Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dick DeVos

As a state, we have to engage the global marketplace. There is no alternative, no choice but to go out and win. The antagonists to this position see it as either/or -- either you invest in China or invest in Michigan. Most businesses do both. If your sales increase in any part of the world, the folks back home benefit.

Austin Ligon

Our third quarter used car sales growth reflected increased traffic compared with last year's third quarter, as well as continuing strong execution. We were able to sustain positive momentum even as the cross-shopping benefit from this summer's new car employee pricing programs waned. Subsequently, new car sales and traffic levels dropped significantly, reflecting the limited model year close-out vehicle availability that resulted from the success of the employee pricing programs.

Paul Sarbanes

Companies that go public should understand that there are responsibilities as well as benefits to going public,

Kurt Kuehn

Companies of all sizes as well as consumers in Chicago now can conduct business faster than ever before with the same UPS convenience and reliability they have come to expect. And the enhancements work in both directions because our customers will benefit from this network upgrade when they receive packages coming into Chicago as well.

John Stumpf

Demonstrating the benefit of our diversified business model, most of our consumer business showed strong growth this quarter and helped to offset the decline at Home Mortgage.

Marc Schenker

The teaching that complements these research efforts will benefit the next generation of public health specialists, as well as local, state and global health agencies.

Keith Edelman

The tax bill is slightly larger than one would expect it to be because we have had employee benefit trusts and there was a decision in the House of Lords we've provided for. We're just being cautious.

Alexander Haig

A durable, long-term U.S.-China strategic relationship is even more important now than in previous decades. The relationship will continue to grow and prosper to the mutual benefit of all peoples.

Joe Wilcox

So, to get to the benefits that come with this, they have to get past whatever retraining will be needed around the new user interface.

Erin Campbell

The bottom line is this should translate into a savings of several million dollars for the people of Vermont.

Roy Sommer

The bottom line is, they've done a great job here developing players. Heck, half their guys are in Buffalo.

Ed Snider

The bottom line is they should not be taking a chance.

Danny Sullivan

The bottom line is, they're doing everything they can to take on Microsoft at its own game.

Andrew Booth

The bottom line is they outworked us (last time) and we have to step up to the challenge.

Justin Wilson

The bottom line is, they don't seem to have any weak areas.

Jalen Rose

The bottom line is they did a good job of denying our play. Guys were trying to do what they could to get open. ... I heard him say 1-1,000, but I think he forgot the other four.

Dan Niles

The bottom line is they (Cisco) said the bottom may be one-to-two quarters out so that puts you back to firm footing with reality saying this is not over yet.

Dean Fryer

The bottom line is they cannot employ workers until they have it.

Dexter Fletcher

As an actor, there's always that fear. You don't know where the next job's coming from, so you say, 'I'll do that, I'll do that, I'll do that'. Your choices are not always clearly thought out, and you can end up taking mis-steps.

Craig Venter

As a scientist, I clearly see the potential for harnessing the power of nature.

Stephane Deo

The big rise in future living standards is clearly linked to tax cuts.

Randy Cunneyworth

At times we're five individuals out there trying to do things. There were opportunities (against Peoria) where we clearly could have shot the puck but we wanted to try a prettier play or a prettier pass.

Richard Jefferies

A woman can see a woman so clearly - faluts, excellences, details - all are so clear to her.

Scott Anderson

As long as the (sewer) system was leaking that amount, it violated the Montana Water Quality Act. Clearly the leakage was an illegal discharge.

Nancy Kress

Readers want to visualize your story as they read it. The more exact words you give them, the more clearly they see it, smell it, hear it, taste it. Thus, a dog should be an 'Airedale,' not just a 'dog.' A taste should not be merely 'good' but 'creamy and sweet' or 'sharply salty' or 'buttery on the tongue.'

Cass Sunstein

People who know him in Washington, D.C., of various ideological stripes, say this is not the type to be a fundamentalist. He is clearly extremely able, and his opinions are real lawyers' opinions.

Doug Steenland

Our third-quarter results clearly demonstrate the need for Northwest to restructure expeditiously.

Ed Orgeron

The tempo wasn't there, the execution wasn't there, so I told them to come back later, ... If they don't practice the way I want them to practice, that's it. We're done.

Richard Hayes

I should be watching an execution. I shouldn't be watching this. It's a waste of taxpayer money. This is a cold-blooded killer. He ruined two families. (His execution) would be the happiest day in my life.

Joe Wilcox

Conceptually, it sounds good. Execution will tell all.

Thomas Jefferson

The execution of the laws is more important than the making them

Derek Sivers

I'm not interested until I see their execution.

Tom Peters

You are your projects!

Kirk Salvo

Mack has tremendous technique and flawless execution. What is most impressive about Mack is that he's always in great position, which is an indication he'll be an outstanding collegiate wrestler.

Dana Delany

There are only so many stories, and half of that has to do with the execution of it and half of it has to with the timing,

Neerja Pomal

From having the idea to working on it went pretty fast. We didn't just keep thinking about it. We had the idea, we did the research and then we had the execution of it.

Reg Alcock

The reality is, every single expense that was incurred was within the policy of the Mint, was vetted by their senior financial officer and was approved.

Bill Gates

We don't think there'll be a huge swing to one model at the expense of the other.

Marsha Blackburn

FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell has said that several foreign dignitaries personally spoke to him about creating a new Internet user fee to subsidize an international universal service fund at the expense of traditional end users.

David Hansen

We will not have an open wallet for this. We will have to keep food and lodging expenses to a minimum.

Robert Green Ingersoll

Voltaire, as full of life as summer is full of blossoms, giving his ideas upon all subjects at the expense of prince and king, was exiled to England.

Tina Tessina

He's right. If the wedding has become more important than your relationship, that's a warning sign. Yes, you want a lovely wedding, but not at the expense of your relationship. After all, what's the point? Keep your future in mind.

Eugene Levy

look at a truth in a situation, keep it real - don't try to get a laugh at the expense of your story.

Tom Bergeron

We can't forget that the contestants are the representatives of the viewers at home, ... and if we make it too much of a yuk-fest at the expense of the contestants, that turns off the viewer.

Bill Thompson

We do want a viable junior high and high school in Lafayette, but not at the expense of our Opelousas campus.

Shannon Schonrock

As long as we're winning, it doesn't matter. It's great to see different people step up on any given night. And it makes us hard to prepare for because you don't know who to focus on. A lot of our numbers are down, minutes-wise, but it makes us that much tougher knowing that we have so many people that can contribute.

Lori Bennett

Our serve and service return was very weak in the first two games. But we had a lot of things that worked well. So for the third game, we focused on serving more aggressively.

Michael Barrett

The one thing I like about this team is as great as it was, as fun as it was, there's no real celebrating what happened today. It means we're focused and moving on.

Tim McCutchen

It was the same press. We used the same press-breaker, but we didn't execute. We just were not as focused and ready to play as we were the first time." ()

Jane Garvey

The whole issue of wiring is something that people have been focused on for a while,

John Shin

This is stronger than expected, the highest since spring of last year. But it's less important since it doesn't show anything about the impact of Katrina and everyone's focused on Katrina right now.

Adrian Jones

You're not really focused on the star, but the co-stars to see what they're doing to help the whole scene.

Mike Scioscia

This win was a good win for the team and gave us a big lift. We have to focus on winning from here on out.

Bryant H. McGill

When one learns to focus energy through surrender and sensitivity, they become free, and can access the expansiveness of endless possibility.

Jarrod Kerr

A rate hike is now 50-50 in May and fully priced by June.

Ahmad Fawzi

So now we have a road map. It's an important first step toward the establishment of a fully representative, broader-based, gender-sensitive, multi-ethnic government down the line.

Jennifer Granholm

Sometimes leadership is planting trees under whose shade you'll never sit. It may not happen fully till after I'm gone. But I know that the steps we're taking are the right steps.

Chris McGill

Right now we have a supply picture that is fully utilized, even with record wells drilled, record rigs,

Susan Thomson

These are all fully-licensed and fully registered brokers,

Linda Dobbs

This is a really important opportunity for us. It's something we've talked about and had on our wish list for years. It's also a wonderful opportunity for our students to be able to perform on a fully functioning stage rather than a recital hall stage. It's important in their pre-professional training. We're all thrilled.

Anne McBride

This is an ongoing investigation, and we are fully cooperating.

Peter Coleman

This is still a significant injury, but one that with rehabilitation Troy will be able to fully recover from.

Zhao Yu

The U.S. side is fully responsible for this collision.

George Jackson

No guidance. Not enough mentors to teach younger people what's right and what's wrong.

Kim Clijsters

I would have loved to have played another year under his guidance,

Ted Parrish

Intel has a history of undershooting in its initial guidance.

Carl Smith

I'm 100 percent sure if Dr. Clayton was there, this would not have happened. It's all because the people in the guidance office had no idea what they were doing.

John O'Connor

It just seemed like there were more questions this time. It was just simply a reinforcement of what our guidance is.

Joe Moglia

This guidance is not only higher than Ameritrade stand-alone, but TD Ameritrade will have a more diversified, less volatile revenue stream.

Andrew Baker

They really need to start providing guidance as soon as they can.

Richard Engel

Any information about U.S. special operations forces is highly sensitive.

John Fisher

On those locations that we find a higher number of slow-walking pedestrians, we will lengthen signals.

Manuel Miranda

These counsels are people who are not only people of high intellect, they have forgone much higher paying jobs to work in public service.

Carsten Fritsch

The structural problems have not improved and the trend is still to higher deficits. That presents a risk for the dollar.

Luisa Deason

The stakes for illegal aliens are higher now. We see more weapons and, at times, you see people shot.

Michael Butler

The stakes are much higher than they used to be.

Eric Maskin

Specifically, in the software industry, progress is highly sequential: progress is typically made through a large number of small steps, each building on the previous ones.

Fadel Gheit

Oil prices, ... are probably going to go over $26, which will mark the highest level outside the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990.

Matt Rosoff

Some versions of the product are priced higher than they need to be.

John Sacchi

Ryan is starting to realize what it takes to win matches at this level. He keeps on improving every time he steps on the mat.

Tony Hawk

There's a stigma to skating. People think of it as a kid's sport. People kept telling me I couldn't possibly make a living out of it. Then they said I couldn't keep it up in my 30s. And here I am in my 40s, and I'm still improving my skills.

Johnny Ensing

Peter is really improving. He's improving his places and that's what I am looking at right now.

Drake Johnstone

If they demonstrate improving revenue growth, they could get $20 a share.

O. J. Simpson

The AXP System automates what was typically an 18-step manual process while improving the recovery rates of the stem cells.

Catherine Booth

There is no improving the future without disturbing the present.

Houston Nutt

We're going to have to be ready. Not only running the football, we need to keep improving our passing game. Our receivers are going to have to be ready. I just think everybody, tight ends, backs, you can't be one dimensional in this league.

David Packard

Management by Walking Around

Peter Drucker

Management by objectives works if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't.

Peter Drucker

Management by objectives works if you first think through your objectives. Ninety percent of the time you haven't.

Lawrence Miller

Management offered a strategic update with no real surprises.

Horace

Anger is short-lived madness.

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.

Sam Bhavnani

It's an uphill battle, but they seem poised to be able to do it. And the reason I say that is they have a strong management team in place.

Jeff Siegel

Our traffic management is substantial and works quite well.

Richard Geist

Any relationship in which you're talking about money, like a broker/client relationship, is a powerful, emotionally-charged thing, ... Money is important because there are so many important connotations to it: self-esteem, security, self-confidence, power.

Robert Kiyosaki

As capitalism falters, the rich move their money out of the country, violence increases, and politicians promising prosperity are elected.

Chris Browning

The big thing is they're paying a lot of money and they're not getting a whole lot of house.

David Marshall

As long as I make enough money so I don't go under, I can pretty much do what I want. I have time when I want it. That, to me, is freedom.

Barrett Kaiser

Raising money is a reality of modern-day politics.

Larry Wright

probably find some work, save some money, start all over.

Linda Jeffers

People think people got money and people getting on with their lives. This is where we are.

Donna Mutzenard

People say throwing money at the system isn't going to solve it, but in education, they're wrong. We need more money.

Todd Bertuzzi

People pay their money and they come into the building, whether it's here or it's our place, ... They have every right to do whatever they want to do.

Don Ameche

I've seen my performances. I don't like them.

Aaron Nida

I was real pleased with his (Larson) performance.

Steve Adams

I was pleased with the team's performance this year and very proud, and wish the seniors well in their future.

Ken Martin

I can't say we'll see this kind of performance every quarter.

Scott Winfrey

We played pretty well tonight. I was proud of our performance, and we were threatening.

David Beckham

I'm pleased with my personal performance but particularly with the way the team played overall.

Harold S. Geneen

In business, words are words; explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality.

Holly Hatton

It was a poor performance by the varsity boat.

Lee Scott

It was a solid performance, but we can do better,

Ansyaad Mbai

The modus operandi is very similar to the previous bombings.

Sanjaasuren Oyun

It was stupid to oust the previous government. It's illogical.

Brian Tracy

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

Jon Hanson

Token sales have spiked, ... Token use has spiked.

Chris Duerksen

This is simply something you don't have right now.

Rhys Ifans

Acting is not an intellectual process for me. It comes from my heart. It's this strange netherworld of osmosis where I simply become.

Jim Wilkinson

I can tell you that simply did not happen.

Robert Rubin

I think there is more work to do, and we simply have to all work together and do everything we can to get it done,

Becky Lourey

I don't just want to talk about goals. I know we can get there. We simply can't wait.

Michael Dean

I have not talked with Terri in weeks. We were simply brainstorming.

Paul Cleave

You simply couldn't make a living as an author if New Zealand was your only market.

Howard Hawks

I try to tell my story as simply as possible, with the camera at eye level.