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For Orpheus' lute was strung with poets' sinews, Whose golden touch could soften steel and stones, Make tigers tame, and huge leviathans Forsake unsounded deeps to dance on sands.

William Shakespeare

Man, I was tame compared to what they do now, are you kidding ? All that I ever did was just jiggle.

Elvis Presley

Now that the world economy is on firmer footing, investors have grown skeptical that rapid growth can coexist with tame inflation.

Adam Blankman

Dialogue more tame than Wilde.

Clive Barnes

I'm having a good time,/ Please don't blame me,/ I'm knocking myself out/ Don't try to tame me/ Let me have my fun,/ I've got to have my fling,/ Some folks say I'm blowing my top/ Talk don't mean a thing, . . .

Alberta Hunter

They didn't tame the monster. All they did is feed it a little.

Mark Blanchard

Perhaps the 2005 filibuster wars depleted interest group war chests in advance of the recent nomination battles. Whatever the reason, the air wars in the federal confirmation process were tame compared with recent advertising in state Supreme Court elections, where interest groups spent more than $7 million in 2004.

Bert Brandenburg

With the Fed expected to go another 25 basis points on Wednesday and still-tame inflation reports, we are just seeing more of the same flattening trend.

Ann Hurley

Genius hath electric power which earth can never tame.

Lydia M. Child

We're still optimistic that there will be a year-end rally. The core number was pretty tame.

John Waterman

While there is no room for complacency, the Fed can take comfort in the fact that core inflation remains tame.

Patrick Newport

Fourth-quarter earnings per share were about in line with consensus. Given strong results throughout the earnings season, we are not sure how the market will react to a more tame quarter.

Myles Walton

We're seeing across the board buying after tame employment data out of the U.S., which is reducing pressure for interest rate hikes, and a good response to residential property sales over the weekend.

Herbert Lau

Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.

Robert F. Kennedy

Some never tame down, some will half-tame down and some will tame down to where it's relatively safe, ... If you're feeling a little sluggish yourself, you don't grab the meanest one. If you feel spunky, you grab the mean one.

Greg Long

Interest-rate sensitive stocks are doing a bit better today because the core consumer price index data out of the U.S. shows that inflation is still quite tame. Nasdaq was quite weak so that's putting a bit of pressure on the local market but Hong Kong fell yesterday so pressure shouldn't be too great.

James So

It's not a tame fund. It goes its own way.

Bill Rocco

The only thing that can stop further declines in the market today is a tame ISM figure and lower oil prices.

Angus Campbell

Man...is a tame or civilized animal; never the less, he requires proper instruction and a fortunate nature, and then of all animals he becomes the most divine and most civilized; but if he be insufficiently or ill- educated he is the most savage of earthly creatures.

Plato

These numbers clearly demonstrate that enterprises recognize the need to tame the password problem and are turning to single sign-on technology as their strategy of choice. Passwords as we know them are headed for extinction.

Marc Boroditsky

If Antarctica were music it would be Mozart. Art, and it would be Michelangelo. Literature, and it would be Shakespeare. And yet it is something even greater; the only place on earth that is still as it should be. May we never tame it.

Andrew Denton

It shows that underlying inflation is still tame and only slowly edging up. That means the Fed can take its time hiking rates. The only question is whether it keeps moving at every meeting or takes a break now and then.

Jim O'sullivan

There is a lust in man no charm can tame: Of loudly publishing his neighbor's shame: On eagles wings immortal scandals fly, while virtuous actions are born and die.

William Harvey

The Fed is saying that they're willing to keep the experiment of strong growth without inflation going, but that they won't hesitate to raise rates if they see problems. Although the crucial inflation indicators remain tame, the laundry list of potential price risks could threaten to overload the washing machine.

Adam Blankman

You can climb a mountain or jump out of a plane but can never tame a hurricane or tornado - that's for sure. It's one of the last frontiers that no one will ever conquer.

Roger Hill

Stagflation is too tame to describe the economic crisis of Ukraine. The country is actually going through a 'hyper-depression'.

Daniel Kaufmann

Make definite assertions. Avoid tame, colorless, hesitating, non-committal language.

William Strunk, Jr.

Tories Bring Back Tarzan to Tame the Urban Jungle.

Lord Heseltine

This is not some tame advisory committee. These are real people with real questions, and a lot of them are real angry.

Kevin Henderson

I never was on the dull, tame shore, But I loved the great sea more and more.

Barry Cornwall

I would rather tame a tiger than try to paint stripes on one. I would rather have (that ability to play on the edge) in a player. It's not a negative. It's a gift he has.

Walt Kyle

It's obvious that the U.S. economy is very strong and producing jobs at a very robust pace. Even with the relatively tame wage gains, the market is anticipating another interest rate increase from the Fed.

Rob Palombi

My wish is to ride the tempest, tame the waves, kill the sharks. I will not resign myself...

Trieu Thi Trinh

If those numbers come in as expected, you can pretty much bet on a seeing a major rally in the markets. The expectations will be that, so long as wages are tame, the Fed will bide their time and leave rates alone.

Stephen Slifer

It's very volatile right now. On one hand, we're consuming a lot, consumption and demand are growing globally, and these geo-political issues are very difficult to tame.

Peter Tertzakian

[The CPI report is] consistent with the view that growth is still fairly solid and core inflation is still relatively tame, ... Still, a key issue now will be whether the latest spike in gasoline prices leads to another 'soft spot' in consumer spending.

Kevin Cummins

The report isn't so tame as to deter the Fed from bumping rates another notch, especially with Y2K fears dissipating and consumers showing no signs of fatigue. However, it should ease market fears that the Fed will need to tighten several more times.

Oscar Gonzalez

Through music I either tame my demons or unleash them and allow them to be what they are. I don't want the music to be about provocation, I want the music to bring you to a place where you feel at home.

Michael Franti

With diligent work, you should be able to tame your debt. (But there) will need to be a change in the way you think, from that of spenders to the mentality of savers.

Sandra Langton