“The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of a common underlying principle.”
Marcus Aurelius
“The plunge in durable goods orders in January is entirely due to volatility in transportation. The underlying details of this report are much stronger than the headline.”
John Ryding
“When you cut through some of the issues associated with Asia, the underlying demand for personal computer technology is still quite healthy.”
Walter Winnitzki
“The conservation of our natural resources and their proper use constitute the fundamental problem which underlies almost every other problem of our national life”
Theodore Roosevelt
“POPULIST, n. A fossil patriot of the early agricultural period, found in the old red soapstone underlying Kansas; characterized by an uncommon spread of ear, which some naturalists contend gave him the power of flight, though Professors Morse and Whitney, pursuing independent lines of thought, have ingeniously pointed out that had he possessed it he would have gone elsewhere. In the picturesque speech of his period, some fragments of which have come down to us, he was known as "The Matter with Kansas."”
Ambrose Bierce
“The improvement in underlying sales has been driven by some price investment and by 'easy' improvements in availability that you would expect in the early stages of a recovery.”
David McCarthy
“The underlying economic fundamentals remain sound as has been pointed out by the Fed.”
Alan Gayle