Duration Quotes

You can't sustain an economy driven only by motor vehicle purchases. We're looking for [business spending to rise] in order to be confident about the second leg of the expansion going forth and, with it, the duration of expansion. - Michael Niemira

You can have a contract in snowfall, wind speed, sunshine duration, instantaneous temperature. We can trade any measurement that is available in an objective fashion. - Bradley Hoggatt

You are in for the duration. It's not like you can work half a day and go home. - Mike Kavanagh

Wit and Humor -- if any difference, it is in duration -- lightning and electric light. Same material, apparently; but one is vivid, and can do damage -- the other fools along and enjoys elaboration. - Mark Twain

While you are an actor on the stage reciting your role, you cannot grasp the inner meaning of the entire play which has the 'World' as the stage ang 'ages' as the duration. - Sri Sathya Sai Baba

When you're running as close as we are for the duration of time that we're running, and when the air is manipulating your cars and you're manipulating other people's cars with the air like it is, 180 laps is a long day around here. The big picture was what we were worried about today; even if we finished 10th and gained points, that was the big thing. I wish we could have won it. We had an awesome car. But second place, we'll take it. - Tony Stewart

When you pick up a novel from the bed side table, you put down your own life at the same time and you become another person for the duration. - Barbara Kingsolver

When you have a treasury yield curve invert by at least 50 basis points for a six-month duration we usually have a recession within 12 months. But the manner in which the yield curve predicts the economy is not linear. - John Lonski

When you get a 5-on-3 in the last minute of the game and a 4-on-3 for that duration in the overtime (3:11), your expectation is to win the hockey game. We didn't do that tonight and that's disappointing. - Mike Sullivan