Ramp Quotations

I love being photographed, I love the ramp.

I don't think I was a good model. I think I was born to emote and act. I would walk down the ramp and smile and they used to say, 'Give us a blank look.' It was really difficult not to smile.

In ramp skating, there's this guy Alex Perelson who's really coming into his own and doing some amazing new stuff we haven't seen before. Just different types of spin.

A wave isn't like a skate ramp or mountain; everything's moving around and you have to time how to move along with it. That's easier with a slow wave.

Next year, the westward tilt is expected to continue, although Newfoundland and Labrador will be the exception to the rule as major developments in the mining and oil sectors ramp up to full production.

I got lost - I was on north 127 and I was supposed to be on south 127, ... I came up on the ramp and I heard someone yell, 'Stop, your car's on fire.'

We're looking at some short-term solutions to getting traffic off that ramp more quickly.

She auditioned in ramp modeling, and also read a commercial.

Whenever you see a guy by the interstate ramp with a sign, that guy is the tip of the iceberg. There's another population you don't see.

Silver Surges on exchange traded fund hopes. There is a serious risk that the silver price could ramp up by 25 per cent over the next couple of months, driven by supply concerns.

The only good news is that with margins like this, every refiner that can will ramp up output. There may be a long-term change because this storm has focused attention on the need for additional refineries. An aggressive company may agree to jump through the hoops to build the first new refinery in almost 30 years.

We might ask if the ramp split on the way up, and whether they stayed left or right, which is the difference between odd and even floors. Did they turn right or left when they got to their floor? Did they ride an automated shuttle? (They run from long-term.) Did they ride a rubber-tire bus? (They run from remote-economy.) Was there a roof overhead?

There are so many parts of this project that are intertwined that they have to be staged and set up in a particular order, and they would like to get this particular ramp done first so other ramps can follow.

Ideally you'd have 12 months to set this up, to get a staff and do everything necessary, and we've had three months to ramp up. But we'll be ready to go.

Frank Lloyd Wright's inverted oatmeal dish and silo with their awkward cantilevering, their jaundiced skin and the ingenious spiral ramp leading down past the abstractions which mirror the tortured maladjustments of our time.

From a fundamental standpoint, we expect subscriber growth to ramp in the coming quarters, largely from pent-up demand.

If, and only if, our further testing and analysis supports flying without a PAL ramp is aerodynamically alright to do, as our preliminary analysis indicates it would be, then the May launch window is still possible to make. If our new testing and analysis indicates we need the PAL ramp, we'll stop our shuttle processing, reassess and work the issue from there.

I believe that if you want to be president of the United States, you run for president. You don't run for president with some eject button in the cockpit that allows you to go on an exit ramp if it doesn't work out.

Businesses are starting to ramp up spending on new equipment and technology and consumer spending looked relatively strong in January, despite predictions that they were tapped out. This may mean fewer job cuts in the months ahead as companies try to meet the steady demand for their products.

Bean dinners, as well as ramp dinners, are historically fundraising political rallies for Southern West Virginia.

To get any volume for the Chinese it will take a couple of years to ramp up.

We look forward to seasonally strong business in the fourth quarter, ... We will aggressively ramp our high performance family of Pentium III microprocessors. At the same time, we are accelerating our new business activities in networking, communications products, and online services, as illustrated by the number of acquisitions made in the third quarter.

Hitting the moored boat provided a launch ramp for it into the house. It was pretty spectacular. And it was a lot like that James Bond movie, where the boats are flying through the air.

The ramp up we had into earnings let you know that people were expecting big things. Any time we go into an earnings season and the market is overbought, it sends up a caution flag for me.

If inflation doesn't accelerate much from here, and the Fed just raises rates a little more, we might see something like the end of the 1990s again. But if the Fed has to really ramp up to fight inflation, it's going to be a much worse environment than investors realize.

There is going to be a lot of shuffling as airlines ramp up their schedules.

Orders for the first quarter of fiscal 2006 were $23.8 million and are expected to approach $30.0 million in the second quarter. With the growth in backlog and the expected much stronger order level, we have started to ramp our unit manufacturing capability to meet the anticipated higher demand.

Last year had a learning curve to it. I think we can ramp up more quickly this year.

Japan and Korea dominate market volumes today, accounting for over 80 percent of TV phones sold in 2006. However, Western Europe and North America, as well as China, will be the hot spots for global volume growth over the next few years. We expect Western Europe to ramp up to over one million units sold this year, with North America and China coming online in 2007.

Management cited a narrower assortment of handsets, ramp up of expertise on the activation process, and fewer-than-expected promotions as reasons for the softness.

I think the Stern momentum has largely played itself out and will probably kick in again Christmas, but the big ramp that was associated with Stern coming is probably over.

Right now would be a good time for everybody to ramp up on their conservation. It's the biggest thing that could help.

Over time you should ramp down the program in size.

We have been watching the digital publishing sector very closely over the last few years and have now decided it is time to ramp up our activity.

We have two years to ramp up proper management for these sides as well as employment, education, accommodation and other issues for the teams.

We followed every standard protocol for hurricanes, but the flooding was just astronomical. Twenty to 50 percent of the population (of New Orleans) had not evacuated. That's going to take a while to ramp up the rescue operations and support operations. It just doesn't happen in the blink of an eye.

We've seen that coming for several years with the ramp down of the F-16 program.

The only time that ramp actually works right is at about half-tide and above.

This will perhaps be the fastest transition from ramp to store.

The rapid ramp up of available solutions from auto manufacturers is a stark contrast to the normal five-year product development cycle in the automotive industry.

Tom knows our solutions and services inside and out, and is the perfect fit for this new role within the company. Working extensively with VARs within this industry for years, he has the leadership experience to ensure we have the right partners to ramp up quickly in these new markets.

We are leaving our fiscal 2001 estimates and $87 12-month price objective for Microsoft materially unchanged, following fourth-quarter results that were largely devoid of the drama of the past two quarters. Nonetheless, 'caution' remains the operative word from Microsoft management, as continued choppy monthly unit demand from business PCs and a deliberate, gradual ramp from Windows 2000 platforms and related applications hinders near-term growth.

What we have right now is a situation where, with my having access to the military, bringing in the National Guard troops, securing the area, we'll be able to continue the relief efforts that we have been doing over the last several days, ... We'll be able to ramp those up and continue the evacuation.

We are not just going to sit back and let America to go down this ramp of immorality alone, ... We can change America on our watch together.

The decline in inventory suggests that production will start to ramp up and should lead to a pick up in growth going forward.

The data from the ongoing engineering analysis on the PAL ramp seems to be pointing in the direction of not flying with the PAL ramp for STS-121.

We're excited to partner with NBC on the mini-movie and Las Vegas show integration to help ramp up excitement for the 2006 Olympic Winter Games.

While penetration of low-end PCs and handsets will continue to be a major trend this year, we believe the ramp of new technologies and innovations will be the key growth driver for the industry.

We will double the staff strength to 60 this year and ramp it up to 100 in 2007. We continue to identify research areas that are relevant to the region and germane to the high-quality talent available in India.

We have said for some time that Windows 2000 will have a slow ramp because companies take time to test and deploy new operating systems. Windows 2000 is basically a second half of 2000 story.

We'll be cleaning and straightening up in the back. We also plan a ramp that will be handicapped accessible and an elevator ? maybe even a deck one day. People could overlook the river and the Becky Thatcher from the deck.

Would I like to see them ramp up earlier? Yeah, it'd be nice. But I'm sure they are moving as fast as they can.

We want to take the concept as big as we can. To really ramp the company up and roll it out the way we want to, we really wanted to take some time and bring somebody in of this caliber.

What they're going to do is get the southbound ramp done first, then move to the northbound and do the other half of the ramp over the railroad bridge. They're going to be working on half the bridge while they're doing southbound and then the other half doing northbound.

We're going to ramp it like crazy and deliver it in volume. As a result, it's a better product, and people buy better products.

We're going to see refineries further ramp up gasoline production as they come back on line. Concerns about gasoline will fade as this results in increased stocks.

Uncertainty in the economy is dampening the ramp in our industry and caused our orders to be lower than expected.

The whole ramp up has been a pretty exciting time, so we've moved right from the first and second shifts, into the third shift. It seems like we haven't missed a beat thus far, so it's a pretty amazing time.

We must be able to ramp up production and migrate the technology to more models, but we can't do that if the know-how resides abroad.

We're very concerned. I don't think we're the problem. We want (the ramp and its availability for bass fishing) to be here for our kids and their kids. I'm heartbroken that they're going to close that ramp .... It's a very nice lake, and it's a shame what's happening.

To me, it's like a ramp up. This is the high point. Get past Texas and as a team and as a driver, we'll be able to develop on racing and developing a team. ... Just coming out of the gate, get through Texas in good shape and the rest, I think, would be a breeze.

There is nothing in the market demand indicating that we need to slow down the ramp at Fab 36.

to meet production-level quality standards before we ramp the chip into volume production.

Ramp up my genius, be not retrograde; But boldly nominate a spade a spade.

Figure skating is always a huge deal. Winter Olympics frequently create new heroes in America, even in rather obscure events ... or at least some unforgettable characters, like (British ski jumper) Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards who managed, quite flamboyantly, to not get himself killed when flying off a ramp 18 years ago at Calgary.

Coal prices will hold for 2006 and perhaps into 2007 due to the shortfall of supply. It takes a while to ramp up capacity of coal and there are only so many ships to ship it in and rail cars to move it in,

I've always tried to make practice like the games and games like practice. NFL games are often very emotional the energy, the momentum. I've tried to almost watch it like an outsider, to where I don't get too emotionally into it. Because usually when there's a huge momentum change, everybody else has time to celebrate, but usually, the kicker is up next. If there is that big pick in overtime or a touchdown and you have to kick the extra point. You take the opposite tack and ramp all that back down.

A zero-depth entry point would be something to make the pool more accessible to handicapped people. It is like a ramp that is on the shallow end of the pool that gradually extends into the water so that they can basically just take their chairs right into the water.

That's why I now have complete cooperation from the military, ... I have everything I need to ramp this up and do what we have to do to secure New Orleans, to take this urban area and make certain it's secure, get people out of here, and start the recovery process.

Already, some $2 billion per day is being spent on the recovery efforts. We simply cannot wait for existing structures to organize and ramp up or create a whole new bureaucracy that will take many months to get up and running. We need controls that are visible and on the ground as soon as possible,

A lot of these infrastructure projects benefit private entities just by their nature. If you build a highway and there happens to be an exit ramp to a mall there's some benefit to a private entity.

Although there has been or will be more than 6 million tons of new annual alumina capacity added over the 2005 and 2006 period, how quickly these new entrants can ramp up to full production is open to question.

They said they would buy her house, then build her a brand-new bigger house with a wheelchair ramp and pay for her health care for the rest of her life. It just blew me away.

Satellite radio is going to ramp up nicely over the next year. But really the big tipping point is probably going to be next Christmas.

With a three-quarter-billion-dollar order backlog and the first of many A500 deliveries last year, we now look forward to Craig providing his production experience to quickly ramp up deliveries to six aircraft per month to meet this strong customer demand.

There is really nobody to communicate with right now on this issue, because Americans are not plugged into it. I think Americans feel one or two steps removed from the Supreme Court, particularly when the confirmation process hasn't started. But as you get closer to the hearing and the vote, the volume on this thing is going to ramp way up.

This area is front and center with pretty much everybody, especially in the high-tech industry, where you have quick product model revisions. Being able to ramp them very quickly into high volume and being able to step on the brake very quickly require demand and supply forecasting processes as well as replenishment processes to be best-in-class.

This car came up the ramp on 29th Street, hit the mound of dirt just before the bridge, went airborne and came through the bridge under construction.

This is great. We're already designing the terminal expansion and ramp expansion.

In a matter of weeks, we could get a barge and a ramp in place and be ready to go.

If the movie is a big success this weekend, I think you'll see a pretty big ramp in signings that theater owners want to get it in place before competitors do. Right now, the studios want this to succeed as much as anyone else. They want to be able to have a premium product with premium pricing.

Snapchat's ramp reminded us of another mobile app Benchmark had the good fortune to back at an early stage: Instagram.

The boat ramp is going to be delayed further. We are going to do everything we can to get it back on track.

Consumers are coming through nicely but it doesn't look like there are major plans for corporations to ramp up IT spending in 2004.

It's certainly a major medical need in the ability to prevent cervical cancer. That gives it the potential to be a blockbuster. We're not expecting a real quick ramp up on this, though it could become a billion dollar drug.

It's definitely popular because people think that everyone is going to be out and they go out to the club to partake. We always ramp it up and push it up a few notches and give it our full abilities. This year is no different. I'm very excited.

In the long run, we have decided we would like to remove this fairly large piece of foam, just eliminate the hazard that it might cause. We think we have a very strong case to be ready to take that ramp off by the third flight tank. Some folks believe we can accelerate that and potentially even remove it for the STS-121 tank.

Inventories are going to be largely neutral for economic growth in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, as businesses ramp up production to rebuild inventories, that will mean more hiring, more production and a stronger economic environment.

Before Sept. 11, (2001), we were receiving about 5,500 combat boots a month for the troops. There's been a huge surge since the war and we've upped that demand to 85,000 a month. We've asked our suppliers to ramp up production. If they can make just one more, we'll take it.

They've had a couple more months to work this and after studying this problem up and down the chain they are thinking that the PAL ramp removal is more feasible than they did just a couple of months ago.

It'll take most of the quarter to ramp up production of the iMac, and we're unlikely to be able meet expected demand for the quarter, ... We certainly hope more than half of the iMac sales this quarter will be the new iMacs. How much over half it goes will depend on supply.

The business and industry environment during the quarter was generally favorable. Our sales results reflected stable trends across our product lines and a modest ramp in demand for fluid handling equipment through the quarter and into December.

The focus is on Vista and when they get that rolled out. Obviously, they need to keep to their schedule and get that out in the first quarter, but that means any ramp in revenue growth for this company is not going to come until the first quarter of next year.

The Iranians can ramp this up or back as they're pressed. And thus far, they have shown every inclination to do precisely that.

These are billion dollar businesses that are just marginally profitable now. As profits continue to ramp up, they could contribute to Microsoft's bottom line in a meaningful way.

The truth is with Harley-Davidson, like a lot of other companies, like Wal-Mart and Target, we've seen ongoing, strong demand, ... Harley-Davidson's production has had to ramp up 15 percent per year for the last 10 years. That's pretty impressive and it's all been done to meet that ongoing demand.

For Maureen and Julia it's the end of their high school careers. And Jen's career is really starting to ramp up.

The number of units is a manufacturing constraint. You can't start production from zero and ramp to a million a week.

It's kind of like the guy with a sign on the entrance ramp to the freeway. Would you be more inclined to give him a few bucks if he says he needs it for food or for beer? At least the guy asking for beer is being honest about it.

Eight seeds is probably the furthest away from going down, and its not going in front of the board specifically. It may be forced in coming years when the Northeast Conference and Great West would ramp things up. Well deal with more bracket type issues at that point.