same herd.

From that point, we would include the community in the process and hopefully we able to hire someone at our April meeting.

I don't think we're back to a stable employment level; we're in for another decline, certainly in manufacturing employment. This should be the best month in the past three, but that's damning with faint praise, given how bad March and April were.

I don't think we need to start panicking this first week here. I think it's just a matter of, April is a tough month. You do what you can to win and right now we've got some guys who are a little tired from Spring Training still trying to get in shape.