Patterns Quotes

You could make the case that maybe some play patterns trend toward the more wholesome, more palatable toys. It resonates more with children given what we may see, or what we're hearing right now. - Melissa Williams

You can't go at him one way. He's that good of a hitter. It's not like he has a hole anywhere where you can attack him there. You have to mix up your patterns, make quality pitches. He has good power the other way. - Bruce Bochy

With rising incomes, the share of expenditures for food products declines. The resulting shift in expenditures affects demand patterns and employment structures. - Ernst Engel

With all the constructions planned for downtown, there will be interruptions to businesses. They're going to affect city traffic patterns and parking issues and we want to be on top of it before it happens. - Mike Peters

While we aren't interested in taking the 'Big Brother' approach to monitoring an employee's every move, we do recognize the inherent value in detecting patterns involving the misappropriation of network and corporate resources. ObsurferPro provides us with the best of both worlds, as we are able to effectively monitor and manage employee Internet usage in an easy-to-use and extremely cost-effective fashion, while continuing to provide our staff with the tools they need to perform their duties at an optimal level every day. - Ken Stewart

While there were signs of improvement in the state's economy in January, they were not enough to support the sharp decline in the calculated unemployment rate. Patterns that are outside the norm, such as the unusually warm weather in January, can exaggerate the impact of seasonal adjustments that are part of the rate calculation. - Barbara Riley

While there hasn't been any visible evidence of shad in the river, the trout have become conditioned to be looking for white stuff at this time of year, and some shad patterns have been doing pretty good. - Dale Fulton

While the birds still thrive on large, intensively managed quail plantations in north Florida, their numbers have declined in south Florida where changing land-use patterns have altered their preferred habitat. In fact, the landscape has changed so much that extensive tracts of land have become completely unproductive for quail. - Bill Giuliano

While history never repeats itself, political patterns do. - Eric Alterman