Famous Quotes & Sayings

Casey Silver

As chairman and CEO for the past three years, I am very proud of the films released during that time and I'm especially pleased with the films scheduled for the next 24 months. I look forward to working with the company in an independent capacity.

Anne Mulcahy

As CEO of Xerox, I am ready and privileged to lead a team of dedicated employees who are as sharply focused and committed as I am in the successful turnaround of our company.

John Challenger

Some expect CEOs to be chained to the desk. Most put in 12 or more hours a day, often working seven days a week. But we should want leaders in high-pressure situations to have time to decompress.

James Lowry

Some people would rather be the 100 percent owner of a $100 million company than the partner of a $200 million company. They feel comfortable being the CEO and the sole decision-maker.

William Crowell

There won't be a lot of resolutions passed here today, but the key is to get the dialogue open and to get CEOs interested in providing their customers with protection.

Lynn Turner

That's indicative of a company with an imperial CEO and very poor controls.

Paul Graham

Empirically the way you get a product visionary as CEO is for him to found the company and not get fired.

John Laughlin

With Lithia, you have a CEO who is not only the major stock owner but the person over the last 20 years that has taken all the risks by deciding to do the expansion he has done,

Edmund Phelps

There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.

Francis Bacon

The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.

Sophocles

Of all human ills, greatest is fortune's wayward tyranny.

Steve Guttenberg

In show business, you can't make a living. You can only make a fortune, but you can't make a living.

Kazeronnie Mak

Only the misfortune understands what fortune is.And knows how to treasure it.

Graeme Souness

I am saddened at the way things have worked out. I wish the club, the players and the supporters good fortune and success going forward.

Jeffrey Gitomer

If you make a sale, you can earn a commission. If you make a friend, you can earn a fortune!

William Carman

Thank God for povertyThat makes and keeps us free,That lets us go our unobtrusive way,Glad of the sun and rain,Upright, serene, humane,Contented with the fortune of a day.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

We do not know what really good or bad fortune is.

Honore de Balzac

Time is the only capital of those who just have their inteligence as fortune.

David Briggs

The S&P lost 50 points last week and today we gained back four. This is not great.

Cheryl Smith

The whole thing with the power of prayer in our minds is true. And a lot of what has happened, and the strength he has gained back and progress he's made, without sounding corny, I think a lot is attributed to prayers.

Gwin Price

You give up a lot. I gave up my job, my family, the life I had. But I gained so much, too.

Chuck Priefer

Two years ago, he lost a yard off his kickoffs. Last year he gained a half of it back. Last year, his hang time was four-one hundredths (of a second) higher. He was third in the league in touchbacks (with 14).

Napoleon Bonaparte

Genuine victories, the sole conquests yielding no remorse, are those gained over ignorance

O. J. Simpson

I was very proud of how Matt competed. He is running much better, and he gained a lot of yards after contact.

Jill Koenitzer

I think in some ways there are more things gained through this type of day versus a traditional first day.

B. F. Skinner

When he was in school and worked in the store, I think the interaction between people is really what gained his interest.

Eddy Cue

We've gained a lot of credibility in the industry in the past 2 1/2 years with what we did with songs. And that's what we're trying to mirror in the video space.

Uli Hoeness

We're playing for the people, not for the regime. We want to reduce this to soccer only.

Matt Hasselbeck

The Pro Bowl. But I don't feel like playing right now.

Arlen Specter

I've been playing squash almost daily for 38 years.

R. Robinson

We wish we were playing for something, but we're playing for pride and that's a big thing in itself. Also, just to let 'em know that, hey, if things worked out a little differently, this is what y'all would've got.

Ricky Skaggs

I just want to keep playing music and keep recording. I feel like my best days are ahead.

Rodney Atkins

With videos, I find I'm better off if I'm playing a role inside of it. The more you do it, the more you understand it.

Romeo Miller

When I was playing college basketball, I had to work out every day; it benefited me physically.

Jim Thome

I got to see more pitches. I got over 30 at-bats in three days. When I got back to playing in the regular games, it just seemed to click.

Lleyton Hewitt

I feel like I've been playing pretty well for a while now, and here I have been putting results together day in and day out,

Ann Veneman

no specific position has been taken on that proposal.

Juelz Santana

After a year with him I got to a position where I didn't have to do nothing in the street no more. But you have to be willing to work hard.

Nick Saban

It would be very unfair to put it on that position when things aren't being done well around them.

Abhisit Vejjajiva

What we did when we took the position was to make a statement and we made a statement.

Shawn Perkins

We were in position to make tackles. We just didn't make the plays.

Toni Simonetti

Discussions are ongoing, but we are not in a position to report any new developments.

Joe Tiller

We feel like we've got enough talent at the position that it's possible that we wouldn't designate starters.

Clive James

There is no reasoning someone out of a position he has not reasoned himself into.

Eric Schmidt

We are in the strongest position that we have ever been.

William Green

I'm using all my resources to help me with that and I feel the sky is the limit for me.

Brent Nelson

We're trying to make sure that the residents that are out there have the supplies and resources that they need, and that they are safe.

Joe Mathis

We as Alaskans and Americans are responding to this. This is going to take a lot of resources from all 50 states to do this.