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The future belongs to those who can rise above the confines of the earth.

Alfred North Whitehead

Be not extravagantly high in expression of thy commendations of men thou likest, it may make the hearer's stomach rise.

Dr. Thomas Fuller

I'm against a homogenized society, because I want the cream to rise.

Robert Frost

At night always carry in your heart something from Holy Scriptures to bed with you, meditate upon it like a ruminant animal, and go softly to sleep; but this must not be too much, rather a little that may be well pondered and understood, that you may find a remnant of it in your mind when you rise in the morning.

Martin Luther King Jr.

There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive.

Jack London

If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits?

Carl Sagan

I can find in my undergraduate classes, bright students who do not know that the stars rise and set at night, or even that the Sun is a star.

Carl Sagan

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

William Shakespeare

Many things have fallen only to rise higher.

Seneca

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

Benjamin Franklin

Whoever feels pain in hearing a good character of his neighbor, will feel a pleasure in the reverse. And those who despair to rise in distinction by their virtues, are happy if others can be depressed to a level of themselves.

Benjamin Franklin

Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one.

Horace Greeley

Only those who will be sellers of equities in the near future should be happy at seeing stocks rise. Prospective purchasers should much prefer sinking prices.

Warren Buffett

If a rhinoceros were to enter this resteraunt now, there is no denying he would have great power here. But I would be the first to rise and assure him that he had no authority whatever.

G. K. Chesterton

I believe that God has planted in every human heart the desire to live in freedom. And even when that desire is crushed by tyranny for decades, it will rise again.

George W. Bush

In 2005, lending markets continued to support deals in the ARM industry and buyers were particularly aggressive, causing a notable rise in deal values for well-run, niche ARM companies; especially those in the debt buying sector.

Mark Russell

Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise!

Alexander Pope

It was pretty much what we expected. We're a very young team on the rise and I'm really happy with how we did.

Ron Kontura

We built on a relief rally, ... From an economic standpoint, things picked up after the price rise in oil dropped. It showed the resilience of the economy.

Jay Suskind

The market currently sees an 80 percent chance of another interest rate rise in March.

Satoru Ogasawara

The rise of unemployment claims in June, largely due to a fallout of the since-settled General Motors strike, drove most of the decline in the leading index.

Michael Boldin

The pattern has given rise to the adage, 'Sell in May and go away' with respect to stocks.

Frederic Ruffy

Yields are unlikely to keep going up in a straight line. Investors may buy should yields rise to 1.50 percent.

Kazuhiko Sano

Given the fact that prices of perishable foods already started to rise and an imbalance in supply-and-demand continued to narrow thanks to economic growth, the fall in GDP deflator will be smaller in January-March.

Tatsushi Shikano

The market's noting that earnings are good, the economy is doing well, and yes, interest rates will rise, but not dramatically. Interest rate sensitive stocks are starting to come back after falling in the last few weeks.

Brian Bensch

I think you have to play like that against a team like that. They are a physical team, and you have to rise to the occasion. Coach has been harping on it all year that when we compete and play physical, that's when we're productive. That's just the way we have to play to be a good team.

David Carpentier

Any behavior that would rise to the level of willful criminal intent.

Carla Blanton

Oftentimes, executive [pay] tends to rise at a slightly higher rate. All categories have been pretty even.

Charles Peck

Koizumi is seen as a reformer, and that's a good thing for the country and good for the yen, ... The big rise in the Nikkei will help the yen. We've seen substantial inflows into Japan.

Neil Mellor

Yesterday's fall fed today's rise, but the market still has no definite direction.

Tomas Taterka

The first half of the twentieth century was Boston's freak zenith. The city was home to 140 candy companies by 1950, with sales of $200 million per year. The beginning of the end for Boston came with the rise of the national candy conglomerates: Hershey's and Mars.

Steve Almond

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

Juvenal

The newspaper report this morning that the Bank of Japan is considering steps to limit a rise in interest rates lent some support to the debt market, although some appeared to unload 10-year debt for hedging purposes before the auction tomorrow.

Yasunari Ueno

Much of the commodities rally in some shape or form is linked to the rise in energy prices and global inflation.

John Licata

[The rise in oil prices] wouldn't be quite as calamitous in Japan as it would in the U.S., where the people are more energy-dependent, ... Even though Japan may be efficient in its use of oil, like everyone else it still crimps your monthly budget. They're paying more for gasoline, so they're not immune to that.

David Cohen

This is a business problem that has been around for a long time, but over the last two to three years it has really risen its head as the costs related to the process of legal discovery continue to rise and lawsuits continue to proliferate.

John Gubernat

Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.

Lord Acton

You give these kids any challenge and they rise.

Nancy Holloway

Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor lies.

Alexander Pope

The rise was obviously too much, too fast. Some weak earnings which came out yesterday gave a good excuse for investors to sell.

Hideyuki Ookoshi

Why do home sizes rise when, during the same period, the average family size has declined?

Gopal Ahluwalia

As rates rise, there would be more demand because most investors are interested in protecting themselves.

Henley Smith

She found herself in a desperate situation, ... She's going to rise or fall on the timeline of her decisions.

Susan Howell

Roughly 95 percent of the hedge funds that we contacted said their costs had risen in 2005, and nearly half of the respondents expect their compliance costs to rise yet again.

Karan Sampson

As the prospects of a full-blown oil shock rise, the prospects of outright global recession in 2005 loom more and more likely.

Stephen Roach

This was an incredibly positive meeting, but one which flagged up the challenges ahead. As a community we must rise to those challenges and work hard with our Christian friends to address them.

Jon Benjamin

This man is free from servile bonds Of hope to rise or fear to fall; Lord of himself, though not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath all.

Henry Wotton, Sr.

Because of the rise in home values, much of that financial distress has been covered by the increasing amount of equity that people have had in their homes. That equity is now being created at a slower pace, and default activity is inevitably on the rise.

Marshall Prentice

People, who rise above their petty individual selfishness and work for the welfare of society are considered patriots.

Sam Veda

I think two factors to look at in considering the rise are crude oil prices and gas demand.

Trilby Lundberg

I'm glad the leftists are spending their time in pursuit of that effort. I'd like the sun to rise in the West, but that isn't going to happen either.

Bill Peaslee

As housing prices and apartment rents rise, we see many families squeezed to find adequate homes.

Carroll Klein

Our balance sheet remains asset sensitive, which allowed us to benefit modestly from the rise in interest rates that produced a slight margin expansion throughout 2005.

Jimmy Tallent

The market, particularly the short end, is weighed by the suggestion from the minutes that inflationary pressures remain, confirming market views that rates will rise to 5 percent at least.

Akifumi Uchida

Since then he has completed 19 months of intensive treatment for the problems that gave rise to those charges at the renowned St. Luke's Institute.

Dan Monnat

When the international prices rise, we expect the government to cut its share of profit and its revenue earnings and share the burden of the increase with the common man.

Arun Jaitley

The streets will rise up.

Salih Mutlak

Housing finance has bottomed out at a relatively high level after losing some altitude in the wake the central bank rate rise in early 2005.

Joseph Capurso

Primary candidates spend months publicly beating one another up and spending money that should otherwise be hoarded for use against the other party. Meanwhile, incumbents rise above it all stressing their credentials as statesmen.

David Sirota

The marigold, whose courtier's face echoes the sun, and doth unlace her at his rise, at his full stop packs and shuts up her gaudy shop.

John Cleveland

This number is likely to further rise.

Shaukat Sultan

Price changes are inevitable. Any rise in petroleum has a trickle effect through the whole system, and that's always passed to the consumer. But we just don't know what to expect to see. At this point, things are still the same.

Dan Albert

The death toll we fear is likely to rise as we are still unable to access certain areas.

Vijay Bakaya

The biggest rise in emissions is coming from motor vehicles. It's those areas that are very difficult to get at because of the fragmentation. Of course because they are individuals and because you can't tell people what to do.

Michael Zammit Cutajar

The cure for capitalism's failing would require that a government would have to rise above the interests of one class alone.

Robert Heilbroner

At zero there was the flash. The first thing I saw was a yellow-orange fireball . . . . A mushroom-shaped cloud of glowing magenta began to rise over the desert where the explosion had been. My first thought was, "My God, that is beautiful!"

Jeremy Bernstein

The market is sort of following through from the strong rise on Wall Street last night but it's not looking all that convincing though.

Mick Coombes

This is great news on the inflation front. It will be very difficult for the economy to generate any sustained rise in core inflation with unit labor costs showing such a high degree of restraint.

David Greenlaw

They've been at that rate since the building opened in 1996. That rate really represents the rental rate it would take to justify the construction of a new downtown high-rise.

Jamie Brown

We saw a lot of strength in the manufacturing sector in the NAPM report. That's why you saw bond yields rise today.

Charles Reinhard

God is with us, God will bring us through this, ... This church has been through this before and we will rise again.

Harold Roberts

You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in. No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. They know" it's going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths...

Robert M. Pirsig

We accept interest rates may rise in order to maintain the low-inflation stability which is essential for business.

Ruth Lea

Globally we have seen a significant rise in variety of products. Consumers are looking for more products that address their individual needs, and this is resulting in more product offerings. There is a particular focus on catering to the aging consumer, specifically in the non-foods product categories.

Lynn Dornblaser

The demand is not declining, either nationally or internationally. People are driving as much as they used to. The economy is doing pretty well, which is increasing demand. I don't expect significant price declines. (And) I don't know that it won't rise more.

Gail Weinholzer

What's hot in cell phones last year isn't going to be hot this year. Nokia and Motorola are on the rise because they have product cachet now.

Albert Lin

The rise in output prices ... will not ruffle the doves unduly when the MPC meets next month to decide on interest rates.

Daragh Maher

If there was an eight (magnitude earthquake) on the New Madrid fault, there would maybe be partial collapses, maybe extremely heavy damage. The top of (a high-rise) building would be moving by one to one-and-a-half meters each way.

Amr Elnashai

Given the rise of chronic conditions and the rapid aging of the population, there has never been a more urgent need to improve quality and reduce costs through the optimal use of technology. I look forward to helping frame the discussion of how technology can help connect people and information in new and important ways that can enable better healthcare at lower cost.

Louis Burns

Motorcycle sales are gaining momentum in India as individuals consider that the main mode of transport, ... Incomes are on the rise, finance is available everywhere and that helps a motorcycle purchase.

Dr. Sanjay K. Jha

There is at least one point in the history of any company when you have to change dramatically to rise to the next level of performance. Miss that moment - and you start to decline.

Andy Grove

One man's wage rise is another man's price increase.

Harold Wilson

There is a growing emergency for more than 56,000 children who are believed to be suffering from moderate and severe malnutrition in affected areas. the figure is expected to rise dramatically over the next three months.

Dan Toole

With the cost of gas on the rise and more competition, they're not making a lot of money right now.

John Hill

The industry itself is very strong and on the rise, but the stocks are not very much alive. The Street doesn't really like the unpredictability of the industry.

Robert Peterson

Dale was already in the mix and Michael Robertson was coming through. At the 2003 world championships we had three people in the top 12 so we were already on the rise. We believed it could be a high performance program at the Olympics.

Geoff Lipshut

Historical relationships have shown that the Australian dollar should be trading around 85 cents to 90 cents, given the recent sharp rise in gold. It does provide the case for the Australian dollar to play some catch up, particularly if the Fed rate-hike momentum loses favor with investors.

Prashant Newnaha

We're confident we can rise above all that.

Roman Scharf

This did not rise to the level of certainty which should be required for presidential speeches, and CIA should have ensured that it was removed.

George Tenet

There may be somebody else taking the baton now, which is not unusual in a recovery. Housing is typically the leader out of the desert to the promised land; but, just like Moses didn't make it to the promised land, as rates rise, housing doesn't quite make it, either. Other sectors do.

Paul Kasriel

Markets can still rise. Stocks in Europe are fairly valued. They can compensate for a lot of interest rate rises.

Guenther Gerstenberger

I'll take that win with two home runs any day, because she's a good pitcher and she could've shut us out easily. She had a good rise ball that we were chasing all afternoon.

Tim Mackin

True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table; luckiest he who knows just when to rise and go home.

John Ray

It's a confluence of events, all these things are coming together to create further concern in the market. We'd expect oil to continue to rise and breach the old high of $70.85 over the next quarter.

Greg Canavan

The market will take a fine line today but banks and property counters are going to weaken because of the interest rate rise.

Dennis Leung

If rates rise it's because the economy is getting better.

Jim Glassman

It is possible that this year will mark the end of the deflation and will bring in a paradigm shift to the bond market next year. Ten-year yields may rise to 2 percent by the end of March next year.

Masuhisa Kobayashi

And Chapel Hill becomes famous as sort of a Southern beacon of liberalism and intellectualism. And the University's star begins to rise.

Harry Watson

Language is clumsy, understanding is subjective, religion is obstructive. We must rise above these obstacles to achieve complete being.

Kate Miller

It is typical that in January we will see a rise (in prices), this year it looks particularly volatile.

Bryant Gimlin

Those that rise fastest experience corrections long-term.

Jack Mccabe

No matter where you look, vegetarianism certainly is on the rise. Bay Area Vegetarians is among the most active of the groups nationwide.

Bruce Friedrich

You can't have prices rise at sharp double-digit rates indefinitely, because you're going to create an affordability problem.

Walter Moloney

It's time for concerned citizens to rise up and remove George W. Bush from office. Two-thirds of the American people agree he's taking our country in the wrong direction. It's come down to Bush -- or the Constitution. We hope Americans everywhere will join us to defend our Constitution.

Kent Smith

It was all energy prices, so I wouldn't make too much of the soft rise in the core (rate).

Ram Bhagavatula

The dollar's rise was the result of position-adjustment with market developments overseas failing to give clear direction.

Masamichi Koike

If it's a good piece of entertainment, it's probably going to rise above that.

Peter Sealey

Long-term mortgage rates will more than likely rise over the next few months, albeit modestly compared to shorter-term rates.

Frank Nothaft

Everyone knows that interest rates will rise but the question is how fast and by how much. I see the market coming under pressure today.

Knut Hochwald

Perfect as the wing of a bird may be, it will never enable the bird to fly if unsupported by the air. Facts are the air of science. Without them a man of science can never rise.

Ivan Pavlov

It's the first (rise) in four years, and it's going to look a little weird because it's already going up because we went from five games to six. But really, in three years, it's gone up just $15.

Scott Carr

The market is short-term oriented, so even a small rise in commodity prices drives the market as potential future earnings.

Glenn Macneill

It works exceedingly well. We have the perfect spot on the rise.

Joe Altman

The big question is when and how much long-term interest rates are going to rise, because that affects development projects at all levels.

Brian Rooney

The rise is very clearly a follow-up action after the early fall yesterday. But markets were thin, probably as institutional investors were absent, and the trend will be clear only on Tuesday, when the market reopens.

Arun Kejriwal

All in all, the rise seems moderate, so it shouldn't have a long-term impact on the share price.

Theo Kitz

Banking companies have their own feasibility studies to decide where to put branches. When bankers decide where they are going to open a new location, there are ratios and certain kinds of demographics that filter through -- and we rise to the top of those.

Jim Devine

We rise in glory as we sink in pride.''.

Andrew Young

It's higher than we were expecting. We were expecting about a 4.6 percent rise.

Walter Molony

Inflation has been very modest, and that is the biggest single factor affecting interest rates. And as long as inflation remains modest, rates won't rise dramatically.

Ken Hackel

Once interest rates start to rise, the present value of developers' future earnings will start to decrease.

Takashi Kamiya

As fixed rates rise, ARMs will become a bigger factor.

Stephen Ladue

They've set the groundwork for a rate rise in October. They've been disappointed by how persistently high inflation is and how the economy just hasn't cooled off in a way they would've liked it to.

Stephen Koukoulas

The market is more inclined to the perception that US interest rates will rise further.

Ryohei Muramatsu

There is an accusation of a rise of companies sitting defensively on patents. There are patent thickets, which are a complex web of patents which may stunt invention and discourage research and development.

Andrew Gowers

It is the first Games since 1994 in the European time zone, which clearly helps. But there is a genuine feeling that the appeal of the event is also on the rise.

Dave Gordon

AIDS prevention work is an issue relating to the quality of the population, economic development, social stability and the rise or decline of the country.

Gao Qiang

The market is changing positions today, and a rise in US Treasury prices is one of the factors that pushed up the market.

Osamu Tamada

Fundamentally, we see a positive correlation between gas prices and sales of vehicles. We're certainly seeing fuel economy becoming a more important issue with consumers as we continue to see gas prices rise.

Sage Marie

Great minds have purposes; little minds have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; great minds rise above them.

Washington Irving

The 1990s saw a convergence between traditional independent films and Hollywood, ... Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film.

Peter Biskind

With increasing market demand, the capacity will further rise.

Yang Hua

I think the earnings are going to be better than expected, but I don't know whether the market's going to rise on that.

Jon Burnham

In 2005 it seemed the local economy was growing at an unusually overheated pace. As interest rates continue to rise, I would expect things to slow down a little. Even if there is a slowdown, there are so many things already on the boards, especially in construction, that it shouldn't be a big slowdown.

Brian Finnegan

It's been amazing to see how people rise to the occasion. We've had so many offers of assistance that it has just been incredible.

Michael Lincoln

We're seeing more risk aversion in the markets. There has been a lot of concern since last week because of the rise in U.S. bond yields.

Claudia Calich

Why don't you show us a statesman who can rise up to the emergency, and cave in the emergency's head.

Charles Farrar Browne

I'm a little wounded but I'm not slain; I will lay me down for to bleed awhile, Then I'll rise and fight with you again.

John Dryden

I told them and halftime that we were playing down to a different level. We had to rise up and make them play to our level. We came out and played hard, and I challenged the seniors and they were able to step up.

Don Madzia

There probably isn't too much downside from here. The performance of other Asian markets is quite encouraging so I think the index may hold above 16,000 and maybe rise to 16,250 later in the day.

Alex Wong

As electricity prices continue to rise in Wisconsin and the costs of renewable energy systems continue to fall, a growing number of the state's large farms are implementing anaerobic digestion to reduce their utility bills and improve the environmental performance on the farm.

Rod Nilsestuen

She's got a lot of rise balls and people were swinging at them. I was trying to lay off them.

Sarah Bowman

Global warming is not a conqueror to kneel before - but a challenge to rise to. A challenge we must rise to.

Joseph Lieberman

Crude will rise next week on saber-rattling in Nigeria and the UN Security Council meeting.

Kurt Barrow

This past year has seen the sharp rise in fuel prices more than offset the efficiency gains and a strong revenue environment.

Brian Pearce

Everybody's for democracy in principle. It's only in practice that the thing gives rise to stiff objections.

Meg Greenfield

Members rise from CMG (known sometimes in Whitehall as ''Call Me God'') to KCMG (''Kindly Call Me God'') to GCMG (''God Calls Me God'').

Anthony Sampson

Gasoline inventories are expected to decline going into March, which may lead to a further rise in oil prices.

Hiroyuki Kikukawa

Unless a company locks in a negotiated rate with 'last room availability,' prices will rise in proportion to occupancy levels in a given city.

Matthew Davis

It is time now for us to rise from sleep.

Saint Benedict

It looks as if the rise was a bit overdone.

Peter Kysel

The consistent rise in the number of background checks performed year after year is evidence of the diligence employers are taking in the recruitment and hiring process.

Dean Suposs

Kenyans should rise and stop this draconian measures by a dictatorship government.

Raila Odinga

The rise in the afternoon was due to domestic investors ... they haven't been buying lately and they took their cue from foreign investors.

Hiroyuki Nakai

We are inclined to believe that the rise in U.S. small- capitalization stocks has gone beyond the point warranted by valuations, and have experienced a minor mania.

Gordon Fowler

Investors will adjust to the $55 a barrel range, ... but if it continues to rise, it's going to upset stocks.

Stephen Leeb

Dollar weakness in the past three days has indeed been a key driver of the copper price rise.

Jon Bergtheil

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

It was good to see us rise to occasion. Getting an early lead gives you a mental edge. You know one mistake is not going to beat you.

Denise Ainsworth

If rates continue to rise -- and that is a realistic prospect if we keep getting good economic news -- the market could come under pressure.

Joel Naroff

Tennessee is on the rise. It's been known for football, but basketball is also very good. I think we set the bar really high.

Brandan Wright

There were a lot of very good performances, but we expect good performances this time of the season. We were hoping that people were going to rise to the occasion, and it looks like they did just that. They performed very well against good competition, which is exactly what we hoped for.

Dennis Driscoll

He was always pleasant and polite - 'Yes sir, yes ma'am' - but he had that short fuse, ... As he got older, he eventually came to the realization that even though he wasn't the one responsible for where he was (in trouble and in foster care), he was the one who was going to have to (rise above it).

Rob Davis

They know the expectations are pretty high and they're doing their best to rise to the occasion.

Tyrone Armstrong

Given the election situation, I don't see a sharp rise in fuel prices, but further interest rate hikes won't be a negative political factor.

Hasitha Premaratne

The index reflects the broader trend of productivity growth in the U.S. economy that has driven prices lower on goods while allowing prices for services to rise modestly.

Jeff Kleintop

We see 2000 as a key inflection point, which sets the stage for significantly decreasing losses in 2001, and we anticipate a quick rise to profitability in 2002 as we benefit from leveraging our investments.

Marie Toulantis

We've seen political crises before rise and then cool off. The hope is that we would also see some cooling off of the Iranian situation.

Frederic Dickson

The temperature of the gulf, which I believe is 1 or 2 degrees higher than normal, clearly has been a factor for the power of these hurricanes, and it seems to be spurring discussion about what we need to do to address sea-level rise, coastal storms and a future that could be the result of global warming.

Michael Mccabe

Some houses are looking for a small cut, which explains the rise we're seeing.

Marcelo Porto

Consumers are so focused on that price at the gasoline pump that a significant rise will dampen expectations. That is certainly supportive of the bond market.

Don Kowalchik

If you think about what has changed in the market from last year, the new factor is the possibility that Japanese rates may start to rise, so there's more room for the yen to appreciate.

Nobuo Ibaraki

We expect that it (water) will continue to rise for some weeks more before it actually peaks and then begins to decline.

Basil Fernandez

Port and airport stocks have been undervalued recently. Their prices may continue to rise in the coming few days, and they should have good prospects as they're supported by China's fast economic growth.

Chen Huiqin

The response is right up there with the calls we had after 9-11. The American public is quite generous and they will rise to the occasion.

Shelley Borysiewicz

True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table; luckiest is he who knows just when to rise and go home.

John Hay

The academies offer an excellent opportunity for those willing to rise to the challenges and rigors of a military education.

Henry Brown

You've got to learn to live with what you can't rise above.

Bruce Springsteen

People are a bit concerned with higher Treasury yields and the possibility that U.S. interest rates will continue to rise.

Flavio Datz

The rise in the employment component, combined with the drop in new jobless claims reported earlier today, suggests that employment conditions remain good at the start of the year.

Gary Thayer

If it looks like high oil prices will be sustained or even rise further, then it does put the pressure on the bank to hike rates again.

Adam Carr

Bonds will find it hard to rise today. The fundamental trend that the economy is recovering has not changed.

Makoto Yamashita

The yen is more likely to fall than rise. The BOJ probably won't raise rates anytime soon, keeping the rate-differential story alive.

Yasunori Kuroda

Concerns over (higher energy prices) feeding into higher wages have so far not materialized, which has dampened the risk of a rise in inflation expectations.

Michael Penn

Al Cohen was a builder of high-rise office buildings - buildings of consequence.

Larry Silverstein

All I demand for the black man is, that the white people shall take their heels off his neck, and let him have a chance to rise by his own efforts.

William Wells Brown

Dry weather actually increases their numbers because a smaller amount of them will be attacked by fungi that thrive during wet weather. Dry conditions don't cause the population to rise. Just fewer of them die.

Phil Nixon

[Michael Caine, Ewan McGregor and Brenda Blethyn (a 1997 Oscar nominee for Best Actress for] Secrets and Lies ... The Rise and Fall of Little Voice.

Jane Horrocks

As Chinese policy makers get more confident about the sustainability of the economy's strong growth pace, political acceptance for yuan gains will also rise.

Grace Ng

Money is like fertilizer - it doesn't do any good unless you spread it around. Hopefully this will jump-start some people here who are asleep at the switch. We hope people rise to the occasion.

Richard Goodwin

I see no reason why we should see a break in this rise in the market. Valuations leave room for further price rises.

Boris Boehm

Investors aren't validating the market's extreme rise in the first couple of weeks of the year, and it is basically moving back to where it was in December. The market is in a consolidation phase ahead of fourth-quarter earnings to see whether last year's rise is justifiable.

Felix Boni

Sea level rise is a significant and growing threat to New Jersey, ... Future Sea Level Rise and the New Jersey Coast.

Matthew Cooper

Definitely a darker or more narrow jean. A skinny leg is looking really new. We've been used to all the low-rise boot cut for years. This season, you need to add one narrow leg.

Jesse Garza

This rise in bad debt, alongside the recent slowdown in consumer credit, suggests that households are starting to feel the pressure of their rapid build-up of debt in recent years.

Vicky Redwood

Demand in March would rise. At least it would be better than now.

Yang Jun

Air France is clearly benefiting from economies of scale. They're expecting their fuel bill to rise, but they're compensating with hedges and also with fuel surcharges on tickets.

Laurent Vallee

Tough way to lose a basketball game. There have been a lot of close games this year. At the end of games, you've got to rise up and make plays.

Sean Sutton

A person's mere propinquity to others independently suspected of criminal activity does not give rise to probable cause to search that person.

Potter Stewart

We still need to play fundamental football, and we must rise to the occasion if nothing else.

Calvin Johnson