Surge Quotes

[And make no mistake: Energy prices are everything these days. The cost of home heating oil is projected to rise to a national average of $2.47 a gallon this winter, a 28.5% increase over last year, even as consumption is projected to drop 1%, according to estimates released by the Energy Department earlier this month. Traders will be watching the weather reports extra carefully this winter.] The demand for energy has been tempered by high prices... but demand could surge again if winter weather turns unusually cold. - Gary Thayer

[Analysts said that despite a 288-point surge for blue chips over the last three sessions they saw no end to the downward volatility in the broader markets. Small and mid-cap stocks have not climbed with the Dow.] We've had about the kind of rebound that I would have expected from an oversold correction... I think the overall direction of the market is going to be choppy. - Marshall Front

[All the credit for this unexpected surge goes to Carlisle, who's as quick to deflect praise as he is to accept criticism. His players though, are not so unassuming.] Rick Carlisle has to be Coach of the Year... If you have great players, it's easy to win. If you take away those players, it has to be the coach. Take away the top two or three players from any other team and ask me if they'd be in position to compete. - Jermaine O'Neal

... proud though I may be of my profession, it never occurred to me that it was meant to be a working majority... That more than half of young men in TV would want to cover sports has the same ring to it as if we learned more than half the males in medical school wanted to concentrate on cosmetic surgery. - Frank Deford

(The MRI) is telling us now it's time to shut him down and get the surgery done. - Rick Pitino

(The doctors) know the results of the MRI. There's definitely something there (on the MRI), that's why we're being very cautious and taking our time. They need to see how it responds and see how soon he can come back and if he does or he doesn't (need surgery). - Pete Carroll

(Kiln) is far enough inland that (one would think) there's no way a tidal surge would ever come that far... It survived Camille, and everyone says, 'If it can survive that, it can survive anything.' - Brett Favre

(Elections) will bring different views together, build a bridge between the resistance and American forces. But to expect it will stop the insurgency? I don't think so. - Saleh Al-Mutlaq

(Doctors) told me I'm way ahead of schedule. They didn't want to tell me (a timetable). It wasn't a short one, though (from the surgery). - Marcus Camby