Counted Quotes

[The A's won't quit, because such acts are beneath them, but there is no more race to join.] We're not counted out yet, but it's pretty obvious what the scenario is... We'll play it to the end, let the numbers dictate where we are ... but it's pretty clear what we're facing. - Eric Chavez

[Republicans listened politely but weren't really interested.] I just counted up 18 new federal programs... He's an Energizer bunny for federal programs. - Pat Roberts

[On the September 7 edition of Fox News' Special Report with Brit Hume, Fox News congressional correspondent Brian Wilson preceded a clip of Pelosi with a comment that also focused on Pelosi rather than Bush.] Nancy Pelosi is so angry, she did something quite unusual in official Washington: She recounted for reporters her private conversation with the president... lashed out at Mr. Bush ... taking the unusual action of recounting her private conversation with the president. - Brian Wilson

[Morgan Stanley, the World Trade Center's largest tenant, said 40 employees of the more than 3,700 stationed in the complex remain unaccounted for.] The loss of a single life is too many... But when you consider the incredible destruction that occurred, the loss of fewer than 40 of our people out of the 3,700 who worked there is a near-miracle. - Philip Purcell

[However,] the market has already discounted first-quarter earnings, and maybe even second... The greater concern is about the economy going forward. - Paul Mendelsohn

[He dismissed claims of massive civilian casualties as] propaganda and lies. ... could be counted on one's fingers. - Vladimir Putin

[He described Hoskins, of Danielson, Conn., as] a quiet soldier who could be counted on to do his duty. ... who always wanted to be where the action was. - Brian Vaughn

[But New York police officials said they had never seen such reports discounting the information because of its specificity, and at least one senior F.B.I. official took issue with that version of events.] Nothing is discounted if it can be investigated... There was plenty to investigate here, and any judgments about the veracity of the threat would not have been made until the investigation is done. - John Miller

[Bleak outlook from small business Challenger also points out that a survey of small businesses (fewer than 500 employees) found that only 14 percent of them plan on adding workers in the near future.] That is troubling... Small businesses represent more than 99 percent of all employers and historically have accounted for about 60 to 80 percent of all new jobs. - John Challenger