Famous Quotes & Sayings

Vitruvius

I, therefore, O Caesar, do not publish this work, merely prefixing my name to a treatise which of right belongs to others, nor think of acquiring reputation by finding fault with the works of any one.

Vladimir Potanin

Everybody starts with creating or acquiring certain property in order to create the material to work with. When we started our business, we thought first of all about development, how to grow, and we managed to do this, even with all the difficulties and all the difficult rules that were implemented in Russia at that time.

Jonathan Klein

The acquisition is in line with our strategy of acquiring and producing increased amounts of relevant wholly owned imagery.

Jesse Bennett

The acquiring of culture is the development of an avid hunger for knowledge and beauty.

Mike Tannenbaum

We have tremendous flexibility in acquiring more players that fit.

Clive McDonnell

Using signaling theory, the conclusion has to be that managers of acquiring companies are using a higher proportion of cash relative to the last M&A cycle, as they believe that there is greater upside relative to downside risk in acquisitions.

Kerry Bailey

Visa's CISP reflects a commitment to information security, intelligent business and superior customer care. We are privileged to earn this recognition from Visa and look forward to continuing to work with acquiring banks, merchants and service providers to enable them to demonstrate compliance with this important information security standard.

Arnie Berman

When stock prices are rising, companies have conviction about stability in the near-term and are more willing to take on the risk of acquiring something,

Juergen Hambrecht

We are committed to our goal of acquiring Engelhard, Engelhard did not provide any information that would prompt us to improve the terms of our current offer.

Gene Ween

When it comes to the recording and writing, it's still mostly Mickey and I. But now there's this whole live entity that's a whole different thing, and it seems to be where we're gaining the most popularity.

Wole Soyinka

Writers and intellectuals have a duty to humanity. It is to insist that the human entity remains the primary asset in overall development; thus, it must be safeguarded.

Rem Koolhaas

We felt it was very important for an entity like CCTV to make its presence felt... To generate a space and to define a space, that is the main thing.

Charles Hayward

If all one does is get another entity to stand in place of NYRA, you're going to have the same results,

Richard Blumenthal

The permit is issued to the national entity Andersen, and its actions, regardless of where they take place, are relevant to Andersen's fitness to practice in Connecticut,

Vince Sweeney

We are pleased to be acknowledged as a national leader in this area. Over the years, people have worked very hard to make things happen. You're never done. It's an ongoing process. But we think we've made progress and its' nice to have an external entity recognize the progress.

Ludwig von Mises

The market is not a place, a thing, or a collective entity. It is a process.

Pat Burns

We need an operational entity -- somebody who's accountable for it.

Sathya Baba

Serve others for they are reflections of the same Entity of which you are yourself another reflection. No one of you has any authenticity, except in reference to the Original. Feel always kinship with all creation.

Yousuf Karsh

If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity.

Todd Rundgren

It's hard for me to say that what I'm doing isn't even really music, because deep inside of me, what I want to do is much greater than music.

Idina Menzel

I'm not great at multi-tasking, so when I do one thing... I like to do it 100%.

Idina Menzel

I don't think I ever really knew the right words to 'Hava Nagilah,' which isn't great for a Jewish singer.

Ian Frazier

I was friends with Russians who said I should see Russia. I went there in '93 and it was so exciting, and I went to Siberia and had a great time.

Ian Mckellen

Bolton School has a great tradition in the liberal arts.

Ismail Kadare

In antiquity, there were three regions in southern Europe: Greece, Rome, and Ilyria. Albanian is the only survivor of the Ilyrian languages. That is why it has always intrigued the great linguists of the past.

Gaines Adams

I want to be a great player. I don't want to play for the money. I don't want to play for fame. I'd just as soon no one knew who I was. I want to play football because it's football.

Gad Elmaleh

There were two things I used to do to seduce girls: jokes and music. Since I'm not a great pianist, jokes were my thing.

Idina Menzel

I would like to get another job in London or tour there. I miss my friends.

Ian Mckellen

It's my impression that I've done every job that I've been asked to do.

Isabel Sanford

I was very comfortable having a steady job on a hit show, and who knew if 'The Jeffersons' would catch on?

Constance Marie

I just remember all those days in the unemployment line, stressed out over when my next job was coming.

Clotilde Hesme

People are affected by what they see, hear. This is what matters to me the most because then our job as actors is justified.

Evangeline Lilly

It's a surprisingly sacrificial job being an actor.

Evangeline Lilly

I used to watch actors and say, 'You poor suckers, that job looks miserable.'

Ben Carson

There is no job more important than parenting. This I believe.

Beeban Kidron

When I was 13, I had a weekend job at the Photographers Gallery Bookshop in London.

Gene Kelly

MGM didn't know what they had with Cyd, did they?

John Dahl

I think MGM was a little worried about some of the parallels. I thought it was a kind of completely different story.

Terry Lanni

Many people will go to our parties, The Venetian's party, Wynn's parties and Caesars' party. Our goal, and we're not always successful, is to make sure those visits stay within the MGM Mirage family.

Carroll Baker

The big one I missed out on was 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.' MGM wanted me for it, and Warner Bros. wouldn't give me permission to do it.

Esther Williams

I gave my eardrums to MGM. And it's true: I really did.

David Steinberg

When I talk to Steve Martin, he's joyful when he talks about comedy.

Xavier Niel

I don't think Steve Jobs had much desire to share his fortune.

Digger Phelps

If this happens, this is time for Steve to make that move.

Bus Cook

We have to get some things resolved. I'm sure the Titans want to keep Steve, and I'm sure they will. Steve wants to stay, and we want to keep him in Tennessee.

Allen Iverson

Steve set the tone for them and everyone else just followed.

Matt Birk

Steve Hutchinson, in my opinion, is worth that money.

Rafael Benitez

It is only a possibility that Steven can play.

Tom Muller

One job, one wife, one house. That's Steve Flores.

Dale Murray

I told Steve he won't be out the door. He could still be on the staff.