Jeff Davis Quotations

It could be seen like that. But it's really a story unto itself.

It is a bit unusual to see a brick building today, but it will work well in its location.

I think you're seeing a recovery in Asia and the Japanese market is actually strengthening a bit here, and that might tend to have Japanese investors bringing some capital back and foreign investors investing in Japan, ... So I don't see it reversing. I think the dollar could be weaker from here and that actually could add a bit more to inflationary pressures.

I guess the big issue is whether you can sustain profit growth, and everybody's looking at certain factors that will influence the ability for companies to report -- well, for above consensus expectations -- a good report. I think commodity prices, rising interest rates, are having a lagged negative effect on some earnings of major leading corporations. It's not impacting this quarter, but probably the third and the fourth quarter. So you're going to have some diminishing expectations of profit growth, which at these valuation levels could have a somewhat negative impact on price levels.

It helps these guys to learn how to be less confrontational, ... It's about getting them to interact with the Iraqis in a positive way -- helping them, bringing gifts -- rather than just kicking in doors and searching their houses.

There's cash on the sidelines and a lack of buying commitment as people wait until they can sort out the earnings coming in this week, ... People are waiting to hear if any new trends developed at the end of the quarter, and what they can extrapolate from that about the second and third quarters. In that kind of environment, it's easy to have a little selling.

I can't say how hard Danielle Harrington plays. She's an absolute warrior. She went into the stands three times. She's the heart and guts of this team. I've never been around a basketball player like her.

I can think of nothing but savoring the bittersweet taste of revenge as justice is served upon this social sewage here before us today.

It's a bummer, ... because we get so many emails from young kids saying stuff like, 'It's Boys Night Out, not Unisex Night Out!' It's frustrating, but we realized when we started writing that we wanted to make a record that would make us happy.

It is a quarter marked by negative operating leverage, but Wachovia has a strong business model and earnings power. They had nice expansion of net interest margin, and have a great deposit base.