December Quotations | Page 2

Looking at November and December together, it seems that retail sales held up pretty well during the holidays, although last month consumers shifted their purchasing power to other categories such as furniture and home goods.

March actually comes in fifth. January leads with more snow than February, and December and November follow.

Marks & Spencer has got its act together, ... There has been a UK retail boom in December but January has gone off to a slow start.

Some of the December strength and January weakness appears to be related to Y2K precautions; the (Federal Open Market Committee) will need a lot more evidence of a slowdown in consumer spending than this to convince them that further tightening is not warranted,

That caused some orders to be pulled forward into December that might have normally occurred in January or February,

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.

I said whatever you have going on in this account, everything from December 12 until now has not been our doing. This is theft.

Really in the last two, three or four years we've been as aggressive as anybody in the country with our non-conference schedule. I hope that doesn't hurt us. I hope that all of a sudden that's not used against you, because we could have played three easier teams in December and we'd be 20-9 and everyone will be celebrating.

Our record December sales results are further evidence of the great work being done by Associates throughout our company. More effective advertising, improved inventory in-stock levels and a tightly integrated multi-channel offering helped drive the year-over-year improvement. A strong increase in the average ticket size more than offset a reduction in traffic, compared with the prior year." ()

Previous government inquiries into police violence against Egyptian protestors have consistently exonerated Interior Ministry officials. In this case the precipitous return of hundreds of victims and witnesses would make any investigation into the violence of December 30 an empty gesture.

Participating with the Beaumont Chamber of Commerce, we did a 'shop local' campaign in the month of December and spent quite a lot of money in an electronic media campaign.

I support the troops. This is tough time right now. I think a lot of people in our industry are afraid to speak out. I had a drink with Sean Penn the other night. He went over to baghdad in December just to see for himself what was going on. And that guy is as American as anybody I ever met.

Just as is the case with the sales tax, once we get those returns in we'll cut the city a check. By December or January we should be able to get an idea of what sort of revenue the tax will generate,

I think there has been a pick-up in the last three months of the year, even though December is not yet done and dusted.

I think December is going to be a great month, ... There is a lot of inventory coming, new products. We will have a December to remember and forget October.

January could prove to be a very difficult month for bonds, just as December was. Long-term interest rates rose anywhere from 35 to 40 basis points last month, and we're obviously starting January on a very weak -- if not suspect -- note.

Our guys have been working since December to get ready for those 11 opportunities (to play). We don't want to miss one. We're excited that we get to play A&M.

Our kids were better prepared, we had a goal in mind and we knocked 'em off. We had a great day, and sometimes, it's too bad a day in December cannot carry over into March.

Management did outline several actions that they plan to take that should help return the company to more profitability. This will include several hundred million dollars in charges in the December quarter.

Manufacturing posted a solid rebound in December from weakness the prior month, but it is far from out of the woods.

I think the Budget is going to be positive. The last government numbers up until December point to a small deficit and, pushing it out to the full year, the deficit should be less than one percent of GDP. There is scope for government to spend more and provide more tax relief at the low end of the scale.

I think what a lot of people would like to see out of that December (19 Fed) meeting is, is a change in the bias.

I think it's much more likely that Greenspan gives us a quarter-point cut, and then comes back at the November or December meeting with another quarter-point cut.

I think both of these new films opted for December because they saw themselves as natural successors to The Lord of the Rings.

Retailers have recognized that December has 31 days.

Retail hiring between October and December was by far the smallest in years. We wonder if those 'not hired' for Christmas will 'not be let go,' as traditionally would happen, in January. If so, that will look like a gain in the seasonally adjusted numbers.

Over the next year, markets will be higher, but in November and December we may be in something of a trading range. Markets have already incorporated the improved earnings, and to an extent, the economic improvements.

Overall, we are pretty optimistic. We think the September and December quarters will be good ones for the enterprise software providers. The business software cycle is on the rise, rebounding nicely from the Y2K problem of last year and the successful transition from client-server architecture to Internet architecture software.

Our views on Syria are well known. A communication was made from our side to the Indian government early December conveying our objections to the oil deal.

Overall retail sales growth in December should be robust.

Our sales for the month of December were at the upper end of our expectations, driven in part by a higher mix of promotional sales,

Overall, the damage from the hurricane on the economy is limited, and by November and December we will start seeing the positive effect on production from rebuilding.

Our country talked about masturbation more in December of 1994 than they ever have in the history of the country, and you know, people would think you'd be embarrassed about that. I'm not embarrassed about that.

Our Five Star dealers did an outstanding job of communicating the consumer benefits of our Chrysler, Jeep and Doge CPOV program and that was the reason for our record sales in 2005. We are pleased to end December and the year on such a high note and look to continue that performance into 2006.

Our goal is that we will have 18 graduates in December 2006 and they will stay in the community.

I think President Bush had a very hard 2005. But he turned a corner on December 15, I believe, in Iraq with the elections there. And he seems to have kind of picked up an offensive spirit again.

I was in Beijing not too long ago in December and had a very thorough discussion with the President, the Premier and other senior officials.

I think people are now realizing how special that actually was. As you're watching the NHL this year ... there are a lot of future stars who were in Grand Forks in December and January.

I think that should set up a very positive picture for the December quarter, subject to execution.

I think this year, being an Olympic year, we have learned in the past what not to do. Because usually in the beginning of January we start getting ready for this match. And that's just too late. Yes, everybody needs a break at the end of the year. November, December there's a lot of holidays, nobody wants to shoot. But we actually shot all through the end of last year.

It is a little early to eulogize the housing sector. Look for any deterioration in starts, sales, etc., to be more gradual than the weather-depressed December starts tally would suggest.

I think this report clearly shows that we got a hurricane bounce back. It also puts the possibility of a Fed rate hike in December back in play.

It had become pretty clear throughout the month of December (2005) and especially at the (January 2006) press tour that CBS was looking in a different direction.

It got cold in December and stayed cold. Temperatures have been relatively warm since January, with not a lot of fluctuation. We've had a negligible number of potholes to this point. But remember, we've made a lot of improvements to our roads.

I think you have to talk about it. I think we should talk about it. We've done enough in November and December and January to put ourselves in a position to talk about it.

I think, your honor, you could say -- and this is not that different from what we have argued -- that as long as the manual recounts will not impair the final certification in time to permit the selection of electors by December 12, that those manual recounts must be included.

I thought at the beginning of the season when we were home most of December that helped us a lot to gel as a team for when we went out on the road in the second half of the season.

I think it does encourage flight to quality, temporarily, but actually I think once we get beyond this point, there is a deadline here, ... December 12th is a deadline out there looming not very long away, and I think that once we get beyond that point we really will see this as little more than a blip in the radar screen, as much as it seems like a major event in the moment for the markets. But it's not part of the fundamental economy.

It could be December 31 or even later, but not at least during the six-day party national executive and convention.

It introduces a little more uncertainty into the marketplace in the sense that most people were expecting some sort of action by the end of December at the latest.

It costs almost 400 percent more than it did in December 2001 to fill up a plane.

We now expect that the slowdown in retail that everyone's experienced since the attack of Sept. 11 will result in our reporting a small loss for our retail stores for the December quarter rather than the break-even results we had previously expected,

Toll has reviewed the ASX release made by Patrick Corporation today in relation to its expectation of Pacific National results for the six months to December 31, 2005, and considers this release to be premature and unconfirmed.

We can succeed in December if everyone shows their spirit of solidarity and responsibility,

We believe the December sales performance reflects not only our continued need to update the store base, but also a need to increase the average ticket and to drive more traffic, exposing a broader base of consumers to the new Circuit City,

We believe the mainframe weakness will persist into the fall and possibly the December quarter, when G7 moves into full swing. In our view, this is more than a first-quarter issue, and we think both stocks will likely remain depressed.

Year-end financial markets can be difficult, and winter economic data is difficult to read. It makes more sense that December will be month they skip. You don't want to be raising rates into what can be an illiquid market.

The preparation down here, you can't beat it. In December when we've got hot conditions, you're hitting hundreds of balls every day, doing a lot of hard work. I think I have a bit of an advantage.

We were just discussing in the locker room that now is not the time in the season to be giving up points. That was back in December and January. We talked about playing with confidence. I reminded them that they were the defending region champs.

Two weeks ago traders thought there was no chance. If you had asked me Thursday, I would have said less than a 50 percent chance (of a December hike), at best I would have said a 50-50 chance. Now it looks pretty likely.

We revised the budget based upon September and October taxes that had been collected. When I am looking at this December report, we are another $1.5 million over the revised budget for September and October figures.

Will you love me in December as you do in May, Will you love me in the good old fashioned way? When my hair has all turned gray, Will you kiss me then and say, That you love me in December as you do in May?

Will you love me in December as you do in May,Will you love me in the good old fashioned way?When my hair has all turned gray,Will you kiss me then and say,That you love me in December as you do in May?

You'll all recall that there was the arrest of the shoe bomber Richard Reid in December of 2001, and he was instructing the cell leader on the use of the same technique.

The 1.9 percent December year-over-year rise in the core personal consumption expenditure index reflects a stable and modest inflation rate. That would support the idea that the Fed can stop raising rates soon.

We get a lot of support through the year, but December is our biggest month. Through the rest of the year, you try to figure out how to stay successful to keep it going.

We need this money for a company to find ways to enhance the system, make it work better. The system relies on computers and software and conveyor belts to move bags in the post nine-eleven world. Usually it works well. But in peak times, like the December holidays and with March and April coming up, the system tends to get overwhelmed and break down. That's when we have to have people move the bags by hand.

While December was a difficult comparison for us and other manufacturers, by any measure it still was a solid sales month. We're particularly pleased with the recovery in our sport utility and full-size pickup business. It gives us renewed confidence as we prepare to launch new vehicles into these key segments in 2006.

We do not believe that September was the bottom, but December or March may be. We recognize that carrier capital spending is forecasted to decline, but given our discussions with customers regarding their plans for new product launches and continued inventory reductions, we believe that December or March can represent the low point of the industry downturn.

We're a little bit above normal (for precipitation). We are about 4 inches above normal here and late December really put us over.

You always want to start fast because it gives you a great opportunity, ... Most importantly in November and December you want to win. But you want to give yourself that opportunity to get into the playoffs, and that happens early on in the season.

We continue to look toward the December quarter as our first opportunity for year-over-year (revenue) growth which we expect to turn into unit growth,

While the Australian economy continues to report sub-trend growth, the December results reinforce the point that it is still performing reasonably well. Conditions improved in December, driven by stronger-than-expected trading and profitability.

While the CBI survey indicated a marked softening in consumer spending following the relatively strong December performance, it nevertheless indicated a significantly stronger performance than that seen overall in recent months.

We're delighted to be in this (the regional). We're really a year ahead of schedule, with seven sophomores on our team. If somebody back in December would have told me that we would be in the playoffs, I would have checked their forehead to see if they had a temperature.

We'll decide what we're going to do about December as we go along, but it would not be a surprise to me that the commanders would want to have some sort of an overlap there

We don't distribute content that is known to be offensive, with rare exceptions. This is not one of those exceptions. We made the decision in December and have looked at the issue again this week and reaffirmed that decision not to distribute.

We have taken measures and beefed up our defense capabilities around the border since December to prevent any miscalculation by the other side,

Who knows what the face of this team is going to look like next year? Winning six in a row ending in December isn't going to do a thing for you come next September. A lot of stuff happens.

You are entering a seasonally softer period, so you don't want to have inventory at a worse level in December than where you were exiting the September quarter,

We had to react immediately because in December we were beginning to lose customers who were seeing a slowdown in service, ... I'm estimating that we lost 25% of our customer base over the next five months because they got hit with much higher phone connection charges.

We had two days in December that you would call winter. We've had so many 50-degree days, it's really been amazing.

We had very solid gains over December and some profit taking is not out of the question at this time of the year.

We had far and away the best October, November, December and January that we've ever had, and quite honestly we attribute a great deal of that to the show.

We used to see about five cases a month. At the tail-end of December we realized we had a situation on our hands.

We used to wave 'Terrible Towels' in December during 'Nutcracker' shows.

We've seen enrollment continue at a steady pace, faster than what we saw before the late December surge.

There is a question of steady increases or taking a pause. I think this data supports a pause, but we still have two more employment reports to consider before the December FOMC meeting, so it's not over yet,

There is a seasonal cyclicality to that. The March quarter isn't going to be as high as the December quarter. Customers have to do some digestion, and by time Dec. 31 rolls around I'm fairly confident they'll exceed 1999.

There is a specific reference in February to 'the pace of policy moves at upcoming meetings ... would depend on incoming data', suggesting a degree of potential flexibility that was absent from the December minutes,

What we need to do between now and December is work on the follow-up, to see things through, ... It would be unfair not to make use of our proximity to decision-makers.

In December 1998, I considered myself an expert on love. I was almost a year into a relationship, one that had grown more slowly than I had wished, but once it flowered it was much more stimulating than any marriage or relationship I had known.

We hope to go to bid in December and begin construction in January,

We heard little hints about how Vernon Jordan might be a liar because of what he said about December 11th. And all of a sudden, just five minutes ago, this body heard for the first time, he's not only maybe a liar about the job search, but he's maybe a liar about destroying evidence, ... Words fail me.

Every thought and every act were to keep this home in tact.

We've stopped our programs. We will not feed anybody past the end of December ... We're only feeding 600,000 people today out of 6.5 million people (WFP had been feeding).

The question is how good the December quarter will be, ... We'll find out over the next four to six weeks. We think underlying economics are pretty favorable, and that people -- and especially corporations -- are going to spend money on PCs.

The question is, How many of those who didn't buy a 360 in December will now wait for the Sony? Some will.

We are growing increasingly concerned about the District's ability to meet the agreed-upon December 31, 2005 deadline, by which date a number of critical tasks in the Baseball Stadium Agreement must be completed,

Yan had 18 cases between April 2004 and December 2005 in our court.