Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bruce Vladeck

As bad as the situation is now. it can only get worse when the economy stops growing.

Peter Power

The boycott is bad for all those concerned.

Kristen DeTienne

Bad service is something everyone can relate to -- we've all had an experience with an obnoxious employee or had to call to correct an error on a bill. What we often can't relate to is the great way a company recovers from a service failure and wins our future business.

Andrew Baird

Bad science is being used to drive bad policy. And that policy is resulting in the large-scale dispossession of some of the poorest people on the planet.

Pat Schneider

Bad public officials give us all a bad name. If we're going to have systems in which people have trust, then there's got to be integrity.

Marco Sturm

Bad penalties. We let them back in the game.

Whit Ayres

Bad news tends to move in bunches, and this White House has had more than its share. When you are in one of these periods, the best thing is to keep your head down, stay focused on the job and wait for your luck to change.

Matthew Dowd

bad news for the Bush team and declared 'the sky is falling' once again.

Kelly Fero

bad news for Kinky. If a voter was going to go independent, they may want to go somewhere that they won't waste their vote.

Dennis Hastert

On this historic day, it is a high honor and rather humbling that a great number of my colleagues have come to me and urged me to lead the House into the 21st century, ... It is a calling that I have not sought. However, it is a duty that I cannot ignore.

Bill Cowher

No, something even more diabolical. I call it 'The Immaculate Deception.' I can't reveal any details, but we'll run it on the first play of our first possession in the second quarter.

Leslie Alperstein

Dean probably scares the market the most because he, for now at least, is calling for rolling back all of the tax cuts.

Kyle Lowry

Coach was calling the plays and telling me to make plays. I just do what he says.

Rob Douglas

Companies value customer service over security. The emphasis in training is always on satisfaction of the customer, push more products and move the calls as quickly as possible.

Victor Penman

Coincidentally the crews were actually in the midst of doing high-angle scenario training at our training and maintenance centre this morning when the call came in.

Bernie Bickerstaff

Detroit played with a purpose. They've been struggling a little bit; if you can call 50 wins struggling. They just have too many pieces.

Barry Biffle

Detroit is exceedingly important to Spirit. Our company was founded here and half of our employees call Michigan home.

Jill Cappadoro

A number of people are getting dropped off there. We call them kiss-and-rides.

David Rose

As a small company our fastest way to market was going to be by working with other retailers that were known for pioneering new technologies and categories.

Mark Baldwin

As Britain's only large-scale touring contemporary dance company, Rambert performs on some of the largest stages this country has

Mohammad Farzaneh

Our employees feel an ownership in the company. Last year we paid over half a million dollars in profit sharing and bonuses. Employees know profit sharing is tied to what the company makes.

Scott Harris

Our customers no longer design in isolation. They need to create, manage, and share information throughout and outside their company in order to realize their ideas.

Walter Price

People felt that this is a very tightly controlled company with a lot of levers they can pull.

Rob Mains

Any litigation settlement is incremental good news for a company that has a lot of litigation outstanding. In the scheme of everything going on at Tenet, this is not a particularly major issue.

Art Buchwald

Any company executive who overcharges the government more than $5 million will be fined $50 or have to go to traffic school three nights a week

Neil Archibald

Apple's impressive security record is likely to be tarnished if the company continues to grow its market share while undervaluing security researchers and not properly auditing its code.

David Kyto

Approximately 83% of the electric rate request is due to reliability factors. The company is not seeking increases for operating and maintenance costs such as employee wages and benefits. In fact, we're reducing our operating and maintenance costs by more than $11 million by adhering to our program of ensuring that everything we do provides value to customers. The program is working -- higher rates notwithstanding.

Peter Barnes

A short-term correction I think was overdue and I think it is healthy in the long term.

Stephen Davis

The thing we've got to do is get better. We've got to correct our mistakes this week.

Bernadette Murphy

I've been anticipating a 7 to 10 percent correction over the next few months.

Michael Metz

This is the correction I've been talking about.

Jose Gomez

This correction streak is likely to remain for the next three sessions.

Jonathan Hickman

You're either on team Republican or team Democrat, and it's the idea that one of these sides has a perfect record of being correct and is worth supporting on 100% of the causes. I find that kind of thinking extremely dangerous and very intellectually dishonest.

Mona Williams

We are heartsick that this happened and are currently doing everything possible to correct the problem.

Adam Smith

The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is ... that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence.

Fabio Lara

We could see a small technical correction tomorrow. But I don't like it when we have this kind of volume with sharp falls. It shows weakness.

Ann Wright

As a federal employee all my life, I am very, very proud of this badge,

Kathy Bennett

Ralph is there for every employee who needs him.

Carl Davis

Employees are told right from the start that there is to be no interaction.

Steve Bolman

Each year, we have new employees, and we need to make sure that they and other employees know the process and procedures that are in place.

Paul Tobias

Future employees at the moment of hire don't negotiate, don't hire a lawyer, don't tamper with those clauses, don't even read them. They're interested only in the money. They'll sign anything.

Carlos Delgado

I said when I met with the ownership that I'm employee No. 21, ... I'm not going to put myself in front of the team. I'm here to follow orders, and that's the way it goes.

Charles Parr

My opponent is a lifetime employee of the government.

Scott Roberts

I was getting paid, several employees weren't, they were being paid in food.

Bob Sinclair

We do have other things for our employees to do.

Tyleen Tausaga

Our errors really killed us. We weren't really hitting at all.

Joe Garagiola

The White Sox (early 60s) are rightly called the 'Hitless Wonders' -- their idea of offense is a walk, an error and a hurricane.

Charles Lyons

This will not happen again, ... This was an error of judgment. I've learned a lot.

C. S. Lewis

The true reader reads every work seriously in the sense that he reads it whole-heartedly, makes himself as receptive as he can. But for that very reason he cannot possibly read every work solemly or gravely. For he will read 'in the same spirit that the author writ.'... He will never commit the error of trying to munch whipped cream as if it were venison.

Charles Bukowski

there's no defense except all the errors made

George Eliot

Errors look so very ugly in persons of small means --one feels they are taking quite a liberty in going astray; whereas people of fortune may naturally indulge in a few delinquencies.

Jim Patrick

Errors are killing us. We made four errors and they were crucial.

Whit Cornell

Errors and strikeouts at the plate are what hurt us. But they're something we can fix.

Alexander Crummell

Error moves with quick feet and truthmust never be lagging behind.

Bruce Brown

As a CPA, I have the experience to prepare financial statements.

John Davis

Our experience has been very, very good. They are very comfortable, one doesn't think that they will be. They ride well ... we've had very little problem with them.

Sally Paine

Or they can just show up, sign in and walk around and volunteer. No experience is necessary.

Bob Tate

Something like that is just uncalled for. We want to get a good, positive experience for the kids that play basketball. Win or loss is not the important thing.

S. Walker

Now I've got so much more experience and I feel way more confident.

Jeff Lacy

Sometimes you need a loss to win. I think it could be a good learning experience for me. Joe is a great champion. I shot for the No. 1 guy in the division. Maybe someday we can do it again.

Donna Mechley

These sophomores have limited experience at the varsity level. But they are all playing very well as of now.

Veronica Corpuz

It would leave the producers and our patrons in a fix and we don't want to jeopardize the experience for anyone.

Igor Andreev

This is a new experience for me. I've had a good preparation this season and I'm just trying to grow in my game. I just have to keep playing the same way I have been this week and give 100 percent.

Steve Fossett

There is a risk in the takeoff. There is a risk during the flight of running out of fuel or other mechanical failure in an experimental aircraft.

Gary Stibel

There are more failures than there are successes.

Susan B. Anthony

There have been others also just as true and devoted to the cause--I wish I could name every one--but with such women consecratingtheir lives, failure is impossible!

Susan B. Anthony

Failure is impossible.

Tom Hooper

My films seem to be about men's struggle with failure.

Keyshawn Johnson

So many times in my life, people have tried to make me a failure.

Douglas Coupland

Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure.

Douglas Coupland

Sometimes failure isn't an opportunity in disguise, it's just you.

Douglas Coupland

If a building looks better under construction than it does when finished, then it's a failure.

Douglas Coupland

The thing about the future is that it never feels the way we thought it would.

Virgil

Perhaps the remembrance of these things will prove a source of future pleasure.

Burt Rutan

There will be a new industry, and we are just now in the beginning. I will predict that in twelve or fifteen years there will be tens of thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousands of people, that fly and see that black sky.

Baltasar Gracian

It is a great deed to leave nothing for tomorrow.

Edgar Mitchell

Eventually we must leave Earth-at least a certain number of our progeny must as our sun approaches the end of its solar life cycle. But just as terrestrial explorers have always led the way for settlers, this will also happen extraterrestrially. Earth is our cradle, not our final destiny.

David J. C. MacKay

In a climate where people don't understand the numbers, newspapers, campaigners, companies, and politicians can get away with murder

Sid Ryan

Every day that they put this legislation off to the future is more time to negotiate.

Paolo Bacigalupi

I think that, when I think about the future that 'The Water Knife' represents, it's one where there's a lack of oversight, planning and organization.

Pattie Boyd

I'm one of these people who couldn't imagine the future. The future never occurred to me. I just loved life every day.

Carmen Bambach

A showdown of the two greatest rivals of the Renaissance.

Derek Jeter

People say this is the greatest offense ever. But let us play awhile. Names don't win games. You have to play the games.

Mark Mohl

Osage had a very tough week with three quality opponents. We are disappointed we didn't win all three, but the kids had great effort.

Mitchell Joachim

Actually it's great to be an American. I love my country.

Mark V. Hurd

The more accountable I can make you, the easier it is for you to show you're a great performer.

Edward Grey

The moral is obvious: it is that great armaments lead inevitably to war.

David Wells

The money is great, no way am I complaining.

Andy Palmer

Defensively, we did a great job. I'm proud of our kids.

Krissy Kukar

Defensively they did a great job. To hold a team to 26 points in the playoffs is pretty impressive.

Tina Ambani

There was a time when I could only relate to happy works. With time, my taste has evolved.

Kiesza

It wasn't until I wrote 'Hideaway' that I found the song I related to as an artist.

Anwar Robinson

Everything I do is music-related.

Edward Hirsch

Rhythm is sound in motion. It is related to the pulse, the heartbeat, the way we breathe. It rises and falls. It takes us into ourselves; it takes us out of ourselves.

Jack Johnson

We're all related. We're all a family.

Tibby Johnston

Most stories are related to respect. So they know that we need to respect everything.

Leon Bear

We're all related in one way or the other.

Steven Boylan

I know this is a big one, but I can't say if it is related to anything that is going on.

Kim Cattrall

I like movies I can relate to.

Mike Torres

The service may be a little slow for a little while it stabilizes.

Tim Chapman

This is going to be a social services disaster.

Les Garland

We want the Web site to be a storefront, as a service to our viewers.

Ron Kaufman

How can you learn more? By admiring what you've done right? Or by studying what you've done wrong?

Ron Kaufman

Always do what you can do instead of worrying about what you can't.

Ron Kaufman

Preparation clears a pathway for success.

Ron Kaufman

A scattered effort is a poor effort.

Tony Hsieh

Customer service shouldn't just be A department, it should be the entire company.

Steve Jobs

The customer is the final inspector.

Brian Gionta

I just worry about the wins right now.

Pat Riley

You've got to have some wins like that.

Baba Kalyani

In 2014, we have some new activities and new order wins in the non-automotive space.