Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Greene

Any evaluation of Robertson would be fairly mixed. If you're in the White House, you wouldn't want Robertson on his TV program attacking you. On the other hand, you probably wouldn't want to be closely aligned with him.

B. F. Skinner

Strategic initiatives aligned behind McDonald?s Plan to Win are strengthening our competitive position and delivering positive results worldwide. Performance for the first quarter reflected more customer visits and enhanced profitability as we continued to connect with our customers and increase the relevance of our brand.

Steve Ballmer

These changes are designed to align our Business Groups in a way that will enhance decision-making and speed of execution, as well as help us continue to deliver the types of products and services our customers want most.

Jack Messman

This cost restructuring initiative is part of the comprehensive transformation of Novell's business that the management team has been designing and implementing over the past year. While it is a difficult decision to eliminate positions in our talented and dedicated workforce, this move is necessary to ensure that our costs are more closely aligned with our business strategy.

Ben Holmes

Align is more of a speculative play, it's a young business and they are nowhere near profitability. But they have a unique product in a large marketplace.

Elizabeth Warren

We need to align the incentives so that colleges have an incentive to keep down their costs... to graduate students on time with degrees in areas where they're going to be able to get jobs and going to be able to pay back those loans.

Loren McDonald

Email marketing has clearly arrived as a key marketing and CRM strategy for most companies. But in 2006 those companies that don't align the proper resources and technology to take their program to the next level will find their competitors leaving them behind in the 'inbox' of their customers and subscribers.

David Reilly

Ed has been instrumental in Catalyst's growth and evolution as a company. We are pioneering a new drug discovery approach to disease, and Ed has provided exceptional leadership for the rapid development of technology and programs that align our milestones with our vision.

Tom Reed

We aligned with Co-Op Network because we wanted to increase our organizational and financial strength.

Jim Kolbe

Any realistic guest-worker program must include provisions for those who are already in this country regardless of how they arrived here,

Christopher Dodd

not yet arrived at a product that we can present to this body that is a bipartisan proposal.

Jennifer Kopp

The storm was so intense and arrived so quickly that people were unprepared to protect their assets. But there won't be any negative effect on the quality or quantity of next year's grapes or wines.

Laura Wasser

Generally, there are no lightning bolts or magical signs that tell you when it is time to get divorced. When the bad starts outweighing the good on a consistent basis, you may feel that taking the next step is appropriate. It is a very personal decision and most likely should be arrived upon with the help of some kind of counseling or support.

Jack Abramoff

When I arrived in prison, they locked the prison down that day because the media was all over the place.

Peter Clarke

Everything that happens to these men from the moment they arrived on UK soil will be entirely in accordance with the United Kingdom law and the normal procedures in these cases will be followed.

Simon Newcomb

In October, 1865, occurred what was, in my eyes, the greatest event in the history of the observatory. The new transit circle arrived from Berlin in its boxes.

Gu Yuan

There is speculation that as much as 15,000 tons of copper from Chile and Japan arrived on Monday in Shanghai. Increased supply hasn't been able to cool cash prices, which indicates strong buying on the spot market.

Michael Zolensky

We are trying to learn more about comets to see what the first materials were like or how water arrived on Earth. It's important because all the atoms in our bodies were formed from the stars.

Paul Reid

The boys are looking very sharp in training and it looks like we've put the game behind us which is what you need to do after a disappointing performance. We're looking forward to Saturday to rectify the loss.

Bubba Davis

The big thing about the win is that we fell behind 12-2 early and came back. Especially with these kids, it was very, very big that we hung in and did what we had to do to win.

Richard Burr

Avian flu has convinced most Americans that we're behind the curve,

Eugene Ionesco

Banality is a symptom of non-communication. Men hide behind their clichTs.

John Sparks

A year of experience has really helped Josh. He continues to excel in his role as a team leader and field general behind the plate.

Thomas Buffel

Back in December we were 16 points behind them and now we are back to only three so this shows that we have had a very strong run.

Jennifer Wilbanks

as long as the space is a cot in a jail cell and the time is spent reflecting behind bars.

Robert Cox

As long as the reasoning behind this is for public safety and is not seen as anything other than that, I think it can work.

Lori Alexander

As long as we're playing defense behind her, we're going to do OK. Erica was good with her rhythm, but we didn't make any mistakes behind her. If we continue to do this, we're going to surprise some people.

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.

Michael Sheldon

The mood of the market has clearly improved in recent weeks and this most likely reflects optimism that the Fed is close to the end of its recent rate tightening cycle.

Arnie Berman

Companies in the technology sector are clearly overcapitalized and they are going to be increasingly forced by investors to make decisions about their cash,

David Nelson

Despite its size and efforts toward branding and value-added, the company is clearly not immune to the inherent volatility of the various protein sectors.

Russell Gray

Anton staying with Otago clearly has had a significant influence on James as I'm sure it will on other players.

Paul Kasriel

A recession is in the eye of the beholder, and the eye of the NBER, but clearly we're struggling here. We're at stall speed and it's not clear what, in the short term, is going to get the economy's nose up.

Neal Miller

An IDNS report of tests results four days later states clearly that no cobalt 60 or other fission products were in that water.

Thierry Breton

The situation that is creating tension today on the currency market ... is clearly the American deficit.

Andrew Palmer

As overseas markets become ever more important, companies will grapple with a new set of management challenges.

James Kelleher

As other technology companies were gazing at their navels, Corning was redressing its balance-sheet sins.

Stacey Quandt

As open-source companies continue to create pricing pressure on proprietary software solutions, it will be interesting to see how Microsoft responds subsequent to the release of Longhorn. By 2010 Microsoft will support its applications on Linux and develop an open-source strategy,

John Anderson

As one of the world's most popular online gaming companies we have a very strong story to tell in respect of our position and our future strategy for growth.

David Lindsey

That's where the real hit is. A lot of companies do not pay for dependents. They leave it up to the employees to pick up the coverage.

Bruce Lanni

Production growth for most companies has been very elusive or nonexistent. Keeping it flat is a major feat.

Tom Kilian

Product development remains an initiative in our Medical Segment. During the year we plan to continue to enhance our individual/association plans as well as review our small employer group products. We plan to explore new marketing relationships with national marketing companies and promote increased brokerage sales through electronic distribution and traditional sales.

Peter Hardstaff

Private companies only invest where they can make a profit, not where there is the greatest need.

Susan Hofer

Prior to this law, there were no requirements for companies to notify individuals about possible security issues.

Pat Garner

Our customers have come to expect a high level of service from the Motley Fool.

Leigh Sparks

Department stores are not really out of fashion, but they will struggle if they don't provide what customers want.

Ken Golden

Anything that is good for our customers normally bodes well for John Deere.

Maria Gonzalez

The skiers would come in here and it'd be really busy. Now it's just local customers and no tourists.

Robin Sorensen

That's just one of the ways the restaurant wants customers to feel important. Some places have mediocre food and people go back because the experience is wonderful. We think we have fantastic food and we have a great experience, too.

Kyle McSlarrow

You would not just be violating the First Amendment, but be hurting the very customers you're trying to help.

Guy Kawasaki

You're looking for chinks in the armor. You're looking for pockets of dissatisfied customers that you can steal from them.

John Walton

You're going to have customers who come in here to steal things. You're not going to stop them. If somebody gets killed in the process of them trying to stop that, it's not worth it.

Brian Black

Young people's schedules are challenging. We're taking it to the customers instead of having them come to the servants.

Todd Barry

I'd rather send out a mass email then hang posters all over the place

Ryan Seacrest

God, I wish that email had gotten through.

Tucker Max

You can't fill your emails with crap, at least not with my friends, because they're brutal. If something sucks, they'll tell you.

Jean Chatzky

I've gotten emails from people who purchased items from an infomercial, only to find out that the shipping was more expensive than the item itself. The lesson: If you truly want to order something you see on TV, go online to the product's website and see if you can find out more information.

Judith Martin

Email is very informal, a memo. But I find that not signing off or not having a salutation bothers me.

David Letterman

Hillary has now erased all of her emails, and she also had all of her pantsuits dry cleaned.

Henry Renteria

That phone call, or registering on line, is a key step toward getting help.

Bryant H. McGill

Giving is the master key to success, in all applications of human life.

Alain Ducasse

The proportion of ingredients is important, but the final result is also a matter of how you put them together. Equilibrium is key.

Jan Garbarek

If you feel you have the right key, you try to make some phrase or sound that will fit.

Gary L. Francione

People say that being a vegan creates a social problem in that others may react negatively. But isnt that the case if you take a principled position on any issue, whether its racism, sexism, heterosexism, violence as a general matter—or speciesism? The key is to educate others about *why* you take the position.

Debra Messing

If I have a pocket, then I'll have lip balm, my keys, and $10 cash.

Atul Gawande

Human interaction is the key force in overcoming resistance and speeding change.

Eddie Van Halen

If you have a great-sounding guitar that's a quality instrument and a good amp, and you know how to make the guitar talk, that's the key. It starts with the guitar and knowing what it should sound and feel like.

Deepak Chopra

Our minds influence the key activity of the brain, which then influences everything; perception, cognition, thoughts and feelings, personal relationships; they’re all a projection of you.

Fadela Chaib

A WHO team is leaving tomorrow for Reunion, where they'll stay for several days, then to Mauritius, Madagascar and the Seychelles.

Steve Anderson

People think they're doing the right thing by leaving them here - but they're not.

Andy Jones

The ones that are left are the die-hards. These are people who are more scared of leaving than staying.

Dennis Roth

The science says if you can keep the soil from leaving the property, you keep pesticides out of the water.

Colton Fretter

That thing's not leaving my side all night.

Jamie Zawinski

Any time someone says "that's it, I'm leaving" I ask them whether they'd prefer to live under US domestic policy, or US foreign policy. As bad as things get inside an empire, they're usually worse in the protectorates.

Michael Hachey

At this point in time, we're not sure. We're leaving all options open. We feel a presence in the West End is important, so some level of service there is likely.

Donald Trump

Once you say you're going to have to tax them coming in, and our politicians never do this, because they have special interests and the special interests want those companies to leave, because in many cases, they own the companies. So what I'm saying is, we can stop them from leaving. We have to stop them from leaving.

Donald Trump

The first thing you do is don't let the jobs leave. The companies are leaving.

Miles Shipside

Properties are selling more quickly and stock levels declining.

Marc Chandler

Once we got through an important technical level that triggered a lot of stops. We went through the level that the technicians thought was a bottom.

John Gallagher

Do you want performance level one or performance level two,

Dwayne Slay

The talent level is rising around here. It's going to be a surprise next year.

Eric Hecox

The most significant thing I've seen has been the level of participation.

Landon Donovan

Ten years ago, the level was nowhere near what it is today. We have an obligation to do that and most people take that seriously.

Mario Caminiti

Sometimes we just play to the level of the opposition. We can play better.

Jake Goebbert

(The state tournament) is a different level of basketball. We need to come out a little harder.

Simon Greul

I see now that I can play at this level and I can play with these guys. I'm playing my game, I'm playing well.

Billy Bob Thornton

Marketing is the devil.

Bill Gurley

Marketing executives like big budgets, as big budgets make it easier to grow the top line.

Eliezer Yudkowsky

If cryonics were a scam it would have far better marketing and be far more popular.

Daniel Starch

The simplest definition of advertising, and one that will probably meet the test of critical examination, is that advertising is selling in print.

Tim Berners-Lee

AI is not just heading for our industry, it will radically change the machinery we use in marketing.

Thomas Lennon

Before any movie of yours gets made, it will be vetted by the studio's marketing department. So, you do have to answer the question: Who is your movie for?

Steven Morrissey

I don't want to get too involved in marketing budgets, online promotions and download set-ups because it would be a bit like Gertrude Stein mapping out a TV campaign. I want to sing. I want visibility. I am essentially Al Martino, not Seymour Stein.

Raekwon

I'm my own biggest marketing tool. I know the history of the business and I might as well capitalize on it.

Seth Godin

The future of marketing is leadership

Kevin Kerr

The switch is not going to be that smooth. Within the next 14 days, I think we are going to see prices steadily climb.

Joni Pitkanen

Now I know how he wants me to play. This is a big year for me. I want to step up to the next level.

Arnold Palmer

Tell you what ... I'll wear it at the next tournament I play in.

Gordon Hamilton

This is something that we could see in the next decade.

Mike Lamb

This is one of the most resilient teams I've been on. Whether we get shut out, whether we lose, whether we win this team the next day, it doesn't faze them,

Barbara Kingsolver

The last generation's worst fears became the next one's B-grade entertainment.

Bashar al-Assad

This is the Middle East, where every week you have something new; so whatever you talk about this week will not be valuable next week.

Arianna Huffington

I'm pulling out, and I'm going to concentrate every ounce of time and energy over the next week working to defeat the recall because I realize now that's the only way to defeat Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Susan B. Anthony

I expect to do more work for woman suffrage in the next decade than ever before.

Steve Robinson

The vibrancy in our sports programs is still there.

Ken Leonard

That's what you want to get your program to, but we still have to prove it,

Benito Mussolini

The Socialists ask what is our program? Our program is to smash the heads of the Socialists.

Mayor Lederer

Unfortunately, the program is a victim of its own success, and as result my description of it would be a program in crisis.

Hillary Clinton

There was even a time when Donald Trump didn't get an Emmy for his TV program three years in a row and he started tweeting that the Emmys were rigged against him.

Fred Siget

Some of the programs I wrote there are still running maintenance free.

Jonathan Brandis

I was in a theater program when I was about 6 years old. I didn't like it as much as most actors do. Which is probably why I never went back to it.

Robert Redford

We don't program (the festival) for commerciality. We program for diversity.

Jim Colborn

He allows me to have my own program and supports me and makes me feel like I am appreciated and respected.

Dan May

What we really need is a proper lab.

Ogden Nash

The only way I can distinguish proper from improper fractions/ Is by their actions.

Jonah Lomu

Each haka has its own interpretation, but you have to make sure you are in unison with your team-mates; the haka should be a proper war cry.

Shur Gopal

We couldn't wait. We did not have a proper sleep that night.

Rep. Chalk

My whole view is that we can't legitimately look at property tax reform if we don't look at all these things.

Hank Klumpp

My property value has been stolen from me and my family.

Russell Tovey

I came out to myself when I was about 15 or 16, and to my parents when I was 18. When you come out to your parents, that's when it's properly official.

Meg Mallon

I don't even look at it as a proper score.

Rick Reed

He has made several airplanes essentially to scale and proper proportion.

Stephenie Meyer

The wasting of finite resources is everyones business

Laura Linney

History's a resource.

Michael Birch

Resources have underpinned the strength of the market.

Michael Garcia

They are now fugitives. We will be using our resources to find them.

William Green

I'm using all my resources to help me with that and I feel the sky is the limit for me.

Dorothea Shannon

We've got some time and we have to use that time and our resources wisely.

James Lyons

Firefighting resources are stretched thin, ... We may be requesting resources from other countries.

Sue Densmore

You have more resources than you can probably imagine.

Brent Nelson

We're trying to make sure that the residents that are out there have the supplies and resources that they need, and that they are safe.

Tony Robbins

It's not enough to have a strategy for success. Great strategy is available for free online for everything from career success to meeting Mr. or Ms. Right. You must also tell yourself the right story.

Michael Cohen

In many ways, this is a bet-the-company strategy for AMD.

Greg McBride

It's really a wise strategy to do that -- to throw whatever you can at the balance.

Fred Wilson

The strategy of Tumblr is very elegant.. The atomic unit of user experience is the same as the ads.

Jan Chipchase

Technology, we find, amplifies behaviours. If you want to be anti-social, technology allows you to be. And vice versa.

Ben Marcus

Spelling is a way to make words safe, at least for now, until another technology appears to soften attacks launched from the mouth.

Ayn Rand

Even if smog were a risk to human life, we must remember that life in nature, without technology, is wholesale death.

Ben Fountain

You have the mainstream bourgeois life of the U.S., Europe, the "developed" world - the life of technology, education, mortgages, careers, a certain level of physical comfort - while on the other hand, several billion people on the planet exist on less than a dollar a day. That's a huge and terrible reality to get your head around.

Burton Richter

In 1948 I entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, undecided between studies of chemistry and physics, but my first year convinced me that physics was more interesting to me.

Al-Waleed bin Talal

Well, clearly Apple is a role model of the American innovation whereby it produced all these products - iPod, iPhone, iPad - that are really now dominating all the technology arena in the world.

Al Gore

Our new technologies, combined with our numbers, have made us, collectively, a force of nature

Aimee Mullins

You know, I think there are certain words like 'illegitimate' that should not be used to describe a person. And certainly, we have come far enough in our technology that our language can evolve, because it has an impact.

Janet Napolitano

All images generated by imaging technology are viewed in a walled-off location not visible to the public. The officer assisting the passenger never sees the image, and the officer viewing the image never interacts with the passenger. The imaging technology that we use cannot store, export, print or transmit images.