Expenses Quotations

My actions were intended solely to secure the repayment of funds, which I considered to be in the public interest, and I accept sole responsibility. I did not advise the prime minister of the means by which Sen. Duffy's expenses were repaid, either before or after the fact.

The Profit and Loss Statement tells you a lot about how your business is doing. It can also help you to determine ways that you can go about saving money so that you get to bring more money home! Basically, the P&L statement measures all of your income sources verses all your business expenses for any given period of time.

The objective is to enlarge the scope of your advantage which can only happen at someone else's expense.

That one woman is capable of loving another is an historical truth; but never yet lived one who could not listen to her own praises at the expense of her adored friend.

If you have urgent current expenses to cover, then future priorities like college and retirement fall off your radar because they are simply less pressing. Scarcity of attention prevents us from seeing what's really important. The psychology of scarcity engrosses us in only our present needs.

Know the difference between your necessary and discretionary expenses.

Newman has it all worked out. I get a million. He gets a million two, but that includes $200,000 expenses.

Any politician that says no tax revenue or zero spending cuts does not deserve reelection. Our hole is so deep in this country with the debt and the debt service, the interest on that debt, before the big expenses come for Social Security and Medicare - for we baby boomers in a few years - that everything has to be on the table.

And here a most heinous charge is made, that the nation has been burdened with unnecessary expenses for the sole purpose of preventing the discharge of our debts and the abolition of taxes.

I was pursuing the inner path at the expense of the rest of my being and the rest of the world.

Companies typically borrow money at less than their return on equity and therefore compound their return at the expense of lenders.

No expense has been incurred but what has been approved of and provided for by Parliament.

Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.

He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.

Every American knows there are government expenses that are absolutely not necessary. I disagree with the very idea that our government is spending $2.4 trillion in the most efficient manner.

Control your expenses better than your competition. This is where you can always find the competitive advantage.

Being an actor you have a lot of expenses.

I happened to be one of those who thought all these expenses necessary, and I had the good fortune to have the majority of both houses of Parliament on my side.

There is no denying that auto-bill pay is easier and more convenient than keeping track of and remembering to pay all of your bills each month, so it makes sense to use it for fixed expenses that you have approved and that you're 100% comfortable with.

Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.

I'm not a big spender or shopper. Neither am I extravagant, nor do I have big expenses. I mainly spend on travel. I don't buy overpriced clothes, as I feel such expenses are unnecessary. I probably wouldn't buy expensive watches or jewellery either.

Freedom isn't to do what you want at somebody else's expense.

If you stop and think about it, nearly all great humor is at the expense of someone or something.

Businesses fail when they over-invest in what is at the expense of what could be.

We don't need new laws that can be used by organizations with deep pockets and the ability to deduct legal expenses as a cost of doing business to intimidate individuals or organizations that voice legitimate concerns.

I spend an extraordinary amount of time in my car, so I can justify the expense. That's the only extravagance in my life - it's my car.

Much of the traditional thinking about cash is well intentioned but unrealistic. Should you have six months of living expenses in the bank for emergencies? Sure. Do you? Probably not.

The details of the personal expenses that executives put on the company tab often are not known because loopholes in federal disclosure rules let publicly traded companies generally avoid disclosing the perks they give executives along with pay and stock options.

The per-pupil (funding) covers everything a school needs ? electricity, water, all the expenses a regular school has ? except it doesn't cover capital improvement or building a new school.

The people who met today aren't the people who work out the nitty-gritty details to make things happen. LSU will obviously be reimbursed for expenses and would not suffer financial losses from this arrangement. Beyond that, not a lot of details have been settled. They will emerge in the days to come.

We are pleased with our fourth-quarter performance and appreciate the hard work of Symbol associates. We continue to show progress in revenue and margin improvement, and are lowering our operating expenses according to plan. In 2006, our top priorities are to drive revenue growth, invest in technology innovation that will deliver new products for our customers and remain focused on enhancing operational efficiencies.

We are pleased to be able to report that the operating loss in the first quarter narrowed significantly over the previous quarter. This reflects a reduction in selling and administrative expenses due to cost savings measures that we have implemented since the fiscal year began. With further cost-savings still to take effect and with a significant increase in new order intake since Dec. 31, we foresee much stronger operating results for the balance of 2006.

While market conditions will continue to be competitive, we fully intend to expand our business and grow market share profitably in 1999. The company will continue its aggressive drive of reduction of cost and operating expenses in the face of a very competitive market.

We're making money? We're also incurring amazing expenses -- huge -- as we hire more people, want more equipment,

We're going to see people trimming their expenses here and there. They probably will not eat out as much or go to movies as often as they normally would. So restaurants and theaters are also vulnerable.

We can cover our operating expenses without the revenue from UH and we have a cushion. Notwithstanding a total disaster, these projections should hold.

Three to six months' worth of savings for living expenses is the minimum every household should have, no matter its income. Any less can leave people vulnerable to serious financial woes if they hit unexpected difficulties, like a job loss or medical problem. It's a good habit for all working people to put away a reasonable portion of their take-home pay into some form of liquid savings.

With two months' results in, it appears that our third-quarter performance won't match analysts' expectations, ... We've done a much better job of managing expenses this quarter. But expense management can't compensate fully for struggling economies in Asia-Pacific and new signs of economic uncertainty elsewhere.

We're looking for expenses that are coming in line and gross margins that are working, and that's what we saw. These results give us more confidence that Sears can continue to improve earnings in 2006.

Even in a time of fiscal austerity, education is more than just an expense.

It's always tempting to do good at someone else's expense

At great expense, we have built a vast system of inter-connecting stupidities.

Thou shalt have one God only: who Would be at the expense of two?

To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth the having.

To eat off another man's plate. [To live an another's expense.]

We did get our last paychecks, and I did receive part of the travel expenses that are owed to me. I am waiting to see if they are going to reimburse me for the rest of my travel expenses.

The only way to reduce our expenses and reverse deficit spending is by reevaluating the programs which we as Americans have come to expect.

We (have) a sense of concern that the rate of growth especially in revenues and expenses in Division I-A is not sustainable, and it's growing three times as fast as university expenditures as a whole, ... Athletics requires a special level of attention.

We're looking into the cost of hiring a deputy, and we might be able to share expenses with other towns.

When I became mayor of New York City, I had a $2.4 billion deficit. And everybody wanted me to raise taxes. I said, 'If I raise taxes, I'll drive people out of New York City, and then I'll be raising taxes again.' So what I did was I cut expenses by 15 percent.

When I asked for that prepayment, I asked for that to assist our members with back to school expenses and hurricane preparedness. We asked the Government to consider it being paid at the end of August before school had re-opened.

When then-New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer sued me in 2003 over my stewardship as a director of the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE's legal expenses were more than $100 million, which made it perhaps the priciest litigation in the state's history.

I want people to like me but not at my expense.

The creature comforts we tend to rationalize as "business expenses I can write off."

When we say of a gentleman that he lives elegantly on nothing a year, we use the word "nothing" to signify something unknown; meaning, simply, that we don't know how the gentleman in question defrays the expenses of his establishment.

We're continuing to examine our operations and reducing our expenses to remain competitive.

Making the minimum payment ... is probably one of the biggest expenses any consumer can make, ... You can end up paying for this Christmas for years to come.

Many of the revenues and expenses associated with the new stadium are unshared and are the single largest factor in determining the difference in revenues between the clubs.

Many initiatives to reduce expenses have been implemented, and we started to see some progress in the fourth quarter. But we see the company with many opportunities to increase efficiencies and reduce expenses.

Many times, certain deductible expenses are overlooked. Be sure to keep track of all of your travel expenses, including transportation, parking fees, ferry fees, tolls, lodging, meals and other incidental expenses. An important point to remember about military differential pay is that while the income is taxable, this pay is not considered wages and is not subject to Social Security and Medicare taxes. So it's important that military taxpayers ensure that their employers treat these earnings correctly.

Many companies may be hesitant to increase employee compensation because of other expenses impacting the business, such as rising health-care and energy costs. But an overly cautious approach can be detrimental, particularly as the competition for top candidates intensifies.

Several things outside of agriculture will affect the outlook. Interest rates, fuel and fertilizer costs, and other expenses will continue to rise.

Selling, general, and administrative expenses as a percent of net sales and operating revenues increased slightly to 11.4% in this year's third quarter from 11.3% in last year's quarter. As expected, the moderate rate of increase in unit comps was not sufficient to provide SG&A leverage. Having a larger percentage of our store base comprised of stores not yet at basic maturity and last year's lower-than-normal corporate bonuses were also contributing factors. At the end of this year's third quarter, 49% of our stores were less than four years old, compared with 40% at the end of last year's third quarter.

Some months your light bill is higher than other months and that is what happened with our Medicaid and prison expenses over the last two years, ... But as long as you have enough money to pay the bills, you still have a surplus. And that is the shape we are in.

One of the things that's becoming very consistent when you look at the literature is that it is costing employers quite a bit in terms of absenteeism, higher health and medical expenses and reduced productivity when their workers are inactive or overweight.

One of the stumbling blocks for a lot of people is tracking expenses for three months.

One way to entice people away from solutions they've used is to go to market with a good quality product. You also create a low-cost or no-cost system that people can experiment with. More importantly, you offer a platform that offers very low entry-level expenses for developers to start playing with.

One way to counter that is to negotiate ahead of time exactly how joint expenses will work. And put it in writing so you don't have to revisit the conversation every month, which can be draining.

My ballpark estimate is that it would be a $2.4 million to $3 million expense to hold the whole team together. Even if a carrier were able to hold their expenses to half that amount, we're talking about all of these bidders losing at least $1.2 million. And that doesn't include not making their revenue projections.

Mortgage revenues were down for the quarter but at the same time (Wells) aggressively attacked the cost side of the business. We saw a 13 percent annualized drop in mortgage-related expenses in the quarter. That helps to preserve the bottom line.

Right now, Medicaid is growing by leaps and bounds, with no end in sight, ... You have more people coming on to the rolls, and the cost of medical expenses is going up.

Retiree medical expenses are the big wild card. Most people will probably spend a lot more on medical expenses when they retire.

Next year's budget has necessitated a fee increase across the board as our expenses have exceeded our revenues for the first time in a number of years. We recognize the increasing burden facing the parents of our children. We do everything in our power to keep fees and expenses under control; it is nice to finally see some recognition ... of the financial realities of parents and of running a sports association today.

One of the reasons we had such a strong month is we were able to keep our expenses in check compared to our revenue.

If we leave tomorrow night and we are gone four days, it will cost $4,000 to $5,000 -- just for expenses before we make any money.

I don't have any specific information on the reimbursement channel for the support or the expenses it will cost to receive the evacuees.

Caring for two premature babies and paying insurance, along with carrying the rest of household expenses on one income, made paying our hospital bills a financial impossibility.

Certainly a component of what they believe in is people should have less-generous insurance. The idea of making out of pocket expenses deductible is tied to the broader notion that we need to change overall tax policies.

But don't just slap $10,000 of miscellaneous expenses on your return. You need to explain that you work for company XYZ and do not get reimbursed for XYZ expenses.

Given the difficult operating environment and US Airways transition and Hawaii startup expenses, we are pleased with these results. Focusing on cost, our transition and Hawaii startup expenses of $3.6 million for the quarter were within plan.

Given that increasingly large sums are being raised and spent for legal expenses in this state, it appears that it would be in the public interest for the statutes clearly to require disclosure of such fund raising.

Frankly, there are lots of other places in the company to trim expenses before you would turn to the sales force.

From a business perspective, if you look at dollar for dollar, there's a lot of savings to be had by going eco-friendly as far as expenses and energy consumption, ... But most people don't look at business from that point of view - they only look at the bottom line and the upfront costs, but there's a long term benefit to being eco-friendly.

From last year there is a slight decrease because we have increased the size of the squad from 25-30. But we are working on the same budget. We have given each team an expense account. This to be used for expenses at training.

If a fund's performance is mediocre, or the fund is having other troubles, average to above-average expenses don't help.

I don't think we know where the bottom is, ... We've had several quarters in a row where each quarter gets worse. We've been assuming things probably won't pick up a lot for another year or two and we try to plan our expenses accordingly.

If it's enacted and you prioritize your capital expenses for a number of years, that's actually a good thing.

If you are audited, the IRS wants to see printed proof and, often times, original documents, for example receipts from expenses or contributions.

I always suggest Curators consider what the reaction would be if the expenses were to be published in the newspaper. With the grips on expenditures, maybe it would be better to skip this one. You decide.

This was not intended to pay him more money - it's intended to pay him the expenses he has with us.

He's going to face hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal expenses if he gets charged and decides to defend himself. It's hard to focus on that and focus on re-election.

HP's latest earnings are a Valentine to shareholders, and to Mark Hurd and his team. Hurd has done a good job focusing on the basics, getting costs and expenses down and morale up.

I wouldn't recommend they try to make more money with a second job, since living paycheck-to-paycheck is already stressful, and they have a young child. Instead, they'll need to reduce their expenses as much as they can.

It contains most of the revenues and most of the expenses for government actions.

I think the private sector for the most part, the vast majority of employers in America, they wake up in the morning, and they have a bottom line. This is how much they make, this is how much their expenses are; they certainly need to break even just to stay in business, and they need to make a profit in order to survive long-term.

I think what you see in the bankruptcy rate is just a result of everything piling up on people, ... I suspect it is just a cumulative effect of an unbudgeted jump in expenses for daily living.

It has always bothered me that we don't use a purchase order system so therefore outstanding expenses cannot be tracked. It is a reasonable solution to several of these billing and budget issues.

I think there are some actions the company will have to take and some expenses the company will have to incur that will make it tough. I still think given those parameters, it can be, stay and remain an independent company and eventually flourish.

Our growth rate is still a multiple of any major competitor in our space, and we should continue to pull away from the industry over the next several years. Our operating expenses are declining as a percentage of sales, and we are generating cash at a rate of $4 billion annually, which adds to our investment income.

Over the past two years, New Jersey American Water has taken aggressive steps to control our operating and maintenance expenses while being on the forefront of water treatment and technology. We have also invested millions of dollars in our infrastructure and treatment plants, including the installation of the State's largest ground mounted solar system to reduce our energy costs.