Annual Quotations

There are many forms of writing that are common, but also very formulaic, such as annual reports or economic studies. In those areas, people would probably be relieved not to have to write those kinds of things because they are mundane and drudgery.

On the morning of Thanksgiving, I would wake up to the home smelling of all good things, wafting upstairs to my room. I would set the table with the fancy silverware and china and hope that my parents and grandmother wouldn't have the annual Thanksgiving fight about Richard Nixon.

Present annual world energy consumption is about equal to the annihilation energy of 4 tons of matter.

Even as global warming increases the frequency of El Nino and the Atlantic event, their effects are being amplified by the annual loss of an area of rain forest the size of New Jersey. Less rain falls, and the water runs into the rivers instead of being sucked up by the fungus filaments and tree roots.

In the spring of 1854, some of my publications persuaded King Maximilian II of Bavaria to offer me, at the suggestion of Emanuel Geibel, a position in Munich with an annual salary of 1000 guilders, to take part in his so-called symposia, weekly soirees at which scholars and poets were gathered.

While Congress did not, to my knowledge, calculate aggregate dollar values for the nationwide effects of racial discrimination in 1964, in 1994 it did rely on evidence of the harms caused by domestic violence and sexual assault, citing annual costs of $3 billion in 1990 and $5 to $10 billion in 1993.

Since the outbreak of war, there has been in our country a steady increase in the consumption of spirits, wine and beer. It is estimated that in dollar volume, the annual outlay is now practically double what it was before the war.

Lawmakers have good reason to want a healthy broadcast industry. Broadcast TV stations provide more than 186,000 jobs on an annual basis, which directly generate more than $30 billion in economic activity.

I love to see a wood full of bluebells. Growing up in the Kent countryside, I have special memories of this brief annual spectacle.

In fact, our monthly trade deficit figure is so huge it equals the entire annual budget of our Department of Veterans Affairs. Veterans fought to make us free from foreign tyranny, but the new tyranny is taking a different form.

The gap between rich and poor is widening dramatically. There's a hangar at the Cairo airport for private jets, billionaires are on the Forbes list, and Egypt's annual per-capita income is two thousand dollars. How can you sustain that?

The first thing I did when I decided that I was going to dive into the world of poop was look at who was doing stuff in that world. The first I came across was the World Toilet Organization. So one of the first things I did was to go to their annual show in Moscow.

My interest in Women in Film came from attending the Crystal Awards in 1998 where Meryl Streep and producers Gale Anne Hurd and Lucy Fisher were honored with the annual award.

Many people think that buying a fake product is harmless, but counterfeiting is estimated to result in annual losses of over $20 billion dollars to American companies.

In Sub-Saharan Africa, where agriculture represents two-thirds of all employment, governments are proving that resource commitments yield success. In 2004, African heads of state pledged 10 percent of their national budgets to achieve 6 percent annual growth in agriculture. By 2008, 20 African countries had met or exceeded that 6 percent target.

I'm not interested at all in playing more than 12, 15 tournaments a year on an annual basis because like all the old guys out here on this Tour, we've played golf for nearly 30 years of our lives.

Over the years, Good Deeds Day has annually gained greater popularity, spreading beyond geographical boundaries to include many more countries worldwide. International Good Deeds Day has become a global annual tradition of giving.

It took several years of trial and error, soul-searching and hard work to shape the ROI program into the ROI Community. In the first few years, we got to see the power of these gatherings and the resulting connections that spanned the globe. It inspired us to think about how we could transform an annual gathering into a year-round community.

Most of America never noticed, but the 1990s were good times for trailer homes, a.k.a. manufactured housing. From 1991 to 1998, annual sales of manufactured homes more than doubled, to 374,000 from 174,000.

Older boys were allowed to beat younger ones at my 15th-century English boarding school, and every boy had to run a five-mile annual steeplechase through the sludge and rain of an October day, as horses do. We wrote poems in dead languages and recited the Lord's Prayer in Latin every Sunday night.

Costa Rica and Germany have simply been pawns in the Japanese quest to silence Sea Shepherd in an attempt to stop our annual opposition of their illegal whaling activities.

Stocks in the United States plunged in 2002 amid fears of war and terrorism, a weak economy, rising oil prices and dozens of corporate scandals. It was the third consecutive annual decline, the first time that has happened in 60 years.

Why does Medicare have such difficulty accommodating a cut - no, wait, a trim to its annual spending increase - of two measly percentage points? Two words: baby boom.

More important is, Is the employer contributing what the required annual contribution is?

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.

One of the reasons is, refineries are currently doing what they call their annual maintenance. And so, production is a lot less.

On the night of the winter solstice, when the dead get their annual reprieve, they go up to the 24-hour donut shop and wedding chapel to get hitched. Marriage is a good and proper pursuit for dead people. For a while, it relieves the dark, shuddering loneliness of the afterlife.

On the earnings front, it would seem that companies have fared a little worse than the market had hoped. Annual growth has come in around 14.5 percent this season and analysts were hoping to see 16.6 percent.

News that the U.S. economy posted a weaker-than-expected 1.1% annual growth rate for the fourth quarter ... did not impact the oil-service stocks, which rallied by 1.8% (Friday) on the strength of better-than-expected quarterly results provided by Halliburton.

Make it a regular annual procedure to review and update your insurance. Also remember that insurance on mortgaged property probably only covers the lender with nothing left over for you.

Some might wonder, is the Internet search business booming enough to justify the lofty stock price--which includes a price-to-earnings ratio 175 percent greater than its peers and a total market value 20 times greater than its annual revenues.

One highlight of the annual meeting is a just-for-fun hunting contest where we use our dogs to find, point and retrieve pen-raised and released quail, pheasants or chukar partridge. Though there is an element of competition in the contest, most participants are doing this for the joy of hunting with their dogs.

Now that we've got the first one under our belts, we'll we be able to go back, plan and make the next one even better. This will be an annual event. What we want to do is keep local interest, and at the same time, continue to attract out-of-state visitors.

Obviously if this is that big of a hit, this may be an annual event for Atlanta, so we may have to up our eggs, too.

I'd love to see this become an annual tradition.

I'd like for this to be an annual event. I want to win all three games. Two wins would be a good trip.

If this goes over well, we'll probably make this an annual event.

If we do a good job of it, and we will I am sure, they will make this an annual event.

If they approve it with caps that are too low, and it can only be raised every four years, we are looking at an annual property tax increase. There's going to be a lot of people between a rock and a hard place.

We're continuing to evaluate those. If any violations are identified as a result of those inspections, they would be reflected when the performance indicator/inspection findings web page for the plant is updated quarterly. They would also be included in the 2006 annual assessment letter for the plant, which would be issued next March. Any non-'green' findings would result in additional inspections for the plant.

Lower annual pay and lower pay growth can flow through the economy, because it also means lower consumption, which effects businesses.

Lower NAND prices would boost demand in a few months' time. We still see a 40 percent annual fall in NAND prices.

Momentum-St. Louis has been experiencing an annual growth trend of over 30 percent in the past three years, thanks to the addition of new, global clients. We have been eyeing the perfect location to give staff a little more creative interaction.

Since funding this service is included as line items in both the water and sewer and engineering divisions' annual budgets, only the first year of the contract is funded, ... It is noted within the contract itself that fiscal years 2007 and 2008 are subject to appropriations. The fiscal year 2006 amount is not to exceed $33,940 in the engineering division, the amount of that appropriation, and the same amount in the water and sewer division. The three year total is not to exceed $240,480.

Millions of American seniors will soon be eligible for significant savings on the annual cost of their medications.

Mouser grew sales 30% in 2005 and over the past five years our compound annual growth rate was 22%. I believe the growth can be sustained.

Since we do this on an annual basis we allow countries to track their own performance over time.

Many people like to make New Year's Eve an experience rather than marking it with a single event. The Mesa Symphony's annual New Year's Eve concert is always packed because it allows East Valley residents to start the celebration a little bit early.

Since 2001, annual increases have dropped from 4.72 to 3.64 percent. Barring any major economic changes, 2006 will mark the first year where salary increases are likely to climb.

Seven hundred and fifty billion dollars is the annual aggregate income of African Americans. That economic potential needs to be harnessed for Africa's development and to create expanded economic opportunities for African people worldwide.

Seven percent is not an unreasonable estimate for GDP growth, ... Retail sales were strong, especially with the revisions. Consumer spending possibly grew 12 percent at an annual rate. That's really charging right along.

Seven percent is not an unreasonable estimate for GDP growth. Retail sales were strong, especially with the revisions. Consumer spending possibly grew 12 percent at an annual rate. That's really charging right along.

On an annual basis, during our cycle of budget and resource allocation, we review all expenditures. The Imperial County is part of that.

On an annual basis, the women's championship is the top or highest-rated game we do.

This was our second crab feed and we hope to make it an annual event. The funds raised by the music boosters go for new equipment, trips and scholarships.

Given that they waited until the market closed on that day, and on the day of their annual meeting, it's obvious that they didn't want to tell anybody about it until that point. And if they didn't put him up for re-election, that would have announced to the world that there would be a parting of the ways.

Fully 93 percent of the tax relief in our bill goes to taxpayers with annual incomes under $100,000, 76 percent goes to taxpayers with incomes under $75,000, ... If ever there was a tax plan for America's forgotten middle class, this is it.

Further, the amount of natural gas used by residential and business consumers is only 3 per cent, a tiny percentage of annual gas production.

For several years at the University of Virginia, students had an annual tradition of raising hell around campus, burning tar barrels and shooting pistols into the air.

I am convinced that a day-to-day, fully staffed, high-level commission, with its focus being human rights issues ... will be far more effective than our annual review,

I am extremely devoted to Amazon Prime - which offers speedier free deliveries, free movie streaming and other benefits for an annual fee - but I don't think it is great for groceries.

For most of us, it took years to develop bad financial habits, and it will take at least the same amount of time to create the good habits we want. People spend more time planning their annual vacation than discussing their personal finances. That's not healthy, especially for newlyweds.

For us that was Dec. 8, when we do our annual 20 percent off sale. For the big presents, folks don't like to wait to the last minute.

Ignite just held our first annual National Day of Action, on which, for the first time, students all across the country simultaneously pressured politicians to stop looking the other way.

Based on supply and demand analysis, it is possible to realize a target of 7.5 percent (average annual growth), which would be stable compared to the estimated 8.8 percent average annual growth

Building approvals are running at an annual negative pace, while house prices for the major cities declined.

I felt fine, it was just a regular annual mammogram.

To create competition, the distributors - namely the banks - must be allowed to compete over fees and service. The current system does not encourage competition. With the banks getting a blanket annual fee for the customer's inventory of fund units, their interest will be to sell as many units in stock mutual funds as possible and to prevent clients from selling them, even when unbiased advice would reach the opposite conclusion.

To get help in coercing thousands of workers into union ranks and to obtain at least $1 million in annual dues revenues, UAW officials sold out the very workers they sought to represent.

We are extremely proud to receive the Quality Circle Award this year, and particularly proud to be the only manufacturer to receive this award each year for the past decade. We consider the DSI survey to be a critical measurement tool for the quality of our products, our sales and service programs and our manufacturing processes. The survey provides us with an important annual benchmark that shows how our dealer partners perceive the quality of Winnebago Industries products and services.

Hasty Pudding is no small potatoes (sorry to mix the food references), known for its famous alumni and much-hyped annual awards ceremonies. One year Mel Gibson recited Hamlet and escaped from a straitjacket. Tom Cruise has strutted in a bra and stilettos. This year Sarah Jessica Parker gets the prize. A recent ... episode was about money woes. I wonder if there will be any jokes about dough this time!

What I have observed over the past 18 years is that the pace, the number of bills and the amount of time that legislators have is certainly less than what they used to have. So getting with them during the session is becoming increasingly difficult. And so you have to resort to other means. And other means includes inviting them to events, having them involved in annual meetings, things of that sort.

Having just approved the 2006 annual operating plan, I and the other directors believe the company is essentially on the right course for long-term growth, and that our employees and senior management team have a sense of urgency about improving the company's financial results. However, we will take this opportunity to re-examine the strategic direction of Gateway to fine-tune our products, services and approach to our professional and consumer direct markets.

If successful, such claims could result in the loss of most if not all of the annual MSA payments to Kentucky, which have consistently exceeded $105 million each year. Moreover, there is a possibility that the flat fee contemplated by this legislation could be invalidated as a result of litigation.

If the annual report or quarterly report has to be the size of the New York City phone book, that's life, ... But the extent to which in order to help my investors feel better, they need to know more things and different things and see it in a different way - I'm always open to that.

If the Fed is truly data dependent, then what matters most...is the data flow for the second quarter. What do we know about the second quarter? Well, not that much, but what we do know suggests a slowing to around a 2.5% annual rate.

If the funding level is continuing to decline over time and the employer is not making its annual contribution, that is bad. If the state is addressing the need, that gives you more comfort.

He was a regular donor to the annual fund, at a nice level but not a major gift level. It's a fantastic surprise to get.

Historically, September represents the end of the annual soft order period that typically begins in May. That orders were below the rate of build in September was not unexpected nor out of the ordinary. That said, if the industry is going to maintain current build rates into 2006, stronger orders above the rate of build will be required to replenish depleted backlogs.

Historically, the U.S.'s big launchers fly seldom enough that their costs are dominated by annual upkeep of facilities and staff, not by the actual cost of each launch. The expensive part is maintaining the launch capability, not actually conducting launches.

there is an emerging consensus that is hostile to the simplistic annual standard as the basis for triggering New Source Review.

Hopefully, this will become an annual event for our Belleville schools. This isn't about competition among schools to see what has the best peace ball; this is to draw attention and to recognize and support and give positive feedback to kids who are being peaceful. From what I've seen, I feel pretty good about peace here in Belleville winning over conflict.

We expect to see changes as a result of this work and we will be using participation in the audit as part of our annual performance ratings for primary care trusts.

He introduced things like different-color cars and annual model changes, and it's taken Ford 70 years to get back close to GM. I'm like Sloan. I see what the new world needs and wants, and I'm offering it. Dole's still making black cars. But he doesn't have to.

We're proud to be the number one provider of solar power in America. We were the first company to sell a solar panel in the U.S. in 1978. Now, nearly three decades later, solar energy is one of the best investments people can make anywhere, with as much as a 15% annual return on investment. Try to get that kind of return in the stock market.

We're proud to continue our great association with Mac Tools as the title sponsor for our biggest annual event. We realize this event generates a lot of excitement throughout the drag racing community and the world because of its rich history. We've enjoyed strengthening and enhancing that experience through our alliance with Mac Tools and we look forward to many more years of this outstanding partnership.

My wife was diagnosed with lupus 16 or 17 years ago, and that's how I kinda got involved in it. I just finished my fifth annual Bobby Hatfield Classic Golf Tournament, and happily I can report that we raised over $52,000. Through the years we've raised not only through the golf tournament, but through other charitable concerts, we've raised over $600,000.

Little was known about the age of tropical trees, because they do not have easily identified annual growth rings. No one had thought these tropical trees could be so old, or that they grow so slowly.

Lodi needs to rebuild its electric system's financial reserves to ensure system stability during volatile periods in the power market, which it expects to do steadily over a long time horizon by increasing annual net surpluses and fixed charge coverage. If the city achieves its financial plan while at the same time reducing operational risks going forward, the outlook will be revised to stable. Should the city fail to rebuild reserves or increase coverage of fixed charges, or should it experience any other unexpected adverse developments of a financial nature, the rating will be lowered.

That cookbook quickly sold out and we've had requests for another. We thought it would be great to honor the 10th annual relay with a new cookbook.

Irish is entitled to parity of esteem. But that does not mean parity of print runs. Semi-state companies were forced to print equal numbers of Irish and English versions of annual reports, when there was only a tiny demand for the Irish-language version.

Recent soft economic numbers for Australia and the fall in the annual rate of inflation add up to an unchanged cash rate on Wednesday. In fact, we forecast an unchanged rate for all of 2006.

Recent trends show the price pressures are well contained, with the exception of oil, ... The core CPI rose at just a 1.8 percent annual rate over the past three months, which is slightly below the 1.9 percent year-to-year gain. That means the core CPI is unlikely to accelerate in the next few months and allows the Fed to continue its policy of just gradually pushing up interest rates.

(Statewide), the annual average wage and salary employment grew more than 46,000 jobs to a level nearly equal to the 2001 all-time high.

President Abbas has reiterated that cutting off fund for infrastructure or the annual budget will spell a humanitarian disaster that affects all people.

President Bush's pledge to halve the budget deficit by 2009 distracts policymakers from the real issue of unsustainable trends in long-term entitlement spending. The president's proposal to slow Medicare's 9% annual growth rate is a good fiscal step, but the budget does not propose enough immediate and bold reforms to the quickly growing entitlement programs that threaten to overwhelm the budget.

Participation in the annual Best Practices Study has become a prestigious achievement for those that qualify for inclusion. It means the agency is among the best in the country. To be the top performer in one of the study's peer revenue groups means that agency is the 'best of the best.' It is an outstanding accomplishment.

Our objective is to try to do this on an annual basis. We want to reconnect with our past. Our past is very important to us.

PDF annual reports are principally useful only for printing, and sometimes for offline reference for experienced users. But they are not usable for online browsing, which is how most individual investors want to view online annual report information. Firms that post their reports only in PDF ignore the needs and preferences of most of their report users and put people off reading the report.

Last year annual spending on video conferencing was estimated to be $4.3 billion. By 2005, it is projected to grow to $7.7 billion,