Famous Quotes & Sayings

Claes Oldenburg

My struggle has been to return painting to the tangible object, which is like returning the personality to touching and feeling the world around it, to offset the tendency to vagueness and abstraction. To remind people of practical activity, to suggest the sense and not to escape from the senses.

My principal contribution to the Black-Scholes option-pricing theory was to show that the dynamic trading strategy prescribed by Black and Scholes to offset the risk exposure of an option would provide a perfect hedge in the limit of continuous trading.

Margins are much more of an issue than they were, but hopefully if they can get the growth, it should help offset any margin pressure they see.

I think it's a decent quarter, but that's going to be offset by some of the cautionary statements the company made for the rest of the year.

It costs us more to provide transportation than what we get back, ... (But the increase in fees) will help us offset that cost.

I think at long last they've got enough price appreciation to offset the pricing they've been struggling with. I don't see any reason they shouldn't be able to sustain or do better for subsequent quarters.

I think if anything, interest rates will stay still or decline and that could potentially offset the petrol issue.

It had been my hope to offer a reduced membership fee to offset the incremental cost to the high-end users with a trail fee, but since I've now been given a new set of numbers I can no longer support that.

Todd Young

I thought if they're going to be making money maybe I should buy some shares to help offset their rising rates. But I'd have to own thousands of shares before I could make up from their dividend payments all the money I'm now having to pay in higher heating bills.

just as we did in the McCarthy era, we have offset the decline of traditional forms of repression with the development of new forms of repression. A historical comparison reveals not so much a repudiation as an evolution.

I think everyone recognizes that there is very little money to be made but they very intelligently approached it from the pool concept to offset costs.

Ironically, with all this strength, the net effect of these data on the fourth-quarter GDP number could be flat or possibly even marginally negative. This is because durable goods inventories were flat, which should more or less offset the positive influence of the stronger-than-anticipated December shipments figures. For first quarter GDP, however, these data are unambiguously positive.

We normally play man. However, we thought we had to try something to offset that huge size disadvantage. In addition to changing defenses, we knew we would have to shoot well and value the basketball to hang in there. Doing all of those things against a team with that kind of talent is asking quite a lot.

The adverse external factors -- unfavorable exchange rates, high raw-material prices and intense competition -- which we reported from the very beginning of the year have been largely offset by increased sales volume and internal efficiency improvement measures.

Over the past few years, changes in technologies and print buying practices, coupled with increasing competition, have dramatically affected the offset printing industry. While the printing division is being sold, it will be business as usual.

Over the longer-term, Countrywide is well positioned. There is too much loan production capacity. The servicing portfolio should offset that as originations slow.

Over the last five years net trade's been a drag on growth. We do see an improved contribution over the next year or so. It probably won't be enough to offset the other areas of the economy.

Our savings programs are delivering well and, together with an improved mix, they have enabled us to fully offset the impact of higher input costs,

Overall, it seems unlikely that Dell's share gains would be enough to offset the potential loss of Intel marketing monies.

Overall, we achieved solid results in 2005, with strong income growth in our tobacco businesses partially offset by weaker results in food.

Fourth quarter results from continuing operations met or exceeded our long-term targets for earnings, revenues and, on a pro forma basis, return on equity. Higher spending by affluent consumers, small businesses and corporate Card members more than offset the impact of an industry-wide spike in bankruptcy filings before new legislation went into effect last October.

Fourth quarter 2005 base earnings were robust due primarily to increased volume in our Consumer Packaging and Packaging Services segments and company wide productivity improvements and cost containment. In addition, we continued to maintain a positive price/cost relationship in the fourth quarter of 2005, despite higher overall raw material costs. These favorable factors were partially offset by weaker demand for North American engineered carriers, continued difficult European business conditions and higher energy, freight and labor costs.

David Powers

From Intel's perspective, this is a new market they're trying to enter that has high margins. They need to be successful in order to offset the low-end market.

From what I understand of the domestic offset program, the government has decided they would like to have any investments in greenhouse gas reduction projects stay in Canada,

Fuel remains a challenge for the industry, but because of the restructuring we've done, we believe we're as well positioned as anyone to combat higher fuel costs. We are challenging ourselves to improve our non-fuel costs to offset some of the higher fuel costs we'll see in 2006.

Fuel prices go up, and they have to try to offset that with something, ... It's not a business where costs stay the same every year.

Funds management has been a standout, but is as expected, given the strong investment markets. Business lending is also strong and has slightly offset weakness in Westpac's home-lending segment.

Ian McDonald

Funding can never replace the value lost from trade and the euro190 million does not really offset that, offset what we would lose.

I don't think it has peaked and I don't think an increase in oil production immediately can offset the immediate up pressures that exist specific to the U.S. gasoline market.

I don't think one 50 basis point move (by the Fed) is likely to be enough. It's going to be very hard for the stock market to move ahead. Profit margins are not going to be expanding. There's going to be nothing to offset the higher interest rates.

We're not dependent on just one line or grade of paper. We have a very diverse paper industry in the Fox Valley from fine paper to paper board to tissue. When there are fluctuating markets in one segment, usually the others offset any downturns.

Tom Ford

Let's assume you've taken 27 semester credit hours in the Fall and the spring - you need three hours to get to 30. If you get 3 hours during the Summer we'll rebate you $50 a semester credit hour so that we offset some of the cost you had to pay in the Fall and the Spring.

Daniel Kammen

Making ethanol from corn is a good thing if you want to offset fossil fuels from overseas. On the greenhouse gas side of things, it is not clear if corn, as grown today, is a good thing. We just don't know yet, but it appears to be a mildly good thing.