Indicator Quotations

One indicator of Ernest Lawrence's influence is the fact that I am the eighth member of his laboratory staff to receive the highest award that can come to a scientist - the Nobel Prize.

In the university library, we know when a book has been used in a class or put on reserve... or while it was out, did somebody call it back in. It turns out to be a pretty good indicator of how relevant the work is at that time.

How your social network - the people that you know, or in your community - understand or value a work can be... a tremendously relevant indicator of how important or meaningful it's going to be to you.

Clothes were terribly important in the '20s. They really were an arbiter of who you were and how much money you had: an indicator of social status.

It drives me crazy when people talk about the scale as an indicator of health, because your weight doesn't tell you what's going on at a biochemical level.

It's possible to spend every waking hour here on the ninth floor and not get out of the office. And this isn't the real world in here. And contrary to public opinion, I'm not incredibly poll-driven. They are an ongoing indicator of how we are going, but I take the feedback I get on the street as being the most important.

The bestseller charts, a sure indicator of public taste, tell us with relentless frequency that Marian Keyes or Jeffrey Archer is a better author, by some dizzying six-figure sum, both in numbers of copies and money, than, say, J. M. Coetzee or Patrick White. Are they right?

'She's Gotta Have It' and 'School Daze,' I really didn't know what I was doing. And the biggest indicator of that was the acting. 'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors.

Among all the upheavals of war with al Qaeda, the surest indicator of the historic stakes is the ongoing rotation of top U.S. government managers - scores at a time - into a bunker deep underground and far from Washington.

What you wear can be such an indicator of so many things. You know, how you feel, how you want others to perceive you. So, that is an absolutely essential part of building a character.

Shrugging off statements by the Fed last week, mortgage rates remained relatively more stable than bond market yields. Without a key indicator that would move it one way or another, the financial market is in something of a state of limbo.

No one could have predicted such a monster year, nor anticipated the sustained strength of consumer confidence that fueled the economy. Every indicator points to a leveling-off in early 2000. But, of course, that's what we all said last year.

I don't have a number, but I have a strong indicator that it will be settled before we play next weekend.

I didn't get the call about the city results until 4:30 in the afternoon. So one of the problems we have is that these tests for indicator bacteria take 24 hours to develop. So really, unfortunately, we're saying we had a problem yesterday.

When you consider that Symphony is currently limited to the niche of REO evictions and related post-foreclosure legal processes, reaching the 5,000 case mark in about a year's time is a good indicator of just how capable Symphony is, and of how well-received it has been. And, we are particularly pleased to have reached this milestone while maintaining a system uptime of over 99%, and with our users rating Symphony among the industry's best default-related technologies.

We're seeing very strong institutional buying and it's for all commodities. Funds are seeing that there are very low inventories for copper and zinc and that's just an indicator of how tight the market is and how strong the worldwide economy is.

Signing on a respected, Oscar winning actor like Lou is a clear indicator of the new direction we seek to take with Christian film. And collaborating with the creative team at Sony has provided a different level of expertise in everything from casting, the script, the visual effects and the overall 'feature film feel' this project will have. Yet, the core Gospel message remains squarely in place.

Kerry's sham economic indicator says that our economy was better under Jimmy Carter than under Ronald Reagan, a deception few Ohioans are likely to believe.

Given its reliability as an indicator for German GDP growth, it paints a positive picture for the economic outlook.

If artificial barriers are necessary to keep employees dedicated to company goals, then that's an indicator of weak management.

I don't think what we did last week is an indicator of what we're going to do for the balance of the season. We will lean a little more heavily on the run than we did when I got here eight years ago. We're still a one-back, spread offense and we spend a lot of time practicing the pass.

Capitalization rate is merely one indicator of real estate value. Each property needs to be evaluated independently based on current and future income, market and submarket dynamics, physical condition and the terms of any indebtedness secured by the property. These capitalization rates and values may not be representative of future capitalization rates and values that may be achieved on the Company's remaining properties under the liquidation plan.

Building permits are just one small indicator of the economy.

But that was just a minor correction on the heels of a huge bull market. The market's former success seemed to be more of an indicator that year,

Chris had two outstanding games. He was our leader. The Bahamian teams attacked with very quick, physical guards and it was a good challenge. In the second game he had nine assists and no turnovers. That's a great indicator of things to come.

He has great professional credentials to start with, so I think that's a positive indicator for him, ... He doesn't have the baggage of other judicial nominees that have been highly controversial.

He had a tough game on Saturday, but he'll bounce back from it. My thoughts about Charlie really haven't changed. I knew there was going to be a tough game at some point along the line. This team posed a lot of issues for him, and how he recovers from that will be a big indicator of what his abilities are.

When he didn't want to do the 6 a.m. run that was a good indicator he didn't want to play basketball for Duquesne. I assume he is going to ask for a transfer. I only want guys who want to be in the trenches with Duquesne. I don't want guys who don't want to be at Duquesne.

When he didn't want to do the 6 a.m. run that was a pretty good indicator he didn't want to play basketball any more at Duquesne University.

His NCAA championship score sends a signal that he is a player on the international platform scene. We will know better after the U.S. Open (April 20-23), which is a good indicator of where he stacks up against the best platform divers in the U.S. One of our goals is to be in a position to go for Olympic qualifying for the 2008 games.

His next outing will be a big indicator where his knee is at in relationship to where his arm is. His arm is ahead of his knee right now in terms of strength and stamina.

There is a good deal of underlying momentum in the U.S. economy, which is probably underestimated by the market. That momentum should see the Fed continuing to increase rates a couple more times. Dollar-yen remains very much an indicator of both yield differentials.

That alone is a pretty good indicator of how important she was to the community.

Recruitment trends are tied to confidence in the economy and 56 percent of hiring managers expect the economy to improve in 2004. While more than half of hiring managers will be focused on employee turnover in the coming year, what is encouraging is that almost one-third will recruit to expand their business, introduce new products and services or enhance customer relations. After two years of a relatively flat job recovery, this is a positive indicator that job creation is on the rebound.

Our research shows the jobless rate is the best indicator of monetary policy, ... They have almost perfect correlation.

Participation at CARTS should be an indicator of the level of industry confidence. We expect that engineers and marketing executives will make the small investment of time to gain a competitive edge by finding out where the industry is going from both a technology and market perspective.

Our match on Friday will be a good indicator for the post-season.

Our leading indicator - the one that's never lied to us like the politicians - suggests only 23 percent probability of recession over the next 12 months, that's very low.

I think what you're seeing today and over the past week is a good indicator of where the market is right now and will likely be through the end of the year.

I think sometimes we overly rely on (test scores), and we think it is the only indicator of a healthy school system, and it's not.

I think the administration is making a mistake by focusing on the aluminum tubes, because they're not a clear indicator of a nuclear weapons effort in Iraq.

I think that the more information we have on a student, the better indicator we have of their prospective success.

I think the unemployment report is the main indicator people are waiting for this week.

Remember that oil disruption is a genuine bullish indicator for the commodity,

Repeat orders are a clear indicator of customer satisfaction.

Parents use the Report Card's indicator values, ratings, and rankings to compare schools when they choose an education provider for their children. When parents already have a child enrolled at a school they use the report cards as an annual audit of how that school is doing academically.

I think on a whole host of issues Washington tends to be a lagging indicator on public opinion.

I think practice preparation is always an indicator of game performance - not necessarily 100 percent, because there are still a lot of variables there, but it?s still an indicator,

It is a classic indicator of a bull market when stocks don't go down even on bad news. It is a positive thing for the short term.

I think it is a worrisome situation, especially because we think that swans could be an indicator species, meaning that swans are relatively susceptible and so it could well be that other aquatic birds could be infected. Now we have seen it in Greece and Italy and now Germany. It is spreading all over Europe.

I think it's a very positive indicator for the event to have so many important entities and individuals involved.

It ain't looking good. All the indicators that point toward the ultimate price of gasoline are negative . The only positive indicator is the stocks of crude oil are good.

Today was a remarkable first day of ticket sales. We've made considerable strides over the last two years, and, coming off our strongest preseason ticket sales effort to date, we are confident that today is a great indicator of another year of substantial growth.

The problems we are having right now getting any kind of ambition in the market access area is an indicator of the reluctance of the rest of the world to go in that direction,

I would agree that people today probably don't save enough. But I just don't think that the personal-savings rate is a good indicator of what is really happening. It ignores so much; it is a very limited metric.

We have an enormous sales pipeline for both applications and technology, ... Typically that's proven to be a good indicator of how we'll do.

Usually when you see a stat like that, at least for a team like us, that's an indicator you're coming from behind and you've got a lot of work to do. But you've got to give our opponent a lot of credit. They played a great game.

We could not make good fisheries by throwing rocks in it or sticking a regulation on it. The fish population is the ultimate indicator of how well we're doing.

Most importantly, PeopleSoft blew away the license revenue number, which we believe is the more important indicator of a turnaround.

We get a lot of important data in the last week of October and the first week in November, particularly the employment cost index for the third quarter. That's going to be a key indicator for the Fed. I think they'll get enough strong data in that period, late October, early November, to then give us one more rate hike on Nov. 16.

We can attribute some of last month's decline to the rise in the Canadian dollar and increased concern among companies as to the impact this will have on export penetration and earnings, but at the end of the day the Ivey has never been a valued directional indicator because of its volatility and desks may partially dismiss the decline as a result.

We have a very small and young team. This will be a good indicator of who is ready to step into some tough positions we are going to have this year. I think over the first two or three matches, we will find out who is going to step up for us this year.

We believe this is a very significant turning point, ... and yet another indicator that the Iraqi regime is approaching its end.

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We've seen globally that women's education is a key indicator for development, and it's extremely important for us as we look at the overall development of an area. Women play a vital role in the family and community, and for them to make informed decisions about household and family and community matters, they need equal access to education.

We've seen some selling earlier this week, but a good number will show the general strength of the U.S. economy and help the dollar. Payrolls will be the key indicator as far as the Fed is concerned.

The real indicator to me is what do you have coming up in the next five years in your capital plan.

What we can measure is how hard we are trying. Measures of effort may be a more useful indicator than estimated rates of species loss. For example, we can measure the number of new protected areas being established and ask if they have sufficient budgets.

Yahoo! has been a fairly good indicator of how others in the Internet group perform, ... buy.

The ratio of inventories to shipments rose a bit in the latest month. We have found movements in this ratio to be a good indicator of industrial activity. Just a straw in the wind at this point, but a possible indication of future moderation in the sector.

Wal-Mart's news is a very big deal, ... There's no doubt that a significant number of consumers are shopping paycheck to paycheck. Most are also waiting for price reductions because they know that the support of another tax rebate or tax reduction is unlikely. So saying that the consumer is still cautious is a good indicator that the holiday season will only be moderately better than last year.

Wal-Mart's news is a very big deal. There's no doubt that a significant number of consumers are shopping paycheck to paycheck. Most are also waiting for price reductions. So saying that the consumer is still cautious is a good indicator that the holiday season will only be moderately better than last year.

Toyota dealers on average have significantly more throughput than our dealers do. And we know that throughput is a key indicator of the profit opportunity for a dealer.

When you're playing playoff teams, it is more of an indicator of where we are and how we're playing.

We actually widened our margin with Kane on the bench and that's a big indicator of some players wanting to step up.

We advise consumers to make sure they use a licensed, reputable escrow service and never blindly accept an escrow service proposed by a buyer. We also recommend that consumers use extreme caution when dealing with buyers or sellers who claim to do business overseas, as this is a high indicator of fraudulent activity.

This scrimmage will be a good indicator on how well guys have come along. Hopefully we can end this week without any injuries and get ready for Los Angeles.

This national manufacturing number will be a key to the market. The economic data that we are going to be seeing now will be a good indicator of what we could be setting ourselves up for the rest of the year.

The overall balance of the Antarctic ice is dependent on regional changes in the interior and those in the coastal areas. The changes we are seeing are probably a good indicator of the changing climatic conditions there.

We are able to get a lot of physical evidence and clues in there because of, it's not totally damaged and that gives us an indicator also of how the fires were set.

When you spend a year or two researching a subject, and you're still fascinated by it, that's a good indicator that what you're doing will appeal to others, as well.

The decline in the length of the average work week ... tells us this leading employment indicator does not foreshadow any immediate end to this general pattern of weakness in the labor market.

The decline seemed to kick in around the time of publication of data on machinery orders which is a key indicator of capital expenditure. It was well below forecast, down 12.5 percent on the month.

There are a lot of investors out there who look at oil as a leading indicator for commodity investing.

While poor test results might not necessarily indicate poor health -- or noncompliance -- it's an excellent early indicator of potential problems to come.

We obviously monitor consumer confidence as an indicator of how consumers are feeling about the broader economy, but we also look at a number of other indicators.

We consider the average settlement amount to be important because it is an indicator of which law firms are consistently bringing and settling high-impact cases.

We're trying to blend these two things so they're working in unison, so they're not working against each other. It's hard to draft the type of players you want if you're not positive in the development plan, and it's not an indicator to have success to have a development plan that doesn't mirror the type of players that you get attracted to you.

Wall Street has a lot of football fans. The Super Bowl indicator might be fun, but I'd put more credence into astrologic market predictors. Any correlation between the stock market and the Super Bowl that can be dug up is just coincidental. There's no way the outcome of the football game has any effect on the stock market.

To me the fact that we don't have a screening test for the biggest cancer killer in the nation is the best indicator of how little resources have been put toward this disease. It is absolutely abhorrent to me that we don't have a screening test for this disease.

To me, the key indicator is employment. We need to see at least three months of pretty hefty increases in employment before we'll be able to say we're out of woods,

We're looking for an indicator of what RDG thinks is feasible, ... The matrix will help guide us to that next step to actually define what will be in the Rec Plex.

We're seeing a very clear indicator that the people of New Jersey have had it.

While losing a talented individual like Evans is not good news, we believe his departure will not have an impact on financial results and is not a leading indicator of additional departures.

We're pleased with the results from the fourth quarter. Certainly U.S. sales remained strong throughout the year. Probably more significantly, international sales were up so that's a nice indicator of the future.

The perception among C-suite executives that the global economy is getting stronger should be a hopeful indicator for global business. As optimism for the global economic climate improves, top executives are more apt to focus on improving their own businesses by spending for programs that might have been curtailed or postponed and by hiring new employees to carry out their growth plans.

very bad indicator on whether or not people feel secure about their jobs.

At the beginning of the game, the first four or five plays they just got to the front of the rim with nobody helping. That was a pretty good indicator of how it went.

This year has been very strong for the e-commerce industry. Every indicator in this space, from online sales, broadband growth and domain registration is up. It's not surprising that individuals, small businesses and even the bigger brick-and-mortar retailers who didn't have an online presence before now have a Web site.

Even though February job cuts showed a significant decline, there is no reason to think the job market is rebounding, ... The fact that cuts remained above 100,000 is a strong indicator that employers are still focused on contraction.