Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brad Wenstrup

In a leadership role in Iraq and in running my own business, what I've learned is if you don't listen, you're going to strike out. You're going to fail miserably. The people you work with have got to know you're engaged and you're listening.

Brad Stone

Life inside successful Web startups - especially the really successful ones - can be nasty, brutish, and short. As companies grow exponentially, egos clash, investors jockey for control, and business complexities rapidly exceed the managerial abilities of the founders.

Bobby Schilling

I come from the restaurant business; you're talking to a guy used to working 12, 14 hours a day.

Bobby Lee

I'm in this business, man, and I honestly don't know anything about show business at all. I don't know how it works.

Bill Gurley

Many consumer Internet business executives are loyalists of the Lifetime Value model, often referred to as the LTV model or formula. Lifetime value is the net present value of the profit stream of a customer.

Bill Gurley

It's really hard to run a business against somebody who is not acting as if it were in business.

Bing Gordon

In my world, I read resumes upside down, so I start with personal interests. So if somebody doesn't have believable, interesting interests, they're not going to work in a creative business.

Billy Beane

When I first came into baseball, people didn't want to hear that a team was a business. But it is. And the better the business is run, the healthier the team on the field is going to be.

Betty Williams

Peace in the world is everybody's business, no matter where you live or what you do.

Billy Corgan

You can't be greater than Elvis, change things as much as the Beatles, or be as original as Led Zeppelin. All you can do is rip them off.

Bob Fosse

you can like the life you're living, you can live the life you like. you can even marry harry, but mess around with ike and that's good, isn't it grand? isn't it great? isn't it swell? in fifty years or so, it's gonna change you know, but oh it's heaven now a days.

Kevin Quinn

We wanted to change the match-up in the third period.

Stuart Cohen

we wanted the vendor to own the whole issue. At this very late date, we didn't want to risk that the patch would create some profound change to the operating system.

Willie Randolph

We wanted to sweep once we took the first two. I get greedy. But it's a long season. We've played for a month, but I don't think we done anything yet. And one more victory wasn't going to change that.

Tom Schrader

We've had a really nice run. I think we need to see a little pullback before we go higher. There's not going to be much in the next two days to change that. Jobless claims tomorrow won't be a market mover. I think we'll probably see a little profit taking the rest of the week.

Jim Buckmaster

We've had requests for a long time to make a change like this. New York, and particularly Manhattan, is, in our experience, completely unique.

Tom Schrader

We've got a big rally in tech going and it's a nice change of pace.

Mike Hidde

We'll have to have a lot of confidence that he will be fine to risk him playing. Whether he plays or not, our game plan doesn't change a lot.

Abby Cohen

We expect profit growth to decelerate in the second half of 2004.

Elton Brand

I expect a hard-fought series from Denver. We got home-court advantage, and that should help. The Nuggets are a tough club, and so is Dallas. I felt that we matched up well with either.

Frank Gillett

I would expect this to be primarily about experimentation.

Robert Long

I would expect a strong payrolls number Friday, and for the market to have some sort of positive response to it, even if it's just very short-term.

Lawyer Milloy

That's what I expect out of myself. It wasn't fun, but I think I can tolerate a lot of pain. I went out there and made it happen.

Shannan Bergen

That's what I expect of them. We have a group here that's been together. They know what's on the line.

Jesse Mudrick

I was really excited. I started swimming year round, but I didn't expect to make states. It was a shock.

Sarah Ferguson

I was really excited, I didn't expect it at all in a million years.

Mike Sealy

I was pleasantly surprised. I thought the offense was very good. That's the one thing after not playing together for so long you'd expect to come down a little bit.

Peta Todd

I've been supporting Help for Heroes for many years - I actually rode in their first-ever official fundraiser back in 2008. I have witnessed the great work that Help for Heroes do to support those who have suffered life-changing injuries and illnesses, and I want to do all I can to help raise as much as possible.

Peter Gould

The great thing about writing is that you always put yourself in the shoes of the character. If you're doing it right, you can see into the heart of all your characters. Usually, when there's a writing problem, it's because you aren't doing that.

Peter Forsberg

Well, you have your regular classes, like three hours every other day, three times a week. You get twice a week to have an ice practice. Once a week you have weight lifting. It was great.

Paolo Bacigalupi

I'm not proud of it, but I'm a great liar when I travel. I smile and lie, and things are smooth.

Peter Uihlein

As long as you can find a place to develop as an all-round player, then you're doing great.

Paul Coffey

You learn by playing a great team, and I'm talking about character things, not hockey technique.

Patrick Wilson

The great thing about doing theater is that you get to do it better the next night.

Merritt Patterson

Being outside and being in the sun is great for me.

Maisie Williams

'Cake Boss' does massive, massive things, which are great.