Quotes about Charts

Charts are great for predicting the past. Votes: 3

Charts are a leading indicator of fundamental analysis Votes: 3

Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing. Votes: 1

Quantcast combines powerful web analytics with easy-to-read charts and data. Votes: 1

I must have some sort of record in failing to get into the charts. Votes: 1

I have no aspirations of world domination through the pop charts. None at all. Votes: 1

If critics have problems with my personal life, it's their problem. Anybody with half a brain would realize that it's the charts that count. Votes: 1

It can be disheartening to see acts that don't necessarily have any input on their own material to do so well in the charts. Votes: 1

I wouldn't consciously pursue trying to make something for the charts. It's just not in my scope now. I'd rather stick needles in my eyes. Votes: 1

I don't have to compete in the charts. I can just be myself as a musician, a songwriter and play with the musicians that I really love. Votes: 1

DJs are in incredible competition, musically. And they are the most musically creative and sensitive people in all the music charts. I am amazed how they are. Votes: 1

Every company has two organizational structures: The formal one is written on the charts; the other is the everyday relationship of the men and women in the organization. Votes: 1

I make charts of songs that are good candidates, good targets, so to speak. Then I try to come up with ideas for parodies. And 99% of those ideas are horrible. Votes: 1

The song 'Take This Job and Shove It' spent 18 weeks on the country charts in 1977. 1970s country music fans had a clearer understanding of the ennui of wage-slavery than modern elites. Votes: 1

For me, geopolitical issues are becoming more important, because how can you understand economy if you don't understand geopolitics? People think economists just deal with spreadsheets and charts. That's a narrow-minded caricature. Votes: 1

I don't think there's any question that the UFL or any other league that wants to challenge the NFL can have an impact. The demand for professional football is off the charts. Votes: 1

I loved raising my kids. I loved the process, the dirt of it, the tears of it, the frustration of it, Christmas, Easter, birthdays, growth charts, pediatrician appointments. I loved all of it. Votes: 1

I see songs not as a commodity used up when the album goes off the charts, which is often the case with pop songs. I see them as a body of work. Life should be breathed into them. Votes: 1

One day, the dance charts will be the biggest chart in the music world. Because we all need to dance. This planet will be a fun planet when the judges in court will end the day with a dance! Votes: 1

I'm never the kind of person who's sitting at home reading the charts and basing how I feel about myself or even my career on stats. I've always based it on, 'Am I doing the best that I can do?' Votes: 1

I love what I'm doing most of the time, but it's hard work. People only see your albums in the charts. They see us at award shows and after-show parties. They don't know about your doubts, the hard work that goes in. Votes: 1

How about no one's ever going to outsell Michael Jackson at selling records because the record industry is over. Game over. There's no more record stores. With no more record stores there's no more pressing plants. With no more pressing plants, there's no more charts. Votes: 1

Radio astronomy reflects our fascination with how audio can be used to understand information or ideas. Just as scientists visualize data through charts and pictures, we can use 'data sonification' to translate radio signals into sound that help us better understand some of our most enigmatic planetary systems. Votes: 1

The notion of 'world leadership' is a curiously archaic one. The very phrase is redolent of Kipling ballads and James Bondian adventures. What makes a country a world leader? Is it population, in which case India is on course to top the charts, overtaking China as the world's most populous country by 2034? Votes: 1

Rolling Stone,' my first single, was only a hit in Portugal, but when we recorded my second single, 'Can The Can,' I got that hair-on-the-back-of-the-neck feeling, and I knew it would be huge. It topped the charts in the U.K. and Australia in 1973, and I got my first gold disc. Votes: 1

There are plenty of bands who never get in the charts and it doesn't mean that they're not any good. Actually, a lot of the top ten is filled with stuff that just sounds the same. I could guess what's in there now - probably a bit of GaGa, Beyonce and some U.S. R&B males. Votes: 1

I never did any training in journalism or in finance, so I really was in the deep end. I got very good at going to press conferences and nodding. I'd figure it out when I got back to the office. Charts and numbers. I've never been great with facts, ever, my whole life. For a journalist, that's not a very good trait. Votes: 1

Google Now is one of those products that to many users doesn't seem like a product at all. It is instead the experience one has when you use the Google Search application on your Android or iPhone device (it's consistently a top free app on the iTunes charts). You probably know it as Google search, but it's far, far more than that. Votes: 1

My swag is off the charts. Votes: 0

Play the charts like the Beatles. Votes: 0

I hate charts. I just despise 'em. Votes: 0

I intend to put them on the charts. Votes: 0

Let's not bequeath the pop charts to just children. Votes: 0

Every generation throws a hero up the pop charts. Votes: 0

I never thought I would go into the dance charts. Votes: 0

The charts are only relevant when you're top of them! Votes: 0

There's more evil in the charts than an Al-Qaeda suggestion box. Votes: 0

Dance with the sufis, celebrate your top ten in the charts of pain. Votes: 0

If you listen to what's on the pop charts, everything is machine oriented. Votes: 0

Control charts are one of the statistical tools for solving quality related problems. Votes: 0

It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised. Votes: 0

I must have some sort of record in failing to get into the charts. Votes: 0

I'm watching the charts every week and hoping something will pop into my head. Votes: 0

I always thought my records were number one; it's just the charts didn't think so. Votes: 0

In England, rock music very rarely infiltrates the charts, but country music even less so. Votes: 0

I'm just not interested in selling out to get on the charts and make people happy Votes: 0

Boundaries have no existence save on charts or in small minds. Nature does not draw lines. Votes: 0

I feel like I'm a product of this generation where everybody listens to charts with diverse music. Votes: 0

If you're a conscious rap artist and you're worried about Billboard charts, you're gonna have a problem. Votes: 0

Politics is like navigation in a sea without charts, and wise men live the lives of pilgrims. Votes: 0

My dad was a good competitor. I know he'd think I was a little off the charts. Votes: 0

I have never seen an experienced programmer who routinely made detailed flow charts before beginning to write programs. Votes: 0

Artists have the unique ability to tell stories. It's not charts and graphs that get people to change. Votes: 0

Jane Monheit is skyrocketing up the jazz charts. By next year, we won't be able to get her. Votes: 0

Women are dominating the charts, and women are doing it for themselves. We're kicking butt and taking no prisoners. Votes: 0

I'd had my time in the charts and made loads of money. I was no longer hungry for success. Votes: 0

Obviously Spawn was at the top of the charts at that point so you get a lot of opportunities. Votes: 0

Now there is a new group every week; it seems like everybody and anybody can get into the charts. Votes: 0

If you look at the charts every year, there may be five or ten memorable songs from each year. Votes: 0

It's interesting, because as a musician, I don't feel like I need to be on the top of the pop charts. Votes: 0

Do billboard salesmen record their sales on charts? If so, who's at the top of the billboard charts for billboard sales? Votes: 0

It's hard to be serious about so many things. [Look at the whole emphasis] on the charts, if you're a songwriter. Votes: 0

The binders, the charts, the grids may seem formidable, but the meetings themselves are built around informality, trust, emotion and humor. Votes: 0

Lady Gaga will dominate the charts next year. She let me listen to a couple of new songs, she is a legend. Votes: 0

We cannot just look at a country by looking at charts, graphs, and modelling the economy. Behind the numbers there are people. Votes: 0

I had to learn chord shapes. I bought books with chord charts. I used to listen to all kinds of pop music. Votes: 0

Women are strong now. Women are dominating the charts, and women are doing it for themselves. We're kicking butt and taking no prisoners. Votes: 0

If you're making music, you must want to turn other people on to it, whether you're number one in the charts or number 60. Votes: 0

Chart numbers can be deceiving. An album doesn't have to sell that much these days to show up really high on the charts. Votes: 0

I don't care about the charts; I just want to make great music that I enjoy performing on stage and I'm proud of. Votes: 0

Growing up, my parents were very, very strict. And then I went to UCLA with John Wooden, who was just off the charts. Votes: 0

Oh, I'm a ballad queen for sure... I don't dig dance stuff very much but I seem to hit the charts with it. Go figure... Votes: 0

Im thankful for my songs being at the top of the charts but I am human - I think people still have to remember that. Votes: 0

I never really set out to do anything in the charts with music. It came as a total surprise that I did, and it's fun. Votes: 0

Books are the compasses and telescopes and sextants and charts which other men have prepared to help us navigate the dangerous seas of human life. Votes: 0

Throw away your 10-function chronometer, heart-rate monitor with the computer printout, training log, high-tech underwear, pace charts, and laboratory-rat-tested-air-injected-gel-lined-mo-tion-control-top-of-the-line footwear. Run with your own imagination. Votes: 0

I'm thankful for my songs being at the top of the charts but I am human - I think people still have to remember that. Votes: 0

It was so simple in the old days. You put out an album, people promoted it, it got in the charts, and you had a hit. Votes: 0

I grew up when the whole Motown thing was huge. The charts in those days were dominated by groups more than solo artists at one point. Votes: 0

True buoyant leaders can never communicate in percentage points, or charts and figures. First and foremost, they must be storytellers, communicating with their hearts, not heads. Votes: 0

It's off the charts - and if you don't believe the scientists, ask the insurance industry, the people we pay to analyze risk in our society. Votes: 0

Few people know that President Obama has used drone attacks many times more than Bush ever did. Obama's off the charts in terms of drone attack. Votes: 0

These girls wouldn't let just anybody spew on their vital parts, they wanted a guy from a group with a big hit song on the charts. Votes: 0

The guy I've got my eye on happens to be hot. Off-the-charts hot. Hotter-than-Patch hot.' She paused. 'Well maybe not that hot. Nobody's that hot. Votes: 0

We see new male artists have their first single reach No. 1 on the charts, but it generally takes a female a lot longer to build momentum. Votes: 0

Hit songs did not come out of musicals. Pop-rock was creating the hits. There were very few songs that made the charts out of any Broadway musical. Votes: 0

The next time you have a choice between chasing the charts (whichever charts you keep track of) and doing the work your customers crave, do the work instead. Votes: 0

Every company has two organizational structures: The formal one is written on the charts; the other is the everyday relationship of the men and women in the organization. Votes: 0

When I used to put an album out, I knew everyone on the charts. There weren't that many bands. Now, I couldn't even name half the new groups. Votes: 0

Put the park rangers to work. Lazy scheming loafers, they've wasted too many years selling tickets at toll booths and sitting behind desks filling out charts and tables Votes: 0

Jocelyn Bell joined the project as a graduate student in 1965, helping as a member of the construction team and then analysing the paper charts of the sky survey. Votes: 0

I find it strange that there isn't more of a melting pot of language within the pop charts. I feel it becomes really two dimensional when everything's in English. Votes: 0

After reviewing the polygraph charts in private, the polygraph examiner told me that I had passed and that he believed I had nothing to do with the anthrax letters. Votes: 0

When it comes to wine, I tell people to throw away the vintage charts and invest in a corkscrew. The best way to learn about wine is the drinking. Votes: 0

I'm not going to lie. I check the iTunes charts. It's all about the iTunes charts. I only go on the Internet for the iTunes charts and basketball blogs. Votes: 0

Fundamentalists who say they are not going to pay any attention to the charts are like a doctor who says he’s not going to take a patient’s temperature. Votes: 0

Last I checked, the album was #82 out of the top 200 on the Billboard charts thanks to you all. I pray that keeps moving up and with your help it will. Votes: 0

My energy levels are off the charts. I can run all day, I breathe well, and I sweat a lot, so the toxins and impurities come out of my body. Votes: 0

I'm an off-the-charts introvert. To me, being around groups of strangers is exhausting. I've had to sort of train myself to think about two tactics: finding common ground and invoking humor. Votes: 0

Influenced by Pete Seeger and the Weavers, McLean proudly wore the mantle of troubadour in the early 1970s, when 'American Pie' topped the Billboard charts, and has never shed the cape. Votes: 0

To say how you would react if you were really storming the charts and had people running around after you... who's to say how any of us would deal with that. Votes: 0

I want to produce with people that are going to be on the charts and win Grammys because having regular old street songs is cool, but I did all that already. Votes: 0

I once had a dream and this one familiar god, who was probably one of my master teachers, said, 'You should not worry about being on the charts. That's not important. Votes: 0

I grew up in the day when the Beatles sold 1 million singles in a week. And all you've got to do now is sell about 10,000 singles and you're in the charts. Votes: 0

I once had a dream and this one familiar god, who was probably one of my master teachers, said, 'You should not worry about being on the charts. That's not important.' Votes: 0

I never take any notes or draw charts or make elaborate diagrams, but I hold an image of the shape of a book in my head and work from that mental hologram. Votes: 0

I never envisioned being number one for five weeks, knocking Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men off the charts. That's the scariest thing and the greatest thing that ever happened to me. Votes: 0

I've always done quite well as far as the charts are concerned. And yet I always felt I conveyed the spirit of the music I love, which didn't have any chart success. Votes: 0

I'm not anti single. I'm not one of them niggas that say "Aww record sales ain't everything." No. I wanna sell good. I would love a platinum record on radio and charts. Votes: 0

One thing I'll tell you is the food in Sacramento is off the charts. You've got good Asian food, the farm system where everything is natural, which I believe in. I like organic. Votes: 0

I want to speak for people that may not feel like they're being spoken for at the moment. And I want to make a connection between the world around us and the charts. Votes: 0

I would like my album to be on the pop side with a little bit of soul. I would like to make music that is on the top of the charts right now. Votes: 0

It's so off the charts and off anybody's radar screen, that place. It might as well be another planet. Just try to find somebody who's been to Madagascar. Nobody has been to Madagascar. Votes: 0

I loved raising my kids. I loved the process, the dirt of it, the tears of it, the frustration of it, Christmas, Easter, birthdays, growth charts, pediatrician appointments. I loved all of it. Votes: 0

There was a time, from 1935-1946, when teenagers and young adults danced to jazz-orientated bands. When jazz orchestras dominated pop charts and when influential clarinettists were household names. This was the swing era. Votes: 0

I remember seeing the song in some diners on the selection gadget that plays records at the table while you were eating. We were never told if the songs ever got on any charts. Votes: 0

Our EMF meter was jumping off the charts. We found her alarm clock was causing crazy electro-magnetic fields around it. We spent $22.99 on a nice digital clock, and she never saw an apparition again. Votes: 0

It is socialism. It moves the country in a direction which is not good for anyone, whether they be young or old. It charts a course from which there will be no turning back. Votes: 0

Morrissey wrote to me and said, I have a song for you and if we release it as a single, you'll be on the charts for the first time since 1972, I said, what time, where? Votes: 0

There are some good songs, but not the kind of song-writing that I remember, that I like. Springsteen still does it. Paul Simon, and there are also good writers, but that doesn't dominate the charts. Votes: 0

Not a day goes by that I don't click on RealClearPolitics at least once, the presidential poll charts, graphs and moving averages are great. If RCP didn't already exist, somebody would have to invent it. Votes: 0