Pennies Quotes

You can see fingerprints on some of the pennies, we've pinched them so hard. Our stewardship has been magnificent. - Michael Gallagher

When you're liquidating something, you're getting pennies on the dollar. When you're selling through a trade exchange, you get the full wholesale or retail rate. So you get top-dollar ? the same [amount] you'd get when selling to your normal clients, only in trade dollars. - Bob Meyer

What this project is costing the county is pennies compared to what it will generate over the next five to 10 years in property taxes and impact fees. - Brian Blair

What these companies give in contributions is just a pennies-on-the-dollar investment compared with what they get from the Legislature and Public Service Commission in terms of favorable legislation and rulings. - Mike Twomey

We've gotten some money from other settlements [between companies working with Enron]. But the Enron settlements look like pennies on the dollar due to bankruptcy. - Eric Christensen

We've been pretty much saving our pennies for a long time. - Mike Smith

We're watching our pennies. - David Edwards

We're not trying to count pennies here, but it is what it is and we need to figure out how to pay for it. Whatever it costs at the end of the day, although it's relevant in a lot of ways because of the dollars, it's really irrelevant because of the importance of the issue. - Dan Goodwin

We're always willing to work with the president, but I would not be interested in a raw deal where American families get just a few more pennies in tax relief and President Clinton gets a trillion-dollar blank check for more government spending. - Bill Archer