Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lord Chesterfield

Knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.

Rig Veda

Knowledge makes capable of earning knowledge. It inspires us to perform actions and as a result one acquires desired wealth.

Bryan Colangelo

Joe Johnson made us aware of his personal desires, which just didn't fit our model of building a team. We're sorry to see Joe leave and we wish him nothing but the best in Atlanta. Despite losing Joe, we are pleased that we have acquired a young, talented player in Boris Diaw, two first round draft picks and additional flexibility to keep our building process moving forward.

Philip Wohl

It almost looks like Global Crossing is trying to acquire companies that are still out there, ... I don't see how this makes them into an instant competitor to the big guys. They may be taking on more than they can chew at this point.

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

My mother, may her soul rest in peace, shaped my personality; thanks to her, I have acquired many values, good traits and skills.

Niklas Zennstroem

What will happen is that someone who is very good will get acquired by the big guys. Microsoft is very serious about gaining a larger slice of the Internet phone market.

Juliene Berk

Habits the only reason they persist is that they are offering some satisfaction You allow them to persist by not seeking any other, better form of satisfying the same needs. Every habit, good or bad, is acquired and learned in the same way - by finding that it is a means of satisfaction.

Juliene Berk

Habits... the only reason they persist is that they are offering some satisfaction. You allow them to persist by not seeking any other, better form of satisfying the same needs. Every habit, good or bad, is acquired and learned in the same way -- by finding that it is a means of satisfaction.

Jim Tracy

His record wasn't all that impressive, but I've seen this guy do very well at times. And I think the opportunity to acquire somebody in the Rule 5 draft ... it's not all that often you get somebody whose resume from the previous year shows 141 innings.

Bruce Lanni

Knowing that the oil sands projects are capital-intensive, companies are signaling that oil prices will remain high and that supply and demand will remain tight.

Hilary Rosen

I think it's a great thing when companies experiment with different models.

Michael Farr

I also like Microsoft, and I particularly like EMC, ... These companies are going to come back.

Wade Jones

What we want is to improve the quality of life for everybody. We want to improve the standard of living. And the way we do that is by providing good-paying jobs, secure jobs, so that we know the companies are going to prosper and do well here and help expand our economy.

Charles Gallagher

What we wanted to do was make succession-planning a process for these companies rather than an event they have to deal with.

Eric Shepcaro

What we find in these statistics is somewhat alarming, that four years after 9-11, a third of companies surveyed still lack these plans. We find that (many) companies that have these plans don't practice them.

Alan Foreman

Here and there, we may have a ray of sunshine. Some companies may report better-than-expected earnings, ... But, on balance, in this climate, those reports are not likely to fuel markets to move much higher.

Bernard Golden

Having open source or proprietary companies that refuse to work with one another from a sense of purity is a real disservice to end users.

Alan Levine

Gold Standard was one of the best-led small companies I've ever worked with. Russ Thomas is a visionary.

Megan Hilty

I think the only way you can really grow is if you push yourself and put yourself in uncomfortable positions and doing things that you're not used to; it's exciting.

Paul Perry

I think that positions No. 2 through 7 could be inter-changeable all year.

Dan Gorbett

Inexperience. We have a lot of positions open.

Pat Gleason

I'm not sure that the transfer of these positions is necessary.

Sarah Fisher

Six years ago when I started this whole fiasco, there were not this many women in these positions to get the attention,

Gary Andersen

There isn't much difference. The positions are very interchangeable.

K'naan

I don't feel political most of the time. Sometimes I'm placed in positions because no one else will go there.

Joe Ehrmann

You have one of the most responsible positions in society.

Ryan Snair

Sean can play any of the infield positions and can catch, too.

Glen Mason

Just when you think you've seen it all, here comes something else in football,

Ronnie Arnold

Just when you think you've seen it all.

Joe White

He didn't put them anyplace that they could be seen by children.

John DeLuca

There are so many other things for us to talk about that it just hasn't come up, ... We'll say 'How's it going?' and that's about it. By the end of the day, we've usually seen each other's work, anyway.

Naveen Chopra

What we've seen today is shocking. Ultimately it's down to how we keep strengthening our system to make it more stringent.

Tony Plath

What we've seen is a lot of pent-up demand.

Dave Leitao

He's having not only a career, but particularly this season, a year for the ages. I've watched it, I've studied it on film and now I've seen it in person.

David Braverman

Whatever volatility we've seen today can be attributed to oil.

Pat Binns

We just haven't seen this before. It's disappointing.

Nick Clooney

The kind of Iraq that emerges from all of this is ultimately out of our hands.

Rob Lundgren

Some words ultimately will be bleeped. There aren't that many.

Wendy Tellone

As superintendent, I am ultimately responsible. I feel responsible.

David Twohy

There's so much diversity of opinion out there, so ultimately you have to listen to it, put it aside, and make what you want to make.

Helen Thomas

I've never covered the president in any way other than that he is ultimately responsible.

Bhagat Singh

A rebellion is not a revolution. It may ultimately lead to that end.

Ed Asner

All capitalists should be like Warren Buffett, and he says he should be taxed more.

Michael Eisner

Nobody has a bigger cult than Warren Buffett,

Florence Harding

Well, Warren Harding, I have got you the presidency. What are you going to do with it?