Sustainability Quotes

While many commentators question the sustainability of hedge fund fees, we would highlight the long-only retail arena as an area where some fees do not reflect value added for the customer, but rather the distribution capabilities of the product manufacturer. - Geoff Miller

While I am reasonably optimistic about the sustainability of the recovery that, we expect, will start this year, I am also aware of the remaining downside risks. - Wim Duisenberg

While 2006 earnings targets appear achievable, we are concerned with the projected sustainability of volume and margins at the core Auto division. Fiat is not alone in lowering costs within its industrial base. Rival volume makers such as VW, Renault, Peugeot-Citroen, GM and Ford will also make significant restructuring improvements. In addition, Japanese and Korean market share gains are set to accelerate, putting manufacturers like Fiat on the hot seat. - Morgan Stanley

When you listen to Greenspan's speech, you hear a fear about the sustainability of economic growth and no inflation pressures... Guess what that spells? Lower interest rates and postponing a return to higher rates, to insure the sustainability of growth. - Anthony Chan

What we can learn from historical plant domestication will benefit our ongoing and future effort to domesticate energy crops that will be equally important to the long-term sustainability of our society. It is remarkable how the earliest farmers could have selected a single mutation in DNA to develop a major food crop of the world. - Tao Sang

We've got to make sure [the money] fits into a long-term plan for sustainability. We can't finance sprawl. - John Godfrey

We've been talking for a long time about capital spending growth being a key component of the sustainability of this recovery. You have to be encouraged about what we've seen. - Joshua Feinman

We've actually begun to edge up on the four-week moving average ... from [about] 380,000 to [about] 420,000, which brings into question the future sustainability of spending, particularly in the retail sector. - Lawrence Goodman