Earning Quotes

(I)n Washington Mutual, you're getting in there at less than 10 times this year's earnings estimate. Earnings are going to be growing if not 10 percent, 15 percent, over the next two years. If you're in there at less than a double-digit multiple, and you've got 15-percent earnings growth going out, I don't see how you get hurt. - Charles Lemonides

(Frye) had some bad plays and then he came back and made some good plays. This is a good learning experience for him. - Romeo Crennel

(Earnings) turned out to be pretty strong across the board; companies were able to buck the trend of higher energy costs. - John O'Brien

(Dixon) has improved tremendously. I don't think he is running near what he can run. I think he has a lot of learning to do. He trains hard, and he works hard. I think all that work is starting to pay off. - Ron Foehl

(Danny and I) started to develop a little bit of chemistry in there, and it's unfortunate that happened. I've got a lot of learning to do, as do a lot of players on this team. Things are happening so much faster. You take three touches and you're going to lose the ball. - Brandon Moss

(Culturally-diverse) children on the playground are exchanging expressions among themselves. And those changes have been integrated into the curriculum. There's a heightened interest (in) learning about other countries, especially when you have a child in the classroom who can talk to you about their homeland. It has brought challenges to the schools that they never had before. - Evelyne Barker

(Center staffers) were very much a help in getting through the load of paperwork we had to fill out. It would have taken a lot of time on our part just in learning all about the process. - Mike Aguilar

(Because of) all the mental reps that he's gotten all season, sitting in on meetings, taking notes, paying attention and being prepared when he wasn't even out there, there wasn't much of a learning curve. He was rusty the first week, which is to be expected, but after that he looked much more confident. - Ron Turner

(Barthelemy) hit a hanging curve for his home run. The next home run came on a fastball on a 3-2 pitch. With a base open you would normally throw something in the dirt. But that comes from learning. - Don Buford

(Academics) commit their pupils to the theatre of the world, with just taste enough of learning to be alienated from industrial pursuits, and not enough to do service in the ranks of science. - Thomas Jefferson