Prospects Quotations

The biggest potential of Facebook is that people can build networks. For business persons, it means that they can build their list of leads, which they can look upon as prospects for furthering their business.

Attempts to put pressure on Russia and to compel it to abandon its values, truth and justice have no prospects whatsoever.

The mobile business in particular is something we must take seriously. I see tremendous prospects for all those transactions that can be handled on mobile phones.

The 1970s - I was ten in 1975 - were a bad decade in all sorts of ways but the middle class had comfortable assumptions about the prospects for its children. The middle class was smaller then; it was a much less competitive Britain, less meritocratic.

As a working mother, the last thing you need is to be hard on yourself. As a stay-at-home mother, the last thing you need is to be hard on yourself. As a twenty something with no job prospects or life partner in sight, the last thing you need is to be hard on yourself.

If people are given the opportunity to really make a difference in their own lives, their own communities, their own businesses and their own governments, then we can really transform the prospects of life on this planet. We can find ourselves living in a world that is more like the world that I think most of us want to be living in.

I teach at Caltech and oversee a research laboratory there. In general, I find that the majority of young people are excited by the prospects of research, but they soon discover that in the current market, many doctorate-level scientists are holding temporary positions or are unemployed.

Whatever the potential pitfalls, banks are increasingly enthusiastic about venture capital, particularly in new companies with strong prospects in fields like health care and technology.

The positive impact of an FTA is tremendous, ... Prospects for the Philippine Economy.

We are pleased with the progress of our international operations, whilst we remain cautious about prospects in the UK, where we have experienced the slowdown in consumer expenditure.

We are looking to develop the next generation of great Rangers players, ... Our goal is to continue to improve as the season moves along and to continue to develop the many great young prospects we have now.

There are certainly some solid growth prospects for Microsoft but it's not going to be the glory days again.

We appreciate the wide ranging efforts being made by Iraqi and US officials to secure Jill's release. We hope that today's encouraging statements about Jill's condition and prospects for safe return are proved correct.

We remain confident in the prospects for earnings expansion in 2006 and will discuss this in more detail during our normally scheduled earnings call on Jan. 23.

We remain confident in our growth prospects and have an exciting product line-up, which includes major releases like Xbox 360, SQL Server 2005, Office 12 and Windows Vista.

We remain confident about the Group's future prospects and are committed to returning value to shareholders.

We believe we're moving ever closer to the light at the end of the valuation tunnel on eBay. We find it interesting and amusing to note that as investors' risk/reward ratio had dramatically improved, the market has become increasingly jittery about the future prospects for eBay.

With the leading economic indicators posting three consecutive sharp increases, the U.S. economy does not seem to be ready to settle down much from the fast pace of growth it experienced in 1998. Over the past six months, the index has increased 1.2 percent, which is far above its historical average and the prospects for growth in income and employment are very bright.

We have normal traffic today and the prospects for tomorrow are good too.

We have no choice but to pull Scott out. I am hoping that the fight can be rescheduled for later in the month but I just don't know what the prospects of that happening are at the moment.

What the United States Congress does on this issue will have an enormous impact on the prospects of peace and prosperity in the far East,

This will not put a rate cut back on the map, but it does remove any prospects of rates rising.

We hope to start our installation of equipment over the next two to three months with a view to initial operations starting by the end of the year. We are all excited about the prospects for this new business.

We have prospects now who can take all of the space.

The panel has set back, rather than advanced, the prospects for reform by failing to offer realistic proposals that fairly distribute the tax burden across income levels and the states,

We have just begun to realize how large the global growth prospects are, and we anticipate many years of significant development in existing and new markets, ... Ultimately we believe we can surpass 20,000 stores worldwide.

The pitching prospects really look good and I am very excited about that.

We're continuing to pursue the prospects of zero upfront and all upfront pricing.

We're confident about the longer-term prospects for the fund. Although it may not keep up with its more aggressive peers in a tech rally, we think its attention to long-term cash flow generation can help it in a slower-growth environment, when an earnings miss can send a richly priced stock reeling.

Lifting the debt burden from the poorest countries in the world brightens their prospects enormously. This is an achievement of historic proportions.

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Solid financial results and excellent prospects for future success enable us to continue our long history of consistent dividend payments for our shareholders. We continue to achieve success in our core business activities especially the growth in loans, which becomes the foundation for our future earnings prospects and provides the capability to provide dividend increases such as we're announcing today.

Silicon Valley isn't the only game in town. Tech is increasingly decentralized. Around the world, new tech centers with younger companies are able to embrace a different approach to talent: recruit locally, identify homegrown prospects and, in a phrase, bring them along for the ride.

Since we began acquiring stock we always thought this was a very good company with great prospects that maybe was not performing up to its potential.

(Miller and Bard) are the two higher-ranked pitching prospects in the nation, but I feel like me and Henry and this whole pitching staff can match up just as well if not better. I think we'll match up fine.

Much has been accomplished to date, and we expect continuing improvements as we drive our actions and initiatives this year. All in all, we are optimistic about our Company's prospects in 2006 and our ability to continue to pursue profitable growth opportunities and achieve our stated long-term financial targets.

Mouse tried to pick up my bag, but he had a hard time, it was so heavy. He said, 'I know what's in there. Film.' I probably do a minimum of 4 hours of film every day. I look at prospects for 2007 every day.

Medium- and long-term development prospects will depend on the securing of macroeconomic stability and the improvement in the Greek economy's structural competitiveness.

One can argue that the market might've gotten ahead of itself, and might have pushed up prices of some of these companies a bit too high. But the recent drop is an overreaction. I see this as a buying opportunity. Prospects for the sector are still extremely positive.

Of course, longer-term prospects are unclear, given the current fund shortage.

Of course, economic downturns are never good news, but historically, our company has always emerged from them stronger than ever, ... With this in mind, we remain confident in meeting or exceeding our fiscal goals for this year and about the long-term prospects for The Walt Disney Company.

One-third of the production in OPEC is deteriorating and doesn't have very good prospects of improving in the short run.

More homebuyers find their agent on the Internet than all traditional marketing channels combined. We feel it's our job to help connect our agents and brokers with the online consumer. We understand agents and brokers are constantly looking for new ways to drive traffic to their sites. With these partnerships we are adding more ways to funnel prospects directly to our clients.

Moreover, I don't see diminished housing-price appreciation as a major problem for consumer spending, since again, the primary determinant of spending is income, and we see solid and improving prospects for real incomes for the nation as a whole.

Maybe NASCAR, behind the scenes, is trying to do the same thing, ... They brought it out just at a time when we were starting the Chase. If they wanted to cause distractions to my teams, to create anxiety among my drivers, create a question in my sponsors as to my viability ... and the prospects of Roush Racing going forward, they would do exactly what they have done.

Neither release is likely to be seen to change the prospects for the economy going forward, which in turn means the positive impact on the dollar will be short-lived.

No breakthrough has been achieved at this point. The prospects are not bright. We are not satisfied with the situation.

Pessimism about New Zealand's short-term economic prospects and wariness about big spending commitments underlie the fall in consumer confidence.

Port and airport stocks have been undervalued recently. Their prices may continue to rise in the coming few days, and they should have good prospects as they're supported by China's fast economic growth.

One of the features of our annual meeting is that all the members gather in person to have face-to-face discussions about such subjects as breeding policies, canine health issues and testing programs. For example, we have discussed the prospects of including the North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association's 'utility test' to go along with the 'natural ability' test we already now use in qualifying our dogs for our club's breeding program. Likewise, there have been some useful debates on how to sanction any breeders who have dogs with serious genetic defects.

I would expect that the House will forcefully advocate for those provisions. I would say its prospects look fairly good.

I don't base my prospects on people pulling out. You have to beat the players playing best.

But the Hungarian nation, although taken by surprise, unarmed and unprepared, did not abandon its future prospects in any agony of despair.

Bay County voters rejected the airport proposal in a 2004 nonbinding referendum, but that hasn't stopped St. Joe or the state from pursuing this boondoggle. This is neither the time nor the place to build a destructive new airport as corporate welfare. We already have an underutilized airport that can serve the region well into the future when we will know much more about the troubled aviation industry, the realistic prospects for another airport, and the true environmental and financial cost.

Base metals are up suggesting there are good prospects for global growth. The risk of higher inflation from higher oil prices is pushing up gold.

China stocks outperformed the market, reflecting investors' confidence in these stocks and the prospects of China's economy.

I have always liked the AFL because it gives the best prospects in the game a chance to play against each other and polish their skills in a competitive environment. It also can give them confidence going into the next season if they do well. The results have been pretty darn good.

I feel very, very positive about prospects for this brand. Management has done a really good job.

Frankly, it's a better environment for us. We're spending time in Indiana and have more prospects here. We think there are better opportunities in Indiana than there ever have been.

Fourteen months ago, oil seemed to be in a bull market ? then Asia collapsed, ... This is basically a gross domestic product crisis driven by Asia, so the real prospects are whether you think Asia by the year 2000 will start showing signs of recovery.

Fukui will probably reiterate prospects for steady economic recovery. Even if Fukui says the same thing as before, some investors will use it as an excuse to buy the yen as the dollar is going through a short- term decline.

Fundamentals for the semiconductor industry will continue to be strong but from a stock basis, the growth prospects will be less than they were in 2003.

I don't think I've ever been more worried about our prospects and our ability to retain control,

Given the timing and changing requirements for new USAF tankers, the prospects for the current 767 production program to extend uninterrupted into a USAF tanker contract (are) becoming less likely.

He will do nothing that will harm his wife's political prospects and will do much to enhance and foster them. But does that mean that we have to look at every one of his acts through the prism of his wife's election? Let's not take it to be the only reality.

He is a five-star prospect, and we only give out 50 in the entire country. He is the No. 6 overall lineman, and that is an impressive number this year. The country is loaded with linemen; North Carolina, Alabama, South Carolina, Florida and Georgia's top prospects are all offensive linemen.

He is a five-star prospect, and we only give out 50 in the entire country, ... He is the No. 6 overall lineman, and that is an impressive number this year. The country is loaded with linemen; North Carolina, Alabama, South Carolina, Florida and Georgia's top prospects are all offensive linemen.

Whatever the exact numbers, the scale and persistence of the problem of child-headed households in Rwanda is daunting, ... The plight of these children is not only heartbreaking and unacceptable -- it raises deeply troubling questions about the long-term prospects for the country's recovery.

There is a strong perception that by not having exposure to the Internet, those prospects are vastly lower than they used to be.

Within the central bank, the number of those confident over the prospects of slowing inflation is growing. This is good news for the interest rate and growth scenario.

When he was at the prospects camp in July, I didn't know he was the guy from Making The Cut ,

We've gone from a situation where retailers were wildly excited about the prospects for 1996 to one where reality has set in.

We are extremely pleased the NHL and Players Association have reached an agreement in principle and look forward to the ratification process. We are excited about the prospects of returning to the ice and welcoming our fans back to the MCI Center.

Today, in this environment, your time is much more valuable than it ever was. That's universal. Do people have half a day to just scratch out and go play golf? Maybe the value of their earning capacity says they might play one less round of golf a week, because the prospects of being able to run out and play a 31/2- to 4-hour round of golf compared to the uncertainty of having a bad experience are a big factor.

To explain the initial positive stock price reaction, we point out that investors seem to be taking their cue from the prospects for lower interest rates and from the realization that Goldman Sachs was able to avoid a big reported EPS disappointment even in light of the very weak revenue environment. Four our part, we would be heartened by an overt drop in U.S. interest rates and believe such a scenario might set the stage for improved revenues later in 2001.

had become quite difficult to predict this year's holiday buying and shipping season and the prospects for any rapid economic turnaround.

He said 'You've got to follow your heart. He said when he talks to prospects at the Scouting Combine every year and asks them who the most influential person in their life was, most of them don't say their mom or their dad. It's their high school football coach. He said it's been one of his regrets that he wasn't a high school coach.

There is a new cautious optimism emerging in the industry. Improved economic prospects in Europe and Asia, combined with an improving situation in the US, will lead to reduced losses in 2006 and strengthened profitability in 2007. While the trend is positive, we are nowhere near sustainability.

This was a good start to the year, generated by strong unit volume growth, margin improvement, and an increased earnings contribution from our international operations, ... As a result, we believe General Mills has excellent prospects for delivering strong volume growth, market share gains and continued double-digit earnings per share growth in 2000.

There are still decent prospects within emerging markets. We wouldn't advocate getting out of them completely. We just don't think you're going to see the same kind of performance you've seen coming out of them in the past five years.

Kevin has demonstrated continued improvement in each of his last six National Hockey League seasons. His years in Carolina were marked by several standout performances and we feel he can provide stability and leadership to our goaltending position while several of our young prospects develop.

Job prospects will continue to improve. Job security has increased and this will lead people to spend more.

It came evident to me as a veteran player that he was going to get caught up in the numbers. We have a number of bright, young prospects who are ahead of him on the depth chart, not only as far as defense is concerned, linebacker, but as far as play-making is concerned on special teams.

I think it's important to take a look behind the numbers, ... As the economy gains steam and people gain confidence about their job prospects they will declare themselves back in the job market and the unemployment rate may increase. That's I think what we're seeing today.

It could be as little as we agree to market ourselves together or as much as we jointly entertain prospects or go after economic development elements identified in the diversification report.

I think the prospects of success would have been diminished.

I think the prospects for the survival of the regime are better than many people think.

I think the prospects for success . . . actually decrease as the election gets closer.

I think the prospects for a hard landing for the market are still pretty remote but my concern would be that the economy is becoming increasingly reliant on the housing market.

Labor markets are deteriorating rapidly. Layoffs remain at a fast pace, while hiring has all but stopped. As economic activity continues to unravel, there are few prospects for a near-term turnaround. The national unemployment rate, now at 4.9 percent, should breach 6 percent before the economy begins to recover.

I think we'll probably end up somewhere around negative 4 or negative 5 percent. Some will probably beat expectations, but not many. Down earnings is definitely in the cards, and the prospects of maybe even down earnings further in the fourth quarter.

I think those two are very good pitching prospects who don't get the recognition they deserve. Both have a tremendous feel for pitching.

It is important to remember that the fundamentals of the United States economy are strong and have been for the past several years, and the prospects for continued growth, with low inflation and low unemployment, are strong,

I think the short, medium and long term prospects are extremely good.

I think the risk is the downside, not the upside, ... I think the markets are fairly nervous about the prospects for growth. They're going to be dissecting the number. If we have slower than expected consumer spending and stronger than expected inventory growth, that's not going to bode well for the next quarter or so.

Just as people have long believed that strengthening ties of trade improves the prospects for peace and the free exchange of ideas, Facebook friendships or Twitter followings already transcend national borders.

Japan's growth prospects look more promising and we are on the threshold of an end to deflation. Yields are set to increase.

People are looking to buy stocks that got beaten down and have good growth prospects and the Internet stocks fit that bill. Last week they got creamed.

People are now starting to believe the earnings base for the mining companies has altered and the medium-term earnings prospects aren't going to deteriorate, if anything, they may continue to improve.

Our incoming frosh are giving us some phenomenal prospects for the next few years. These kids are state material.