Dividend Quotes

Some years ago I had a complete nervous breakdown, was dead broke and had to be put in a charity ward with 30 others. I was there 18 months and doctors didn`t give me long to live. So now each day to me is a special dividend, so I live it to the hilt. - response to gossip columnist Hedda Hopper, who asked him why he was "trying to kill himself."

It is an extra dividend when you like the girl you`ve fallen in love with.

In the noise surrounding York`s election to the Board, the dividend cut, and the new actions, these important wild cards have gotten lost in the shuffle.

We believe the shareholders of GM would be much better off holding on to the tangible value of a dividend for as long as possible, or until they receive something of material value in return.

Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.

The 1-year T-Note rate is now rising at an extremely fast pace relative to dividend yields. Historically, this has been a reliable signal that cash might outperform stocks.

As analysts, we know that there are these smoking and health issues, ... but it is always reassuring to hear from the company that irrespective of what is going on, (it is) doing well enough that (it) can raise the dividend 20 percent. Not many companies can do that.

I`m 90 per cent plus sure, but once again, in our business we have to be 100 per cent sure. And that is why the investigation is needed; to look at the volumes, the prices, at a whole cross-section of the trusts and the dividend paying stocks. And there`s a third category of other stocks that will benefit from the trading.

Unless the trade deficit shrinks, the combination of the trade deficit and the interest and dividend payments to foreigners will grow ever more rapidly.

Soldiers are citizens of death`s grey land, drawing no dividend from time`s tomorrows.

It is the intention that, in due course, the company will carry out a capital reconstruction to enable the restoration of dividend payments at the appropriate time.

The dividend payouts will be more generous than in the past two years and will be broadly in line with what we told investors in the last quarter,

Big institutions are holding back their own capital. They`re looking for an upside catalyst for stock prices. Any activity on the mergers and acquisition, buy-back or dividend fronts, mixed with good news out of energy or the Fed, would be a catalyst to bring the big institutions back into stock market.

I am pleased to announce our Board of Directors has increased our dividend payment for the 31st consecutive year. The increase brings the annual indicated dividend rate to $1.15 per share, a $0.03 increase over the 2005 rate.

Our strong commitment to continuing to create shareholder value is evidenced by the declaration of our first ever cash dividend. This dividend, supported by the company`s excellent free cash flow and strong balance sheet, reflects our confidence in the future growth of Barnes & Noble,

More companies in the tech sector are instituting and raising dividends. That`s good for investors who are value oriented and realize that a dividend is a piece of a return,

The performance of dividend-paying stocks has more to do with the fundamentals in their industries.

It`s very difficult to have both a big dividend and a growth company and maintain a triple-A rating, ... That is important to the fundamentals of our business. We`re a growth company and we need the capital for our growth.