Prices Quotes

• The long-range forecast is for more warm weather. There's no doubt about it. When it's cold in New York, the prices go higher, and when it's warmer, prices go lower.

  

  Michael Rose Black Uhuru
  • Doubt
  • Cold
  • Warm

• It's not fair that prices have risen so quickly -- so rapidly -- because the product that is for sale was purchased (before the hurricane) at prices that were much lower by the companies. So there's some profiteering going on here.

  

  Jack Layton
  • Product
  • Prices
  • Hurricane

• Deflation is defined as a general decline in prices, with emphasis on the word 'general.'

  

  Ben Bernanke
  • Prices
  • Emphasis
  • Deflation

• Under the second scenario, the effect on asset prices would be more protracted and would eventually be more differentiated by individual country circumstances.

  

  J. M. Roberts
  • Second
  • Asset
  • Scenario

• This is becoming a real problem. There's competition to keep costs down and prices low. That comes at the expense of doing due diligence, market research, and having focus groups test products.

  

  Chris Barnes Cannibal Corpse
  • Problem
  • Competition
  • Costs

• At this point, a leveling out or a modest softening of housing activity seems more likely than a sharp contraction, although significant uncertainty attends the outlook for home prices and construction.

  

  Ben Bernanke
  • Home
  • Construction
  • Contraction

• The first law of economics is that when the price goes up, consumption comes down. This is a divine law.

  

  Ahmed Zaki Yamani
  • Consumption
  • Comes Down
  • Goes Up

• Looking forward, we continue to believe that excluding one-timer merger-related transaction costs, the new US Airways will be profitable in 2006 - even at today's projected fuel prices.

  

  Doug Parker
  • Forward
  • Transaction
  • Projected

• In a gallery, there's an expectation of high prices and a somewhat elitist atmosphere.

  

  Will Cotton
  • Atmosphere
  • Gallery
  • Elitist

• In economics, when you put together a highly elastic thing and a highly inelastic thing, you create extraordinary potential for turbulence, volatility, and for unstable prices.

  

  Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell
  • Economics
  • Prices

• Our quarterly financial results reflect the continued difficult industry environment but also show some encouraging trends. Both US Airways' and America West's stand-alone results, excluding special charges, are much improved versus last year despite a nearly $200 million increase in expenses due to higher fuel prices.

  

  Doug Parker
  • America
  • Environment
  • Reflect

• Despite my extremely modest prices, dealers and art lovers are turning their backs on me. It is very depressing to see the lack of interest shown in an art object which has no market value.

  

  Claude Monet
  • Value
  • Lovers
  • Prices

• I will never turn down a good plate of hummus or falafel or shawarma. I just never will. You know, what I really loved in Israel was that at the time, at least, I could buy so many fruits and vegetables there for very inexpensive prices.

  

  Evan McMullin
  • Loved
  • Vegetables
  • Prices

• The Internet is an incredible business tool. First of all, the Internet/the cell phone - the cell phone is just another way to get at it - I think is having a huge impact in Africa most particularly, where it enables people - suddenly, they know crop prices. They can communicate. It makes their lives more efficient.

  

  Esther Dyson
  • Business
  • Internet
  • Communicate

• The revival of consumers saving their money for retirement - rather than expecting their homes to provide the cushion - added with 'move down' buyers will depress real-estate prices.

  

  David I. Rozenberg
  • Retirement
  • Expecting
  • Revival

• We want the best prices we can give our customers, with all our products... But it really is about the quality first and the experience.

  

  Joseph Abboud
  • Experience
  • Quality
  • Prices

• Studios felt like Blu-ray was going to be the next panacea, and so they dumped the prices (of traditional DVDs) and devalued the product. That's a misreading of consumer behavior as well as a misreading of the economic environment.

  

  Bill Mechanic
  • Environment
  • Behavior
  • Consumer

• I don't at all want to resemble some of these young designers who ask hallucinating prices for rags that are so in fashion now, that six months later, they are old-fashioned! I love vintage boutiques, I love to customize my clothes. And then, with my friends, we regularly exchange togs.

  

  Milla Jovovich
  • Fashion
  • Designers
  • Rags

• Wall Street figured out that, with the amount of money they could make off timber harvests, relative to the rapid increase in land prices, the return on investment isn't enough. It's become more important as a real estate investment than as a forest-management investment.

  

  Brad Moore
  • Money
  • Investment
  • Prices

• It's shocking. There is no fundamental reason. Prices are talked up by politics, stock levels and security concerns.

  

  William Ramsay
  • Reason
  • Politics
  • Prices

• I don't think even OPEC likes to see prices at these levels. It's not in their interest

  

  William Ramsay
  • Interest
  • Levels
  • Prices

• Let the market, not politicians, determine the flow of rice, oil and other commodities. Lower, more stable prices will ensue.

  

  Steve Hanke
  • Market
  • Prices
  • Commodities

• Low oil prices played a part in a major move by Congress voting to end the 40-year-old ban on exporting American crude oil.

  

  Ari Shapiro
  • Oil
  • Prices
  • Exporting

• Affordable prices are important to me. My mother lets me know if something is too expensive. With a few dresses, she's, like, "That's too much." "But Mom, it's $59.99." "It's too much." And then I go back and we talk about price points. My family keeps my grounded.

  

  Eva Mendes
  • Dresses
  • My Mother
  • My Family

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