“We continue to believe guidance is likely to prove conservative. We maintain our view that estimates are likely to see upward revisions through the year driven by hardware.”

“[Among conservatives, the general expectation is that Bush will move quickly.] We expect the president to take about a week to 10 days, ... This is not catching the White House off-guard.”

“The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal. They're about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover.”

“This governor got a free pass from the conservatives for two years because of the recall and just the euphoria of the idea that we've got a Republican in instead of a Democrat. But that party is over.”

“It may not be fair to the public if [the fund's investment strategy] is too conservative. Perhaps part of it could be invested in other more aggressive, higher-risk and lower- liquidity products.”

“If there were a new conservative government, they would be more careful to support it. But there is a kind of vacuum, so they don't care what people think. They feel a bit more free.”

“The contributions from Siebel were appropriately conservative. And the (operating expenditure) synergies are in line with expectations. Perhaps the most salient surprise was an increase in the license guidance for core Oracle.”

“While the company's sales funnel remains strong enough to exceed this range, the company gave a slightly conservative guidance to reflect uncertainty related to timing of certain orders.”

“Good day traders don't have big swings or big losing days. A really good day trader is very conservative and picks his spots closely.”

“The Republican Party needs both the moderates and the conservatives, ... If the party is viewed as trying to purge one or another faction, then we'll have a civil war that only helps the Democrats.”