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For four days there were warnings that the hurricane was going to make a direct hit, and the king of vacations at his ranch only said, 'You must flee,' ... He did not say how.

Hugo Ch

We tell the kids (that) family is the most important (thing). So, some are on vacations and doing family things.

Chuck Hardt

Whatever your taste, US Airways Vacations will continue to offer customers a complete travel experience, including airfare, hotels, car rentals, entertainment and adventures -- to suit every vacation style.

Scott Kirby

What you're seeing is that Americans are using rental cars in their home towns for many needs well beyond replacing their own vehicle while it's in the shop. For example, consumers are renting in neighborhoods for corporate needs, driving vacations, an extra car, or a different kind of car.

Patrick Farrell

The real difficulty will be creating 1,900 good jobs for workers with high school diplomas ? full-time jobs that pay enough to raise a family, that include health and pension benefits, and that have paid sick leave and vacations. But how to do this in a global economy is a huge challenge that every country in the world is grappling with.

John Budd

Well, it was a match, and I haven't slept in 2 1/2 weeks. We are going to have some fun. There are definitely some luxury vacations in our future.

Hugh Hawkins

I hate vacations. There's nothing to do.

David Mamet

[That assumes, of course, that voters are paying close attention. Few are--at least at this point.] They're more interested in spending time with their families and planning for graduation or summer vacations, as well they should, ... the details laid out now will provide the foundation for the debate that takes place in the fall, when people do start to tune in.

Chris Lehane

It's been here forever, the people love it and it's something only Greenwich has. I've taken vacations a lot of places and been up and down this coast, and Greenwich is the only place I know of with a municipal ferry to its islands just for recreation.

Fred Walters

Cruising is and has been one of the most safe vacations that you can engage in and will remain so.

Michael Crye

Right now, success is judged by how much energy is used. Think about it, the person who is successful has a really big car; they take really expensive vacations; they have a really big house. Now we have got to have another yardstick by which we measure success because success can't continue to be measured by how much energy we use, do you think?

Roscoe Bartlett

I usually advise my clients that in preparation for the sale of their property it is impossible to clean and de-clutter enough. It's crucial to a sale. Buyers don't want to see your personal items throughout the home. They want to imagine their own in there. They want to imagine their own family pictures from their own family vacations.

Michael Brennan

Driving with a blood alcohol level of 0.08 and above is illegal in every state, ... Violators will be spending their money on bail, court, lawyers and towing fees instead of on the last days of their summer vacations. Refuse a sobriety test in many jurisdictions and you can lose your license on the spot and have your car impounded.

Roger Baird

We've never done it before. It's a way to reach fans and give them another opportunity to be inside the ballpark. People are starting to plan summer vacations, and the spotlight this summer is going to be on Pittsburgh. It's the place to be.

Morgan Littlefield

We're trying to find a way to reach newer folks that haven't cruised before that want to take multiple vacations during the year. This gives them the option of taking a four- and five-day (cruise). Four-day is over the weekend, so you only lose a couple days of work. Five-day gives us the opportunity to go a little bit deeper into new ports of call.

Scott Knutson

That's when people really take their weekend vacations. There are a lot of high traffic times in those three months.

Savannah Cowley

Relative to most of the country, it's still rather mild, but when people book Florida vacations, they're not expecting temperatures in the 40s.

Robert Molleda

When he was farming, he really didn't get to go on a lot of vacations with us because he had to work. He was a dairy farmer 24/7.

Bonnie Buchholz

If it wasn't for union workers and labor unions, there would be no 40-hour work weeks, eight-hour work days, pensions or vacations.

Dr. Thomas Graham

This is a cultural problem in Europe. (People) want to keep all their comforts, all their security, vacations, all their job packages.

Niklas Zennstroem

Take vacations in those places that appear to be doing very well in the things that are important to you.

Andrew Schiller

Everyone is gearing up, checking their finances and insurance. Fall coincides with that back-to-school mentality. The summer vacations are over now and it's time to square up and roll up your sleeves.

Diane Rolfsmeyer

Probably sell one of my cars because I've got two car notes. There's a good chance I'm going to sell one just to cut back, you know, I was planning on a couple of vacations, that's out.

Terry Edwards

Justice Thomas, in public speeches, has said one thing that has awed him is that he has never heard ever a syllable out ... of any justice even insinuating that politics was influencing their vote, ... I'm not saying they are taking vacations together or anything like that ... but the civility of the discourse remains the same.

Bruce Fein

Book tours and research provide a lot of travel - too much, I sometimes think, but we do take vacations.

Bernard Cornwell

It's amazing, it's fabulous. These people giving up their time, their spring break, their vacations, to come and help us. I can't thank those people enough. My heart and soul thanks them.

Becky Zaheri

With the extraordinary support of our guests, we sold out all six 2005 cruises in record time. This strong demand gives us the opportunity to continue to create even more new and exciting vacations for 2007 and beyond.

Rich Campbell

Vacations are getting longer and the trend towards short trips is over.

Horst Opaschowski

A healthy self-love means we have no compulsion to justify to ourselves or others why we take vacations, why we sleep late, why we buy new shoes, why we spoil ourselves from time to time. We feel comfortable doing things which add quality and beauty to life.

Andrew Matthews

It was a living hell. In the winter, we have 700,000 hits a day on our Web site from people trying to plan vacations, students doing reports, and professors and scientists trying to access environmental data. We have 1.2 million hits a day in the summer. People weren't able to do that when we were shut down.

David Barna

Our agencies are booking away whenever possible. In instances when they don't have a choice, they're booking on the airline through US Airways Vacations, which is a tour brand not owned by US Air.

Steve Loucks

A lot more people do their vacations through either the Internet or group tours. We don't do nearly as many airline tickets, so group tours are what we're mostly going to do now. I'm going to mainly arrange group and things like that.

Pauline Scoles

I want my neighbor's life. I see my neighbor's bigger house and better vacations and better golden retriever, and conclude his life might be richer and more fulfilling than mine.

Dave Goetz

The post-Olympic awareness is something that money can't buy. The Olympic awareness certainly created people coming to take vacations. Now we are seeing an increase in sales.

Betty Brown

Spas associated with golf resorts enable families to take vacations all can enjoy. What's happening is that more and more wives are beginning to take up the game while on holiday, while the husbands are availing themselves of the spa facilities.

Martin Davis

The economy is strong, and people are not only taking vacations, but businesses also are sending more folks out on trips. Also, I think it has to do with competition in the airline market. There are some really good fares out there.

Chuck Cannon

I hate vacations. If you can build buildings, why sit on the beach?

Philip Johnson

Normally we'd expect to see a decline of about 400,000 barrels a day from August to September just for seasonal reasons, as people stop taking vacations.

Doug Macintyre

When you think about when they booked these vacations, it was dumping. It kind of goes along with the snow year, and we're getting national attention. I was interviewed by a writer for the L.A. Times this week.

Riley Polumbus

We sincerely apologize to those guests whose vacations have been impacted by these voyage cancellations, ... This inconvenience ... will provide desperately needed housing for thousands of individuals affected by this tragedy.

Bob Dickinson

So I will not be surprised to see consumption of other items going down, like people taking less vacations, spending less on furniture, or any other items that are non-essential.

Benjamin Tal

People are looking for shorter vacations. It's a great situation for us.

Tim Black

They both discovered they had once visited the same restaurant in Mexico when they were on their respective vacations.

Val Sullivan

[Oakdale coach Ray Keller said this has been one of the more unusual summers he has experienced just trying to get players to and from practice.] We have about 50 out, but it's been one thing after another getting them to practice whether it's been vacations or no rides, ... Other than that, it's been pretty good.

Ray Keller

As a prediction, I see Myrtle Beach starting an upward turn in perception, quality of vacations, and number of visitors. Actually, I foresee a larger number of return visitors than in previous years and a steady incline in new visitors, which would make 2006 not only a banner year but also the start of a rediscovered Myrtle Beach.

Frans Mustert

Even with the high gas prices, people are still traveling on business and vacations.

Hobie Cawood

The Grand Princess is going to have the first wedding chapel at sea where the captain can actually marry you and you can have your reception on board. The choices on board these ships are second-to-none, and I would challenge any resort vacation to deliver the type of vacations that these new grand-class ships are going to deliver.

Rick James

Gasoline at $2.50 a gallon isn't going to keep people from going on their spring and summer vacations.

James Cordier

We don't know how much is lost by people having a bad perception: losses in retirees, business relocations, vacations and people passing through who decide they don't want to come back here.

Ralph Phelps

I think that the traditional family vacation has shifted from the two-week vacation with a plane trip at the beginning and at the end to a lot of shorter vacations throughout the year.

Chris Mcginnis

In our live auctions, we have several vacations, including one to Portugal.

Christina Powers

We are trying to avoid the use of short-term independent study for vacations.

Noreen Carvolth

The destinations and features are great for those interested in taking quality vacations for a long time to come.

Ed Kinney