Famous Quotes & Sayings

Karen Cooper

We are extremely focused on being the employer of choice in our markets and our new, on-site pharmacy fits in well with our company philosophy, ... The three primary goals of our on-site pharmacy are to lower the company's rising healthcare costs, pass some savings on to our associates and provide our associates with the convenience of handling their pharmaceutical needs during their work day. We view CHD Meridian Healthcare as a valuable partner in this new venture to not only provide high quality pharmacy services for our associates but to also provide us with direction to help alleviate the healthcare expenditure pains that both we as a company and our associates have been facing.

John Lawrence

Our associates were pleased to make this donation to such a worthwhile cause, ... The money will be utilized for programs in the community that we are glad to support. This is just a small part of Wal-Mart's ongoing commitment to the communities in which we operate.

Greg Beck

O'Reilly Auto is committed to offering the best combination of price and quality provided with the highest possible service level and having parts that our customers need, in-stock, is essential for us. Manhattan Associates helps us do this with their industry-leading planning and execution solutions. As the only solutions provider to offer the complete footprint for supply chain management, Manhattan Associates will continue to help us meet our needs in the future.

Mark Whitaker

Classes taught by professional Wilderness Medical Associates instructors are fast-paced, with an emphasis on practical skills, including full-scale rescue simulations, fake wounds and stage blood.

Cliff May

Clinton's personal foibles and failings have nothing to do with the fact that Al Gore went to a Buddhist temple to raise money and that his closest associates and fund-raisers were convicted of multiple felonies in regard to that event.

Keith Pearson

I'm really looking forward to showing the store off to the community and seeing their reaction. It's an exciting time for the associates who have worked so hard.

David Dillon

The continued focus of Kroger's associates on delivering improved service, product selection, and value to our customers has generated another quarter of impressive identical sales growth. Sustainable identical sales growth is a key driver of Kroger's financial objective to increase earnings and generate value for our shareholders.

Shannon Patten

The hard work and efforts from all our associates working together have resulted in another outstanding quarter. It's terrific news.

John Lawrence

The Distribution Center encourages our associates to volunteer their time to charitable organizations. We believe in reaching out to help our community and encourage our associates to look for those opportunities to make a positive difference.

Rick Curran

John has suggested there is continued interest in having Bryan. We're willing to be patient. He would prefer to stay in Toronto.

Deb Mandeville

It always provides us with good look at many of our 3A rivals. We swam well there and continued to drop time in many events.

Anita Frazier

Handheld platforms were the big story last year, and so far this year, that segment of the industry has continued to grow significantly since last year.

Peter Spina

Gold, silver and platinum started the week off on positive footing with continued excitement in the silver markets regarding the proposed silver ETF in the United States.

Matthew Parry

Gold continues to rally on continued U.S. dollar weakness, a trend I expect to continue over the next week.

Joel Klatt

I think we've made tremendous strides in the passing game from last year. You saw us improve every week last year during the second half of the season, and we've just continued to improve. So hopefully we can start right there this season and have a big year.

Rodney Harrison

I think what you look for in a person to replace him is a person of integrity, someone that's honest and someone who knows the game and understands that it is the players that drive the game as well as the fans. If you have that, you have an opportunity for a great future for the National Football League and continued success.

Herbert Smith

I think that conventional political wisdom was that there were high expectations with Mayor Schmoke going in. His tenure as mayor on a whole was disappointing, particularly with the continued deterioration of public schools and a substantial increase in crime.

James Crosby

It has been a pleasure serving as Region I director of institutions, ... I have made many friends over the years and wish you and the employees of the department much continued success.

Craig Johnson

I wouldn't necessarily say that Target is stealing market share away from Wal-Mart because Target's customers are slightly more upscale. Where it's outperforming Wal-Mart is in grabbing market share away from department store chains.

Ronald Cohen

have great reaction time, and give their customers a lot of personal attention.

Al Bloom

Her toys are very popular with our customers so we're excited to have them.

Richard Gray

It is about retail as theatre. Our customers want to come in and be entertained so we have DJs in menswear, or we play movies on screens. Merchandising has to be very eye-catching.

Scott Helbing

We're offering the tools and services that help our customers enjoy the digital lifestyle.

David Graves

It is similar to the process in Massachusetts, where it is a six-month cycle for half of the customers and then the rates are blended.

Ed Zander

I think we have better products. We have to get them out there to our customers when we say we will and our products will win on the shelves.

Promod Haque

Like Open-Silicon, which has most of its customers within a five-mile radius of its headquarters, many technology start-ups are servicing American and European markets.

Bob Williams

I will be working as an outside salesperson for them. I will also be able to help out some of our regular customers who have special orders.

Maria Cantwell

He's played this leadership role for (Sens.) Trent Lott and Mitch McConnell, delivering for them, slamming down programs that I think would be effective and the people of Washington state want,

Viktor Yushchenko

I have heard a lot of stories and legends on how this poison has been delivered, where it has been produced, which secret services were used for delivering it in Ukraine,

John Hutton

Our objective must therefore be to ensure EU better regulation contributes towards delivering a modern European Union which relentlessly focuses on building a dynamic and innovative economy equipped to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

Michael Chapman

Our new 32-bit processors promise to be some of the fastest, smallest, and most energy-efficient available. We researched many options for getting them to market, and are excited about delivering these innovative cores with the proven, well-respected people at CAST.

Jeff Bezos

In Q4 of '99, we did a great job of delivering for customers, but it was very costly for us, ... In Q4 of 2000, we did an even better job of delivering for customers, but at a much, much lower cost.

Scott Tolzien

I just try to be the same guy I've always been. Calm, collected, and being a good decision-maker and delivering the ball to the right guys.

Jayme Wilson

I'm very, very hopeful the project is going to go forward. I'm glad the port has stepped up to the plate and is delivering on its promise.

John Killian

Service, great service, is the key to delivering on the promise of IP. And this means we listen to customers, we understand their issues and concerns, and we do it their way, not our way.

Christopher Findlay

APEC is not delivering on the economic and technical co-operation that had been envisaged,

Pat O'Connor

Judge O'Flaherty's rulings are putting drunk drivers back out on the street. It's a threat to public safety. It's offensive to law enforcement and prosecutors and it's offensive to the public.

Jack Roush

He's as cold-blooded as any driver I've ever worked with,

David Solin

I think it's just really hangover from that. The issue of U.S. interest rates and where we're going has been a pretty important driver for the dollar.

Robert Burgoyne

I think the Internet is a key driver of world economies,

Gary Brewer

It hadn't been returned, so she went to East St. Louis to look for it on her own. When she found it, she opened the passenger side of the vehicle and was trying to get the keys out of it. The driver panicked and was trying to get away.

Brett Bodine

We made some real significant progress here today. The drivers and teams gave us some positive feedback on what they liked and what they didn't like and that's what this is about; to refine and improve what we have.

Aguri Suzuki

I am grateful that these highly experienced drivers are joining my team.

Jovan Vavic

He helped CDM in and outstanding season. He was the leader of that team and is a tough driver and an excellent shooter.

John Daly

Remember, I wasn't using a 3-wood back then, so I got there with a driver and a 1-iron, ... This year, I'll have the wood, but the second shot is uphill, so if they have done a lot to it, I might not be able to get there.

John Chambers

I would summarize the quarter as a solid quarter from a revenue and earnings per share perspective and a strong quarter from an orders perspective.

John Davidson

There are some worries about will the earnings this year support the 2-1/2 year highs that the indexes have recently reached, particularly in an environment where interest rates will be rising.

Michael Sheldon

I think the last few weeks have probably been frustrating for investors. Earnings have been very positive, but the focus has been on interest rates. Over the next few sessions, it looks like the fear of higher interest rates will probably outweigh the earnings.

Barry Hyman

I think the picture is optimistic and earnings in general have been better than expected.

Peter Mancuso

I think you're looking out two quarters, maybe even three quarters before you start to see a substantive increase in earnings for some of these companies. That, to me, is in a nutshell what's going on in the markets.

Jon Burnham

I think the earnings are going to be better than expected, but I don't know whether the market's going to rise on that.

John Davidson

I think that overall we are in for a pretty good earnings quarter, and that may be a positive for stocks.

Bruce Bittles

The rally in stocks is expected to move higher near term, given the weight of technical evidence and the likelihood that first-quarter earnings will not disappoint.

Laura Conigliaro

HP's fundamental earnings power highlights that this is more than just a restructuring story.

Peter Thiel

I suspect if people live a lot longer they would be retired for a somewhat longer period of time. Just the financial planning takes on a very different character.

Mark Augustine

We look for in-line fourth-quarter financial results and more upbeat guidance for 2006 than Amgen provided at this time last year for 2005.

Mary Shapiro

I don't know whether they will say yes or no since there are all sorts of administrative, financial and legal issues.

Dick Cheney

He doesn't have a financial interest in the company,

Ruth Handler

I wasn't a financial pro, and I paid the price.

Al Becker

In the past when we've gone through periods where we're eliminating jobs, we've tried to do it so it'll have as minimal an impact as possible. In this instance, the financial situation is such we're just not able to do that.

Randy Sharp

I think no question this will have a financial impact on American Girl.

David Peterson

I have no financial relationship with the firm. I'm not a lobbyist.

Dick Cheney

I have no financial interest in Halliburton of any kind and haven't had, now, for over three years.

Ron Hutchins

John is a very pleasing young man to have. He's very focused on what he does. You'll see him moving up.

S. Walker

It all seems to be focused on him (Rodriguez).

Brian Beckwith

There are so many different scenarios that could play out that we can't be thinking about that. We have to focus on Friday and then on Saturday.

Larry Hoff

Her scoring numbers are actually a little down from last year. Part of it is because we have other players who can score, but the main reason is that Jessi has focused on getting her teammates more involved.

Scott Coffey

He's been so focused on proving his innocence, and now he'll try to put his life back together.

Santino Quaranta

His suspension, it's not good the day of the game. I respect Peter's decision, I respect the head office and it's their decision. It's between Freddy and the team. We have a job to do and we're focused on winning MLS Cup.

Mark Patton

I think it's going to be important to stay focused and use that adrenaline. It's the last game here but I'm going to treat it as any other game and play hard.

Ricky Mathews

I think it's great that the governor is focusing so heavily on preparation.

Roger Katz

I think the major wave of retail development is ending, and it's time for us to focus on Augusta as a place to live.

Eric Albright

I know Kurtis is going to generate some interest (from scouts) this year, and he needs to be able to handle that mentally. It's a challenge, but I think he's up to it.

Paul Swangard

You want to be using the off-season to generate momentum. And nothing has happened, from the stadium issue on down, to give much acceleration to that momentum. For every step forward, it seems like they've taken two steps backward.

Tom Mullins

It's a manufacturer that has international ownership structure, and this project would generate just over 500 jobs, but they're still looking at a number of places in Texas and in surrounding states. It's a laundry list for that and the others at this point.

Rob Blake

That second period, as much time as we spent in our own zone, it was tough to generate things.

Robert Struble

All the pressures are related to development. More people need more water. They generate more water. They generate more storm water. All of those things can be managed. All of those problems have solutions, but some ways are better than others.

Ron Campbell

As you generate more sales tax, you can take some of that back into the machine and grow what you have.

Ann Muscat

A lot of people don't know there's a nonprofit conservation group that's responsible for the majority of Catalina ... and has to generate its own revenues.

Robert Crowder

A lot of governments would love to have an industry come in that would generate that kind of income.

Oliver Friedrichs

It really generates a lot of network traffic. It's really just going to slow down Internet performance.

Gus Faucher

Katrina will weigh on growth in second half of this year and we'll make most of that back first half of next year,

Bill Cheney

Job growth has kind of stalled out. It's a puzzle.

Mark Zandi

I suspect this is a pause and we still see a resumption of top line growth and, ultimately, better hiring in tech.

Wayne Pace

He wants it to be profitable growth, sustainable growth and responsible growth,

Jill Dougherty

He did say that it must meet Russia's national interests and also that it should not restrict its growth and social development,

Maureen Allyn

Growth took them by surprise last year so I think this is paying back for all that growth we had last year.

Shuchita Mehta

Growth momentum remains strong and that should lead to higher inflation and interest rates.

Zheng Jingping

It is fundamentally normal but it is at the upper end of the potential growth range and we need to take note of it.

Graham Cluley

There is going to be a real growth in 'pump and dump' spam.

Don Johnson

The site will have two medical office-type uses. Basically, they'll be identical buildings.

James Johnson

I'm not surprised; he's a tough young man. He was just an impressive young man, even then. He had a can-do attitude.

Kellan Lutz

I'd love to do a movie like 'The Machinist.' It's an extreme movie but it takes you to a place that is quite impressive.

Erin Hertzog

It's something impressive because it's something we could use in Arizona.

Kip Anderson

They have done remarkably well, and they are all very talented. That's just so impressive that they are so young and they are doing these things.

Lee Corso

They smacked that Oklahoma team (for the national title) in what was the single most impressive one-game performance I've ever seen.

Pat Dowling

For a while anyway, it is not going to be that visible a project. There is no one day that will be more impressive than another.

Todd Allen

It's the most impressive thing I've ever seen.

Wayne Thomas

It really looks impressive when they're all through. We've been doing that for a long time.

Jim Reed

It was the most impressive storm surge I've ever witnessed. We had plenty of wind as one might have imagined, but what left an indelible mark was the power of the water.

Amber Bowman

I would say this is a turning-point in our season we want to come in this weekend and show them we're a different team and that we've improved a lot since the last time we played them.

Tim Moe

I think we've improved more than they have. Warroad has a lot of juniors and seniors but our young kids have picked it up.

Russ Biundo

He has improved remarkably. Still, we have a long way to go.

Sandrine Krul

Right now she's our most improved player. She's so athletic.

Sara Baker

Our music was a lot better and visual improved as well. We did better than this morning.

Phil Garner

Their pitching is much improved over last year,

Seth Erwin

It's been a lot better this semester because we're doing a lot of things fundamentally better. Our tackling is almost-near perfect, and our ball-handling has improved tremendously.

Brian Dartt

The number one thing he improved was his understanding to get people involved. He could have scored 30 points a game, but he passed up shots to get teammates the ball.

Willie Thomas

That's a big win. They've vastly improved and they played a patient ballgame.

Robert Murray

Joy is increased by spreading it to others

Gale Norton

We have vastly increased the amount of funding that is available for conservation partnerships.

Vijay Jayant

It increase the pie for radio in general.

Kim Beazley

It increases the pressure for Howard to appear.

Richard DeKaser

I think the market is responding now to a perception of the increased possibility of recession, which I do not see.

David Rose

We are extremely attractive to page companies, because we significantly increase their user base.

Gerhard Schroeder

I think we can say that in the past seven years, we have increased respect in the world for our country, our Germany, and I am sure that we will safeguard that together,

Tina Olson

There aren't a lot of obvious places to just go and increase rates.

Elizabeth Loftus

Undergraduate fees have increased to $8000 for each year of an undergraduate law course,

Thomas Fuller

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.

Floyd Hall

Kmart's sales for the month were on plan and we are pleased with our progress in a number of key businesses.

Ewen McKenzie

He is vice-captain and one of our key players so I will be surprised if he doesn't.

Alonzo Sledge

He's a leader. He's not a selfish kid. The key thing is he just wants to win. And he had to step tonight, and he did.

Chad Spence

I thought we had it after that score. But we made key mistakes, particularly on pass plays.

Mike Stebila

I thought that was the key to the game. We wanted to take Deckard out of the game.

Anton LaVey

One of the keys to success is an unflinching belief that there are no rules. Anyone who's ever succeeded has gone on that premise; not buying established procedures, business or otherwise. The naysayers are inevitably left behind amid shouts of 'it cannot be done' and "should not be done'."

James Iandoli

He wasn't here all summer and it would have been unfair to Terrance (Lewis). Terrance is a key part of our offense.

Mike Shimek

He had all three of his pitches working and had some key strikeouts with runners on base. He pitched a whale of a game.

Rudolf Steiner

Only when I follow my love for my objective is it I myself who act.

Roger Ebert

In my reviews, I feel it's good to make it clear that I'm not proposing objective truth, but subjective reactions; a review should reflect the immediate experience.

Wyndham Lewis

Wherever there is objective truth, there is satire.

Evan Bayh

Our objective is not to oppose the president; it's to do what's right for America.

George Jackson

Our objective is a permanent transformation of the city. We've got a long way to go, but I think we've turned an important corner.

Jim Johnson

Our objective was to put an end to what we view as infringement of our package designs.

Rob Dyson

Our objective is to win the (ALMS) championship. It's the way we take each race and the way we run the team.

Chan Gailey

If I worried about all that kind of stuff, I couldn't be in this business, ... This is like being in most any other profession: You're not going to please everybody. My objective is to do what's right by the program and what's right for these young men. Other than that, I don't have a responsibility.

James Shanahan

That is okay by me. Our single objective has been to win the division, and so nothing changes.

Dana Brunetti

The production value of YouTube videos is not there.

Shane Robison

With managed services, we have a lot of products we can pull through.

Julie Vallese

We take the company's word for it at the onset, but through our investigation we'll have to look or prove whether this product is better.

Richard Segal

We think cross-selling is important, but we're not obsessing about whether one of those products is sports betting.

Werner Herzog

I am a product of my failures,

Bill Harris

Our Quicken product had the most profitable season in its 15-year history,

Michael Wittner

If there is a bearish theme, it's about U.S. product demand.

Bert Hochfeld

Informix has strong products in a strong market.

James Inhofe

I am a product of the draft.

Joanna Lumley

I'm three quarters Scottish, but I sound English. I don't really see British as a race.

Kevin Rollins

The first quarter is always the toughest quarter for us.

LenDale White

It's not about how the first or second quarter ends,

Meggie Ford

It's been like that all year. We always have one of those quarters when we don't play well.

Rob Haines

It's disappointing that they are restating earnings. We don't want another quarter of surprises.

Eli Manning

I'm not a 25-interception quarterback, I know that,

Paul Weyrich

Second, a quarter to a third of those who listen to Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity are liberals.

Jim McMahon

I don't like the rules about you can't hit the quarterback.

Richard Repetto

A strong quarter pretty much any way you slice it.

Zig Ziglar

I have always said that everyone is in sales. Maybe you don't hold the title of salesperson, but if the business you are in requires you to deal with people, you, my friend, are in sales.

Maria Rodriguez

In other years, by this time, sales are exploding, but this year it's very slow.

James Cook

A salesman sees a commission.

Catherine Lee

It's not an appraisal, it's more of a sales tool.

Rob Spear

It's unbelievable. Our ticket sales are going like hotcakes.

Shawn Roop

At first, all I wanted the Web site to do was $50 in sales a day, then $100 -- now I look for $350 a day.

Peter Reynolds

When we have a special event, our sales triple,

Joel Rassman

The stock sales have nothing to do with the state of the market. It has everything to do with diversification.

Brian Tracy

Resolve to be among the top 20% of salespeople who make 80% of the sales.

Craig Stapleton

have the same values and the same interests.

Sean Bersell

It has always been about value and convenience.

Tori Amos

When you value your crew, they look after you.

Krystyna Phillips

That's priceless. We can't even put a value on that.

Tom Rogers

The value of stand-alone subscriptions is much more important to us than DirecTV,

Christopher Hitchens

Perhaps the values of socialists can only be realized by socialists in a nonsocialist society.

Lil Wayne

Things I say have value and I would love for you to value them, however you get it.

John Hodgman

I am someone who values truth - actual truth as opposed to 'truthiness.'

Adelaide Clemens

I'm very analytical about the industry and I understand that there are value systems, and all sorts of things like that.