Famous Quotes & Sayings

Peter Harrold

He is the backbone of the team. Hopefully we can just do a little better in front of him.

Rob Simmons

We've got to help small businesses because they are the backbone of our economy. We've got to increase opportunities for everyone and we can do that by helping women and minority-owned businesses.

Mike Crapo

Individuals and businesses must participate in a national discussion about a simpler tax system, one that collects sufficient revenue to meet appropriate federal responsibilities, but one resting on a broader, fairer tax base without penalizing saving and investing, the backbone of a strong, decentralized and thriving economy.

Jim Davies

If somebody has something, everybody has something, ... the backbone here.

Jordan Leopold

I'll take Kipper any day. He's had a great season this year and definitely has been the backbone of this team.

Vince Carter

I hope he doesn't get discouraged because internally we know he's been the key. We know that he's definitely been the backbone as far as being consistent and solid throughout.

Rocco Calo

I'm very concerned about that. We are out here fighting for health care and the middle class. The middle class is the backbone of society and it needs to stop somewhere.

Brad Smith

Increasingly complex supply chain management issues like global strategic sourcing and procurement will keep SCM consultancy as the backbone of the OM consulting market,

John Curry

The goalie's the backbone of the team. There definitely is a standard there that you need to live up to, or you're probably not going to be in net.

Tim Purpura

I think you'd have to chain him down to keep him from starting.

Patrick Ho

We suspect that initiatives within its manufacturing operations and a more streamlined supply chain are just part of the reasons for the improved margin profile.

Anthony Chan

I think a seasonal factor is part of the issue here, but you can't discount it all. Look at what is happening with chain store sales. They've been pretty weak. Some of it (weak retail employment) is real.

Scott Burns

I think a lot of the problems they've been having with?supply chain bottlenecks?look like they've kind of worked their way through the system.

Voltaire

It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.

Saxby Chambliss

He's going to be grilled pretty good about what happened, how it happened and how far up the chain it looks like it went.

Dion Buhman

There are now Web sites that sell directly to the grower. This bypasses the distribution chain that makes up our core business.

Two Chainz

Chain hang to my ding-a-ling, chain hang, chain hang to my ding-a-ling

Mark Vigoroso

Our research shows that 83% of leading companies indicate field service optimization is core to improving their competitive positions. True field service optimization requires service organizations to maintain the most cost-effective, productive, and profitable service chain at all times -- especially in the face of a myriad of constraints and interruptions.

Sarah MacLean

Gone are the days when heroes are emotionally locked away from the world until the end of the book, and thank goodness for that. Modern romance heroes are more complex than ever.

Chris Sisko

It comes down to the complex interplay of these larger-scale systems.

Larry Ellison

I think the applications space will be diverse and complex five years from now,

Paul Singer

Today, even small entities that trade complex instruments or are granted sufficient leverage can threaten the global financial system.

Gil Shwed

It had become a very long and complex process and we thought it was better to withdraw so we could focus on our customers.

W. Eugene Smith

My pictures are complex and so am I.

Yukihiro Matsumoto

The orthogonal features, when combined, can explode into complexity.

David Marra

I love that they have such a grand vision but they can't underestimate the complexity of growing in the U.S. market.

Suriya

I had this inferiority complex as a child, as I was not good at speaking. I was also not good in studies or sports and would often flunk in four-five subjects.

Steve Morgan

He is resting comfortably and consulting with the doctors, ... We are hopeful that he recovers quickly.

Denis Simonneau

It's an initiative that had been taken without consulting the (quartet) partners (United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations), but it is within the framework of goals and principles we fixed for ourselves.

Federico Opinion

We have no law on hacking. We are consulting some technical experts to see how it would fit into wire-tapping laws.

Marty Heires

When we were alerted of the two undocumented workers - and after consulting with authorities - we shut down the site,

Martti Ahtisaari

The task of the mediator is to help the parties to open difficult issues and nudge them forward in the peace process. The mediator's role combines those of a ship's pilot, consulting medical doctor, midwife and teacher.

John Segrich

Revenues were light relative to expectations. They have struggled to gain traction in consulting and recently lost the head of the business.

Joanne Lewis

There is a stigma in consulting Mental Health, ... Students don't like it.

Ariel Sharon

Israel is consulting with international figures about the legality of a terror organization in an election,

Erik Frieberg

We're consulting on how you become better at your software development processes.

Thomas R. Insel

I was sure I was going to be a doctor of global health or tropical medicine in some underdeveloped country.

Tara Lemmey

I think that privacy is sort of the nature of your identity, and how you transfer your identity is a very important global issue.

Bill Gates

It has been a great year for global health to get more visibility. The more people know about it, the more they want to act.

Don Budinger

He's been our consultant, that's public knowledge. People are speculating that he's our prime candidate. Obviously we need a globally competent, experienced leader to navigate the road map. Somebody of his talent obviously would come on to our radar.

Igor Luksic

Regardless of our ambitions to become part of the E.U., we have to keep in mind that Turkey is also a very strong voice that can represent the needs of our region in wider terms in global platforms.

Shane Oliver

Our market will be largely hostage to what's going on globally this week.

Guenter Verheugen

In the new global situation, our strategy is more justified than ever,

Ken Ford

In terms of global warming, in terms of price spikes, this would make us really leading the planet.

Raghuram Rajan

In a globally competitive economy, it is very important you insure the individual, you have a safety net for the individual, because they're at serious risk of losing their job and so on.

Mike Quigley

Just the circumstances of being in D.C., people give you books, and there are issues you want to learn more about, so you are tearing into as many as you can.

Ted Cruz

I think issues and substance, policy and vision and record should be the meat of politics.

Judith Sayers

There are still treaty issues that First Nations will have to negotiate on the rail corridor, but those negotiations will be between First Nations and government.

David Neumark

I think what the living-wage movement has done in the past 11 years is incredible. How many other issues are there where progressives have been this successful? I can't think of one.

Paul Robertson

I think some of the technical and infrastructure issues haven't been completely realized,

Duane Lewis

He's doing fine. I think it was just a routine procedure. It had been prescheduled. It was not the result of any issues the last two weeks or three weeks.

Bill Graham

I did point out (that) his is a minority that is even less strong than ours and on many of these issues he knows that not only (does) he represent a minority of members of the House, but also in terms of the electorate.

Judy Breselor

I don't find it acceptable. It's really got to go before the Planning Board. I had some issues with it and have to go see how it fits.

Samuel Smiles

Good sense, disciplined by experience and inspired by goodness, issues in practical wisdom.

Carmelo Anthony

(Karl) just told us management had to make a decision.

Marc Savard

I'd like to be back here, but that's up to management. We'll see what happens.

Harold Vogel

In reality, that was going to be very messy from an antitrust standpoint and meet a lot of resistance from the top management at Hasbro. That was a whole different story,

Woody Williams

I'm sure it was a relief for my teammates and management,

Palle Pedersen

In Iowa, we have a 32,000-an-acre plant population, spray, and harvest. There is no in-season management. It's all in the seeds.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Incidents should not govern policy; but, policy incidents.

John Challenger

Summer is always a slow job-cut time. Management is away, and vacations are going on,

Joel Madden

Good Charlotte is anger management teen angst.

Lukas Haas

A low budget is uncomfortable.

David Satcher

We have to be more strategic in the distribution,

Navtej Sarna

The visit is significant in view of the strategic partnership between the two countries.

Stephen Kinzer

The long-term strategic goals of Iran and the long-term strategic goals of Turkey are close to the long-term strategic goals of the United States.

John McDonough

Rubbermaid and Newell are a terrific strategic fit,

Matt Rosoff

I don't really see anything new from a strategic standpoint.

David Smith

I think the wise and strategic thing to do is to have a two-track policy,

David Strow

That was the attraction. It was a tremendously strategic location.

Tom Fitzpatrick

It always comes down to supply and demand,

Tom Crosby

There is some supply available; it is limited.

Lola Russell

We're very optimistic. We are monitoring it and keep up with supply issues.

Tim Ryan

We need to be able to at the very least supply our own military.

Derrick Johnson

If they are any discrepancies, we want to make sure that if there are individuals in need that we supply as much support as possible,

Lola Russell

We do not have a supply problem. There have been some distribution issues.

Aaron Williams

Our water supply is very important to us.

Craig Bruce

Time is a resource whose supply is inversely proportional to its demand.