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In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.

Calvin Coolidge

Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction.

Anne Sullivan

We are not changing our earnings guidance.

Paul Hermelin

People need to make sure they get the guidance to do things properly.

Jennifer Cole

Another essential function is that of guidance counseling. At this point I am not sure that the governor feels that guidance counseling is a direct instruction.

Margaret Davis

I apologize for my conduct and I'm sorry I did it, I'll follow their guidance.

Robert Novak

We plan to provide revised guidance on a quarterly basis.

Pat Hammond

Guidance for the April quarter was appreciably better than expected.

Gurinder Kalra

There's no rationale to go out there with aggressive earnings guidance. Why do anything to derail the rally?

Rob Stevenson

It's not very confidence inspiring to pull your guidance, and because of that we're looking hard at our 2006 estimates.

Robert Hazlett

But more than a lack of guidance is a lack of communication, really.

Marla Backer

Obviously, we'll follow the court's guidance.

Julie Munsell

It's evidence that privacy is not being taken seriously. The guidance is very clear.

Peter Swire

We have no plans to change the guidance policy.

Lynn Fox

They delivered on the revenues, they delivered on the guidance ... they looked pretty confident going forward.

Stephen Kamman

It's just a combination of a good solid quarter and some pretty solid guidance going forward.

Dan Geiman

We are essentially cloaking him with some guidance and letting him say his piece. And not letting the guy twist away in the wind.

Jay Cooperider

Glen is the guy we look to for guidance. He's the guy we look to help us out in certain situations. Glen always says he's going to be there when it counts.

Cuttino Mobley

I do think that guidance is going to be key.

Grace Fey

Give people enough guidance to make the decisions you want them to make. Don't tell them what to do, but encourage them to do what is best.

Jimmy Johnson

They told me with a little bit of pitching and little bit of guidance, they're going to be a good team.

Terry Pendleton

They need some guidance up there. They don't have a clue. I don't like the way things are done around there. It's been bad from the moment I got there.

Damon Stoudamire

When buying new, purchasers have the assurance that their developer is with them every step of the way, offering expert guidance and advice.

Sharon Robinson

The most wonderful aspect of the universal scheme of things is the action of free beings under divine guidance.

Joseph Marie De Maistre

Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.

Immanuel Kant

The White House Web site is and always has been consistent with the OMB guidance.

David Almacy

Macquarie has always been treated as a growth bank and their guidance that came out, even though it was strong, was probably disappointing to what the market was chasing.

Tony Russell

Everybody gets different guidance depending on what their function is.

Allen Benson

I wouldn't read too much into the guidance. They have always been somewhat conservative and are probably saving something for their analyst meeting.

Jason Schrotberger

The fact that orders were up, and they're maintaining guidance is another example that it's not the end of the world.

Gregg Schoenleber

The only negative is the guidance for capital spending this year, which is much higher than expected.

Francis Cheung

They had encouraging operating numbers. Their lower cost guidance was also good.

Ian Synnott

We see no reason to change our guidance, nor would we raise our guidance.

Michael O'leary

The main thing for the results will be their guidance on demand, and what happens to costs.

David Macdonald

Growth going forward is becoming the big issue for stock investors. Things are still OK on the earnings front, but some companies are beginning to be more conservative with their guidance.

Owen Fitzpatrick

I've seen a lot of good and bad in the game over the years and it definitely is good to pass some of that guidance along.

Luke Richardson

You're going to be able to drive a truck through their guidance ranges in a lot of cases.

Rob Stevenson

Julio needed some guidance. I'll leave it at that.

Tony Bernazard

It ended up being a minimal event, but the guidance from those two guys was just beautiful to see.

Rob Elkins

The guidance for attacking bridges in the future was: you will no longer attack bridges in daylight, you will no longer attack bridges on weekends or market days or holidays.

Michael Short

My firm belief is that consumers are really looking for guidance on the right cell phone etiquette.

Delly Tamer

Investors will be disappointed with the guidance.

Mark Sue

It is getting free from tedious affairs in order to serve more as a body that conducts guidance and supervision.

Tang Min

It is slightly above the expectations. But the revenue guidance does not look exciting.

Pratish Krishnan

The key will be 1Q06 CAC, in our opinion, which will drive 2006 estimates. Given management provided guidance for 1Q06 CAC to be approximately the same as 1Q05 CAC, we have greater confidence the company will be able to achieve our estimates.

Gregory Badishkanian

She doesn't give a whole lot of guidance on what exactly they have to do.

Lee Harris

People were expecting that with some capacity constraints at Texas Instruments, their biggest competitor, that they would have a little better guidance.

Michael Mcconnell

We are certainly changing our approach. The guidance we have had from FEMA is you need to be able to hang on for 72 hours, and we'll be there.

Richard Griffin

I think (the results) are in line with what people were expecting, but guidance is less than what people were expecting.

Steve Weinstein

It was a blow-out quarter, they did an incredible job. They blew away the consensus (forecast), and first-quarter guidance looks good.

Michelle Applebaum

We wanted to provide guidance before the season starts.

Angela Mcardle

Excluding guidance, 4Q negatives were hard to find, in our view.

Justin Post

The guidance is slightly more conservative than our estimate.

Bill Pecoriello

Companies have been reporting good earnings, but the guidance has been muted.

Philip Orlando

There's a scramble because banks have until the end of the year [to comply with the FFIEC guidance], so they're exploring all their options.

Christine Barry

Their earnings were ahead of forecasts and they gave fairly optimistic guidance going forward.

Lynette Schroeder

The farmers need such guidance.

Muhammad Daud

The 2007 and 2008 guidance is in line with expectations. And the stock is back down after a pretty big move.

David Heupel

The guidance is a little disappointing.

Brendan Barnicle

I think more companies will increase guidance and the rally will continue.

Brian Finnerty

We didn't get a whole lot of guidance from the Supreme Court.

Robert King

For guidance it's not so bad. They are looking for low double-digit percentage growth in EBITDA. We were expecting a little higher than that. We were looking for (earnings of) 16 cents.

Anthony Diclemente

There's no guidance on how we should tackle that issue.

Brian Mather

A lot of things are happening fast for us, and this is a chance to get some networking and guidance from industry honchos.

Tony Reynolds

Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.

Douglas Bader

If you've misjudged what's happened in '05, how can you give guidance for '06 and '07 with any confidence.

Albert Rauch

We think given guidance is roughly in-line despite the negative currency impact.

John Faucher

We have an amazing guidance department down at the school.

Dana Martell

If you had raised guidance, the stock would have gone up. Reality is that you are not delivering the earnings.

Leon Cooperman

Before the earnings or at the earnings we will be able to give the guidance we promised.

David Stout

I'm surprised by the guidance for next quarter.

John Boland

Most anticipated will be BA's initial 2007 [earnings] guidance, including its forecast for [Boeing's commercial] deliveries.

David Strauss

OMB is taking input from everyone they can before they make a decision either to modify the guidance or leave it alone.

Randy Vanderhoof

There really is not clear guidance to what the outlook is going forward.

Nick Angiletta

We believe we are in compliance with all of the rules and related guidance as they currently exist.

Cisco Systems

You have to wonder how significant the problems are if they're withdrawing their guidance for 2006 and 2007.

Michael Krensavage

The agency's intent is to have this as guidance and to reflect our thinking about what constitutes whole grains.

Barbara Schneeman

WE PROVIDED SOME GUIDANCE for them.

Jay Allen

It really developed out of a clear need to give guidance, We knew that there were too many swings in a set.

Scott Wolfson

As a company they look to continue at this pace of cash flow growth and should be able to exceed its guidance for the year.

Aryeh Bourkoff

The lack of any increase to guidance from the operational perspective is a little disappointing.

Nick Fothergill

Guidance was more cautious.

Andy Neff

I see the position (of first selectman) as one of gentile persuasion, and to provide guidance.

Malcolm Brown

We intend to file and have asked for guidance from our counsel on how to appropriately implement our decision. The goal is transparency.

Anna Farneski

In terms of guidance for the future, you need some (clarification) from the court.

David Stahl

The conservative guidance for next year was disappointing to some of the investors.

Michael Obuchowski

They just beat last quarter's (earnings) forecast and raised their guidance.

Derrick Johnson

Until they give me guidance on what they think the products can bring in, I just consider it noise around the edges.

Mark Moeller

We are a blessed people and, with God s guidance, our smiles might even become laughter in the not too distant future.

John Agyekum Kufuor

I thought his guidance was quite crisp. He always shared his assumptions and way of thinking.

Gary Frazier

We are evaluating our financial prospects in light of current and anticipated business conditions and are withdrawing our prior guidance.

Hank Mckinnell

They are obviously building to be a bigger company than their financial guidance is letting on.

Gene Munster

If you have something of value, go to a professional, even if it's just for guidance.

Sandy Schmitz

Everyone knew that (the Fed) wasn't going to tighten or ease. The only thing disconcerting to investors was that they had no guidance going forward because of the uncertainty about the war.

Matthew Ruane

Guidance is below our previous estimate and implies higher expenses.

Richard Repetto

If you've misjudged what's happened in 2005, how can you give guidance for 2006 and 2007?

Albert Rauch

It?s to try to get some guidance on how hard to work to put something together for the (April) 18th (meeting).

Douglas Johnson

This would have been the case had we shipped in the range of our revenue guidance.

Judy Bruner

He got me started. He got the whole family started, and I was the last one, actually. He was definitely instrumental in my career. He always gave me guidance.

Virada Nirapathpongporn

We are hopeful that the company will lay out more conservative guidance for 2002 as a means to rebuild credibility with investors.

Holly Becker

What drives the stock from here is fundamentals. If Microsoft puts out good earnings and guidance, the stock could break through that $30 barrier.

Robert Mattson

It really gives you guidance and structure.

Janice Jazvinski

There are different levels of risk, and the [FFIEC] guidance allows for this.

Christine Barry

After that, our division designed a pet guidance document for locals in planning emergencies.

Lori Getter

Our strong earnings and cash flow allow us to increase guidance for the year.

William Swanson

What we need is guidance from companies.

Sam Ginzburg

Tiffany reported earnings above our expectations ... first-quarter guidance appears light.

Dana Cohen

Mr. Brown is going to testify before Congress. If he receives no guidance to the contrary, we'll do as any citizen should do - and that is to answer all questions fully, completely and accurately.

Andrew Lester

We had the services of a bilingual group coordinator the entire time. We were never without some sort of assistance or guidance, even during our free time.

Paige Parrish

Most parents are wanting the best for their child and just may need a little guidance on what that may be.

Dr. V. Faye Jones

I don't see much evidence of overall planning and guidance.

Richard Murray

Certainly we are not comfortable with the guidance out there at this point. There's an expectation that there will be some model adjustment on the downside.

Robert Wayman

There was no clear guidance in what was permissible in the treatment of detainees.

Jonathan Crisp

The company guidance is to meet an existing expectation of circa 5 percent growth in earnings, with prospects improving in 2007 ...

Paul Meade

Although the company lowered guidance, we expect further downside to (analysts) consensus estimates due to lower gross margins.

Christopher Danely

The company continuous to be pretty conservative with its guidance. There is nothing new here.

Michael Judd

We really focus on how we drive the entire year, ... We've increased our guidance overall for our fiscal year '05 from $1.27 billion to $1.31 billion.

Todd Bradley

The current earnings and the forward-looking guidance, in general, have not met expectations among a lot of companies.

Jim Awad

If we were talking constant dollar, which is all we should be talking about, they came in at the high end of their raised guidance.

Eric Coldwell

They need guidance, that's the real issue.

Elliot Krieger