I would characterize the current times as the best of times for retail companies,
ALEX BROWN It's not really a surprise,
ALEX BROWN We look at it on a cash-flow basis. We regard it as pretty fairly valued. But even with this new con...
ALEX BROWN The teachers here are way cool, ... If you obey the rules and turn in your assignments, you get part...
ALEX BROWN I was the best book-cooker in the athletic department. I was the go-to man, ... Everybody knew it. B...
ALEX BROWN The benefit of the split is you clearly have some jewels in that financial empire. Wireless and broa...
ALEX BROWN This is a positive for AT&T, ... AT&T... is forming itself into four unique autonomous divisions. Do...
ALEX BROWN We expect a rebound in hardware revenue growth and continued improvements in services and software r...
ALEX BROWN Crazy stuff was happening, stuff that hasn't happened all year.
ALEX BROWN It's not that Asia and PC's aren't something we didn't already know about but this is clearly worse ...
ALEX BROWN Assuming a leveling off of production?as the production process gets to be more routine and less fre...
ALEX BROWN They are not going to do the same thing. If they do, expect the same outcome. That's all I can say.
ALEX BROWN That stinks. But we won the division. That's what counts.
ALEX BROWN We want to win the Super Bowl. Everything else is second, and nobody wants to be second. We're not s...
ALEX BROWN [Detroit] is very nice in February. At least playing there.
ALEX BROWN [Brown says the grade changing began long before 1999 and claims the wrongdoing is more far-reaching...
ALEX BROWN We won by two or three inches, ... If the ball goes left two or three inches, they make the field go...
ALEX BROWN That was my last game. Rex wasn't in for the first quarter, and we were just a different team when h...
ALEX BROWN In a society that tries to standardize thinking, individuality is not highly prized.
ALEX GREY Winning and losing isn't everything; sometimes, the journey is just as important as the outcome.
ALEX MORGAN I'm the son of an everyman. My father is a teacher. He teaches physics at a boys' school in ...
ALEX O'LOUGHLIN I like playing the villain.
ALEX O'LOUGHLIN It's nice having your work recognized but having people follow you around is kinda weird.
ALEX O'LOUGHLIN I don't know what I'm really good at. I'm really good at sittin' by the pool. I have...
ALEX O'LOUGHLIN The mecca of filmmaking in the world just so happens to be in America. It's quite simply a case ...
ALEX O'LOUGHLIN I do have a stunt double because there are certain things that they won't let me do. Like they w...
ALEX O'LOUGHLIN I do not think I'm a great talent. I think I'm a medium talent, but I think I understand the...
ALEX O'LOUGHLIN I write music just for me. I'm certainly not good enough to do it on any kind of a level but I e...
ALEX O'LOUGHLIN It is such a cut throat industry where you get knocked down so much and get rejected so much. If you...
ALEX O'LOUGHLIN I am a big fan of vampires. I've always been obsessed with the genre, and the beautiful romantic...
ALEX O'LOUGHLIN Losing my anonymity in this world I think is something that I find terrifying.
ALEX O'LOUGHLIN My trumpeting sounds like a goose farting in the fog.
ALEX O'LOUGHLIN I really enjoy doing charity, for a good cause, it's like the least I can do, I really enjoy tha...
ALEX O'LOUGHLIN Accounting rules give financial institutions flexibility about when they choose to recognize venture...
ALEX BERENSON When I'm 70 or 80, I'm still going to be doing good climbs. It's going to be fun to the ...
ALEX LOWE The best songwriting comes from being as creative as you can and editing it down to the good bits, e...
ALEX KAPRANOS If it's not messy and it doesn't drip over the sides, it's not a holiday hot chocolate -...
ALEX GUARNASCHELLI Sochi started with the same problem as every Winter Olympics. Forget the crass commercialism, the fa...
ALEX BERENSON Shareholder meetings are not usually the occasion for utter candor - or for that matter, arch sarcas...
ALEX BERENSON I've been humbled by the reception I've received everywhere.
ALEX RODRIGUEZ I feel like a princess with a knife. I've wanted to be an Iron Chef forever.
ALEX GUARNASCHELLI In England, it's a rare thing to see a player smoking but, all in all, I prefer that to an alcoh...
ALEX FERGUSON The lower spreads mean lower costs for investors, because Nasdaq investors generally do not trade di...
ALEX BERENSON On the New York Stock Exchange, all buy and sell orders are routed through a single 'specialist,...
ALEX BERENSON Before Jason Bourne, before Jack Ryan, there was Bond, James Bond, the original two-dimensional, wor...
ALEX BERENSON If mass media, social isolation in the suburbs, alienating workplaces and long car commutes create a...
ALEX STEFFEN What makes creative people tingle are interesting problems, the chance to impress their friends, and...
ALEX STEFFEN I try to give the music more of a campfire feel as opposed to a library atmosphere. I like when you ...
ALEX EBERT I, Alexander B. Campbell, make this statement of the cause of my death to relieve the coroner of the...
ALEX CAMPBELL The idea that talent is directly proportional to your trophy cabinet is one I oppose.
ALEX TURNER I just hope that as I get older, I calm down and enjoy the moment, enjoy the great gifts that God ha...
ALEX RODRIGUEZ Californians don't have that marvelous British cynicism, but then the British can be so patroniz...
ALEX KINGSTON The time I have already spent at Harvard has been a stimulating experience, and I look forward to de...
ALEX FERGUSON It stuns me how effective children can be in their messaging, and I believe that every child should ...
ALEX GUARNASCHELLI Although they might not admit it, I think girls are very aware of the impact that they're having...
ALEX KAPRANOS I want to have lots of bodyguards around me and be surrounded by beautiful women while watching my b...
ALEX PETTYFER I start warming up before training an hour before at the hotel. That's not because I feel old an...
ALEX MORGAN I was on the field praising quarterback Dan Fouts during a ceremony to retire his number. Boos began...
ALEX SPANOS John W. Snow was paid more than $50 million in salary, bonus and stock in his nearly 12 years as cha...
ALEX BERENSON The reason there is so little crime in Germany is that it's against the law.
ALEX LEVIN Trailer home borrowers, mostly near the bottom of the economic ladder, often default on their loans.
ALEX BERENSON The Internet has made some phenomenal breakthroughs that are still only poorly understood in terms o...
ALEX STEFFEN Success is not the place one arrives, but rather the spirit with which one undertakes and continues ...
ALEX NOBLE Mounting tensions in Eastern Europe send shivers down the spine. Barely a quarter of a century after...
ALEX MORRITT I had never thought about playing volleyball until my freshman year, ... But Small stopped me in the...
ALEX NOBLE It started clicking then,
ALEX NOBLE Intimidation? Oh, gosh, I cried every day, ... I almost walked out the first day. One girl said I sh...
ALEX NOBLE Oh, the miraculous energy that flows between two people who care enough to get beyond surfaces and g...
ALEX NOBLE If I have been of service, if I have glimpsed more of the nature and essence of ultimate good, if I ...
ALEX NOBLE If I'd stayed up there I'd be out of a job now,
ALEX SANDERSON One step from the scrapheap, really.
ALEX SANDERSON I was thinking about not buying things, but then I needed to buy stuff.
ALEX SANCHEZ We told them we understand that they are concerned about excessive risk. We also said we don't want ...
ALEX SANCHEZ Last year everywhere we played people tried to mess with me. I just tried to take it like a game. I ...
ALEX SANCHEZ We wanted to do a jungle theme, but only the girls were into it.
ALEX SANCHEZ I rode him for a bit, then I tried to let him up to get a takedown, but he acted like he didn't want...
ALEX SANCHEZ He was tough. There wasn't very much I could work on. After the first takedown, I realized I needed ...
ALEX SANCHEZ He wanted to be here. He's dedicated to the team. I know he'll be at the rest of the meets. Wrestlin...
ALEX SANCHEZ We have many women CEOs around the state of Florida. We're seeing that around South Florida, Central...
ALEX SANCHEZ He's probably one of the biggest factors that made me what I am. I wish he was out here with me winn...
ALEX SANCHEZ My shots were on. I was hitting my double legs. Working every day over the summer is what put me her...
ALEX SANCHEZ The prime minister has just fallen off the high wire.
ALEX SALMOND Our first democratic Parliament in history -- we are going to take that opportunity to move Scotland...
ALEX SALMOND We've gone from a small parliamentary party now to being a large one.
ALEX SALMOND It had 1,000 years as an independent nation before the union,
ALEX SALMOND Nations are nations if they feel themselves to be a nation. And Scotland overwhelmingly feels itself...
ALEX SALMOND It is a war built on lies that has fanned the flames of international terrorism,
ALEX SALMOND On the streets of Livingston people have been asking why the chancellor has failed to do his part to...
ALEX SALMOND This winning habit will stand the party in good stead as we build towards winning the 20 first-past-...
ALEX SALMOND Their whole by-election plan is in tatters, which is no surprise because everything Mr McConnell put...
ALEX SALMOND We intend to lead a government of purpose and direction so that we can offer the people of this nati...
ALEX SALMOND If you go down this path, and we take the steps we're taking now, it's going to move our chances for...
ALEX SAITTA The way Greenville is beating our pants off is not with their 2 and 3 percent higher salaries. They ...
ALEX SAITTA The last $17 million the board spent on renovations was in the Easley area, and before that the boar...
ALEX SAITTA Relative to surrounding school districts our starting pay is lower than most, but the cost of living...
ALEX SAITTA That isn't happening now. For example, I asked one high school principal if he thought students who ...
ALEX SAITTA We still have a school district to run. Building needs remain the top priority, and we must not let ...
ALEX SAITTA A contract doesn't mean you're contractually obligating your friends to do certain things. What you'...
ALEX SAAVEDRA Waiting. I loved the record.
ALEX SAAVEDRA It was just awful. It was the bottom of my life. Thank God I didn't do any drugs or drink at the tim...
ALEX SAAVEDRA If you love music, don't start a label. Start a band. If you love business and music, start a label.
ALEX SAAVEDRA The shuttle could never do what the agency tried to make it do, and so they traded off safety. I don...
ALEX ROLAND NASA is plodding along doing what it's been doing for decades, ... Astronauts have been flying up th...
ALEX ROLAND in a budget crisis of its own making.
ALEX ROLAND There is no question in my mind that it would be best policy to say forget it,
ALEX ROLAND We can't afford it. It's going to cost much more than this 5 percent increment in the NASA budget th...
ALEX ROLAND It's probably harmless, ... but it trivializes the space program. It seems as if they've got nothing...
ALEX ROLAND Defense and government contractors couldn't make anything inexpensive if their lives depended on it.
ALEX ROLAND I like to tell people that I discovered (Hansen), ... Alas, he was already discovered when I first m...
ALEX ROLAND But there were a lot of misplaced priorities. I didn't hear any new ideas about the economy beyond t...
ALEX RODRIGUEZ Today it did everything. It went up, it went down, it went left, it went right. He had us talking to...
ALEX RODRIGUEZ You usually don't see this type of celebration when the Yankees win a division,
ALEX RODRIGUEZ When they give you lemons, you need to make lemonade. When they give you oranges, you need to make o...
ALEX RODRIGUEZ After thoughtful deliberations with my family, I am announcing my decision to withdraw from the Worl...
ALEX RODRIGUEZ I couldn't be more proud of guys like Derek Jeter, Sheffield, Matsui. They absolutely played incredi...
ALEX RODRIGUEZ Enjoy your sweat because hard work doesn't guarantee success, but without it you don't have a chance...
ALEX RODRIGUEZ I certainly would trade his World Series championship for this MVP trophy,
ALEX RODRIGUEZ It took me a little while to realize that Joe knows everything that's going on around here. It might...
ALEX RODRIGUEZ I don't want to talk about it, so many good things happened tonight. It feels like I got stung prett...
ALEX RODRIGUEZ I don't want to say that I'm patient and I don't want to say that I'm in a hurry. I'm in between tha...
ALEX RIOS I really liked how I could finish in half the time. And the expansion will make it even better for s...
ALEX RIOS I think we are going to do good. We are not a team that quits.
ALEX RIOS I was just looking to get something to get Koskie over in scoring position since he would be the lea...
ALEX RIOS I haven't been feeling very comfortable at the plate lately. I'm making little adjustments to get to...
ALEX RIOS Nobody wants to have that kind of reputation. But I deserved it (to be reprimanded), Some of the pla...
ALEX RIOS I've got to understand that I'm going to split time with him now. Anytime I have a chance to play, I...
ALEX RIOS I don't want to put that as an excuse. I didn't run and I've got to accept what I did.
ALEX RIOS I know I should've run that ball out. It's not going to happen anymore.
ALEX RIOS Since this is the first year we've opened up March Madness on Demand for free, we're definitely goin...
ALEX RIETHMILLER This product could very well be absolutely packed on game days, especially during the first couple o...
ALEX RIETHMILLER We have a product that can handle an infinite number of scoring variations. The great thing about th...
ALEX RIETHMILLER It used to be that if you had a pool, you ran off 1,000 copies of the bracket at the copy machine an...
ALEX RIETHMILLER Some people saw significant waits, especially early in the day. In the beginning, there were more th...
ALEX RIETHMILLER Our prime time is the inverse of prime time on TV. Our biggest time will be this Thursday and Friday...
ALEX RIETHMILLER The 'Fade to Black' concert was the best concert ever. You truly had to be there to experience it. A...
ALEX REZAEV If you live in New York City, you will never be bored for a second in your life.
ALEX REZAEV The job I want to get after school requires good grades and lots of work. Time management is by far ...
ALEX REZAEV If I was to meet him, I would talk business first, get some business advice and then talk some music...
ALEX REZAEV Most of the players are Alex McLeish signings and we want to do well for him, as well as ourselves,
ALEX RAE He was the guy who gave us our chance and we want to do well for him. I'm sure we can turn things ar...
ALEX RAE It will be nice to play against my old club again. I look back fondly at my time there, that club wa...
ALEX RAE Everyone at the club was disappointed with the Hibs defeat, so it is crucial we bounce back against ...
ALEX RAE Most of the boys are walking around in a daze in there. We thought we had done enough to win but the...
ALEX RAE There's no doubt his association with O'Neill helped him tremendously. He (O'Neill) really helped hi...
ALEX PROCEL That was a bad scene, but Luis is in good spirits now, and it's not easy to be that way when you're ...
ALEX PROCEL It's going to be a slow recovery process. The first time he got out of bed it took him five minutes ...
ALEX PROCEL Yesterday, Luis was complaining of some pain because of bruising and just general soreness, but he s...
ALEX PROCEL He took him through the rail, so it wasn't a good scene.
ALEX PROCEL It all came down to the day when I was lifted up. I'll never forget those three days.
ALEX PRADO The State of the Student Address was postponed because [Garay] was on the loose and we were advised ...
ALEX PRADO We're just crossing our fingers, saying our prayers.
ALEX PRADO Having come from Virginia, my home doctor was five states away.
ALEX PRADO He's a nice horse and he's great to work with. This race was our payoff for our work.
ALEX PRADO It potentially makes a huge difference with regards to the city's financial ability to take on these...
ALEX PIETSCH They (the store) continue to innovate and to give reasons to think of Ikea and Renton as a destinati...
ALEX PIETSCH It's not like this is going to happen in the middle of the night.
ALEX PIETSCH This is the best tool that is out there that gives us hope for closing the gaps that we have for our...
ALEX PIETSCH Yeah, I guess you could say that. We broke a lot of stuff.
ALEX PHILLIPS I think it will be pretty impressive, especially after running on those cinders all the time and com...
ALEX PHILLIPS It was a good experience. I'm glad I did it.
ALEX PHILLIPS We were just hanging out together like we used to do.
ALEX PHILLIPS I have to pay attention. Every three days I have to put gas in it.
ALEX PEREZ Just getting nominated is insane. We'll find out if we're selected in April. That will be two weeks ...
ALEX PEREZ I think it really helped to open their eyes and minds to the profession. It definitely made everythi...
ALEX PEREZ The kids had a blast. Colin was able to give them insight about professional acting, and the student...
ALEX PEREZ I made a few phone calls to friends, and they hooked me up. I used my professional contacts.
ALEX PEREZ You're your own boss. No one tells you anything.
ALEX PEREZ You don't have time to eat lunch, you work 12 hours and then the first days you just try to keep bus...
ALEX PEREZ It's not your typical job. It pays well if you do the job right and build a client base.
ALEX PEREZ We will hit the gun industry where it hurts -- in its wallet,
ALEX PENELAS express those emotions with violence, they must not express them with civil disorder, or any fashion...
ALEX PENELAS were a very clear manifestation of 41 years of persecution, 41 years of having loved ones perishing ...
ALEX PENELAS If anyone goes beyond the boundaries of peaceful protest and in any way causes disorder in this comm...
ALEX PENELAS If anyone goes beyond the boundaries of peaceful protest and in any way causes disorder in this comm...
ALEX PENELAS to assist the federal government in any way, shape or form to inappropriately repatriate Elian Gonza...
ALEX PENELAS Across the globe, Andrew Cunanan is ... a marked man. The world is on notice,
ALEX PENELAS An impenetrable type of industry can in fact be penetrated, if you have good legal arguments. I thin...
ALEX PENELAS We all want to make it very clear this afternoon that if the Justice Department's handling of this m...
ALEX PENELAS We all believe that the particular actions of the Coast Guard at that time were unnecessary and unwa...
ALEX PENELAS However, I would like to take this opportunity to stress that our strategy remains unchanged - to cr...
ALEX PARSONS I never thought it would work (this way) with me. I just wanted the opportunity to play. This heavil...
ALEX PARSONS After the Nike camp, I got offered by Kentucky and then Utah and Arizona came by (during spring prac...
ALEX PARSONS That Nike camp, that's where everybody looks at you. They sell you to everybody out there. You do al...
ALEX PARSONS I could tell he was following me around. But it was definitely fun.
ALEX PARSONS When he hit me that first time it made me realize what I was actually out there doing.
ALEX PADILLA He was a man of the people, a true populist.
ALEX PADILLA But we haven't come up with any measures to deal with the matter. The wage hike is impractical becau...
ALEX PADILLA We are aware that how critical the problem is,
ALEX PADILLA We want great schools for our kids, safe neighborhoods and the very best in emergency services, ... ...
ALEX PADILLA The governor personally came here, assigned a dozen staff members to work the hall like it was a pol...
ALEX PADILLA If I was the governor, I wouldn't be jumping up and down for joy here,
ALEX PADILLA [But Alex Padilla, incoming league president and prominent Los Angeles Democrat, said] the governor ...
ALEX PADILLA We will welcome any manufacturer of the vaccine to manufacture here,
ALEX PADILLA This will not be known as the Times Square of the West, ... Times Square will be known as the l.a. l...
ALEX PADILLA I don't look at history. I enjoy my hockey career here in Washington. ... I'm glad I score lots of g...
ALEX OVECHKIN There was two second left in game. I don't know why he do it. He was disappointed we beat Toronto, I...
ALEX OVECHKIN We lost [in the] second period. We play very well in first period but we can't score. First period, ...
ALEX OVECHKIN I can't score every game. I can't do something special every game. [But] my specialty is to score go...
ALEX OVECHKIN It's not easy. Sometimes you get three shots in blue line and score goals. Sometimes you get empty n...
ALEX OVECHKIN They are in the garage.
ALEX OVECHKIN