Famous Quotes & Sayings

Timothy Goebel

Any time I can use my talents to benefit others, I am happy to do so. I hope that the event helps families care for their loved ones.

Robert Chapman

Any industry that suffers skills shortages should take responsibility for marketing themselves in such a way that students see the benefit of developing a career in that sector,

Katie O'Brien

A secondary benefit is if you spend a couple hours cleaning up a park, you're going to think twice before you litter.

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.

Tom Richards

As consumerism continues to gain momentum in the marketplace, our goal is to continue to give consumers more choices and more control over their health care decision-making. CIGNA Custom Benefit Builder is an industry-leading next step in extending to health care benefits the same kind of choice and personalization that consumers increasingly enjoy for many other types of purchases they make.

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.

James Davis

As energy prices stay high, there's savings to be had by looking at your energy infrastructure. Most companies haven't.

Luigi Speranza

As growth gathers momentum, companies are regaining some of their lost pricing power. This increases the probability of greater pass-through of past oil shocks to non-energy prices.

Ibrahim Rugova

As far as privatization is concerned, we will follow the international norms, and all foreign companies have to comply with international standards.

John Nelson

As analysts, we know that there are these smoking and health issues, ... but it is always reassuring to hear from the company that irrespective of what is going on, (it is) doing well enough that (it) can raise the dividend 20 percent. Not many companies can do that.

Todd Johnson

As data storage volume continues to explode on a global basis, new resources are needed to help IT professionals who are responsible for managing that data and protecting their organization's continuity efforts. Our symposium will provide these professionals with a comprehensive overview on data management and recovery topics, helping them gain a competitive edge in the marketplace and become an even stronger technological resource for their companies and internal clients.

Mamoru Yamazaki

As companies have finished restructuring and the economy is expected to keep growing next year, you don't have to be pessimistic about a rise in the jobless rate in a single month.

Tom Browning

As companies get bigger, they are looking for efficiencies, they pare down internal resources and they get less personal with their consumers.

Colin Morton

As a shareholder you get nervous when companies say they are looking at the U.S., because historically, UK firms haven't made a good fist of it over there.

Susanna Phillips

As a young singer, you have to get experience somehow, to try things out and grow as a singer. They way you do that is by going through the ranks and singing at companies like Opera Birmingham. It's a perfect place to foster a career.

Tom Taulli

As a public investor, if you've seen a company do a couple of dividend recapitalizations, be on warning. You may be getting a company that's crippled with debt.

Jacques Rogge

As a surgeon, I've been a customer of your company for all my professional life.

Robert Rossiter

As a stand-alone company it can be a very successful business.

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

Scott McNealy

As a pioneer company providing technologies that have led to a digital economy, we can't ignore the difficult issues raised by it. We must tackle these issues -- from encryption to taxation to protecting privacy -- head on if we want to ensure a fair, competitive environment.

David Moore

As a pharmaceutical company you are not going to be interested in producing something that is already available, but you going to be interested in producing something that is better,

Bob Scully

As a young investment banker, you work on very complex merger situations or on some financing situation of company to create more value for shareholders.

Julie Parrish

As a channel-oriented company, Symantec places a high priority on partner feedback.

George Thomas

Compared to the mid-point of previous guidance, revenues at the Chartered level are now expected to be up approximately $8 million. Consistent with higher revenues, our fourth-quarter net profit is now expected to be approximately $6 million higher than the mid-point of the range previously guided. Our guidance for utilization remains unchanged.

Sylvia Lim

Compared to the last elections, this is much better. It means more time for us to regroup, make adjustments, and coordinate between the different parties.

Jeffrey Joerres

Compared to the first three months of the year, hiring intentions in Europe are decidedly improved. However, Italy continues to lag behind.

Theresa Parker

Compared to the 30-year fixed mortgage, the 40-year fixed mortgage offers monthly loan payments that would be less than a 30-year mortgage on the same house.

David Frum

Compared to, say, a prime minister of England, a president has actually astonishingly few legal powers. A prime minister of England can take England to war all by himself. He doesn't have to have a vote in Parliament, nothing. The President of the United States has to get a Declaration of War.

Amanda Hearst

Compared to overdeveloped islands like Nassau, Bimini has kept its original charm. Walk the streets to see colorfully painted houses, funky shops, and trade greetings with friendly Biminites.

Carol Chastang

Compared to other disasters we've worked with, this is unprecedented.

Joe Siecinski

Compared to last year, Joe has improved tremendously. He has worked hard over the summer, and it means a lot to take over the No. 1 spot on our team. I'm surprised at how well he has run this year, and I think he has a good shot to go to states.

William Dunkelberg

Compared to last year, it's not a party, but historically, it's not so bad,

Philip Shaw

As a result, fears over a significant near-term increase in personal or corporate taxation have virtually disappeared. Most expectations, including our own are for a broadly neutral stance.

Rob Feckner

As a major shareholder, our overall goal is to improve corporate governance and shareholder value.

Frank Gannon

As investors this year, we have to focus on the durability of corporate profit growth. Within that you can find a lot of opportunities in the stock market.

Wayne Ayers

Productivity always slows as the economy slows. If labor and wage costs are still on the rise and productivity slows, either corporate profits decline or prices increase.

Gary Ruskin

People should know when they are talking to a corporate shill.

Adi Godrej

People should be encouraged by things like awards given for corporate governance practices.

Michael Uhl

Demand by corporations for Las Vegas group and meeting hotel space is huge, even incredible, because of the diversity of the city's product. As we search for availability in Las Vegas for corporate groups, we do so smarter, not necessarily harder these days.

Sarah Andrus

DECA is an outstanding organization that has been preparing high school students for the workplace for more than 50 years. We are honored to be a corporate sponsor because our goals parallel those of this fine student group.

Renault Kam

Any negative news on the corporate front will be taken as an excuse for investors to take their gains.

Mike Shula

Offense is what creates excitement. Defense just wins games.

Tom Rosenstiel

Normally, the press imposes a sports template and tends to create a winner,

Lauren Spillers

Defense creates offense. We create turnovers and steals and that gives us easy chances.

Michael Strauss

An efficient and effective guest worker program should be created in order to stop the incentive for illegal immigration into the U.S..

Chucky Atkins

The second quarter was the difference. Our second unit gave us great energy to open the second quarter. When this team gets in sync quick and we're locking down on defense, it creates a lot more opportunities on the other end for us.

Alan Young

Something has to be done in the short term, because we have created a panic in our community.

Perry Farrell

Punk rock was exciting because you could get your ass kicked for looking like a punk. Punks were atrocious. They created mayhem. Now you just throw on a plaid-that's not style.

Perhaps, if I am very lucky, the feeble efforts of my lifetime will someday be noticed, and maybe, in some small way, they will be acknowledged as the greatest works of genius ever created by Man

LaVar Arrington

I've slowed everything down, ... I slowed how I view things. I slowed how I react to things. Not just in football, but in life. I used to create something in my mind and make myself go 100 miles an hour towards whatever that was.

James Steel

Any hint of recovery in industrial recovery there is a good sign, ... it was a supporting factor to the rally.

Tadahito Iguchi

As far as the playoffs themselves, there's not really much difference, ... The fact I was able to hit this home run this first year playing, I'm very happy.

Jimmy Carter

a saving factor was that there was no nationwide pattern to favor any one party.

Ed Gillespie

As I've said on your show repeatedly, the fact is the president will be up. He will be down, ... Inside Politics.

Martin O'Malley

As mayor, I got used to the fact that when you walked out of the house in the morning to pick up the newspaper in your boxers, there could be a camera there.

Rey Mysterio

Reading helps me be more creative, it helps my imagination and I like the fact that it gives me some quiet time,

John Challenger

People who have been out for a while say, 'I've got to get back to work,' so they take downgraded jobs, ... Maybe they can't get a job as the plant manager, so they try to get a job as a manager on the factory line and work their way back up.

Kevin Colbert

People say we haven't signed big free agents, but they lose sight of the fact that we signed significant players of our own.

Rick Honeycutt

People say we have no true ace. The fact is, we have four veteran guys that all have had good levels of success.

John Toshack

The six of them did so well with us that I told Brian, 'I will keep the lot of them and send you three of the others from the squad! You can have them instead'.

English 15th Century Proverbs

Do unto others as you would they should do unto you.

Bill Cowher

I saw the play and would not condone it. Is it illegal. No? It is necessary? I don't think so. ... Do unto others as you want others to do unto you.

Ken Auletta

Sure we play rough, they said, but look what others do to us.

Tim Finchem

Stature is something that we don't determine. Others determine.

John Connors

Like many others in the industry, we are seeing slowing PC sales as the quarter progresses.

Dolores Smitley

I was the one who was always telling the others how to do things because I had more experience.

Richard Gentles

We received a tremendous response, so many good-hearted people reaching out. We have hundreds of others that still need homes.

George Curry

We have to plead our own cause. Too long others have spoken for us.

Daniel Petrocelli

I would have never owned those ugly-ass shoes.

Frank Hamblen

If I owned a team or was in charge, I'd want Phil Jackson, also.

John Scalzi

Reddit is not a public utility or a public square; it's a privately owned space on the Internet.

Byron Dorgan

I know of no concessions (the Chinese) have owned up to.

Todd Tate

They pretty much did whatever they wanted to do. They owned us on the glass.

Jack Kilby

It's also somewhat in the center of a number of things that will be useful to the company.

Don Lindburg

It really is turning out to be somewhat of a hardship.

Thomas F. Wilson

Crispin Glover is unusual, but not as unusual as he sometimes presents himself. We got along nicely.

Cecelia Ahern

Our minds do unusual things sometimes, Tamara. When we’re looking for things it takes it upon itself to go down its own route. All we can do is follow

Lance Randall

That's unusual for us. I like to see more balance. But I'll take where we're at.

Dan Hill

My wife is unusually kind and generous, but she's no fool. You don't mess with her.

Harland Braun

It's conceivable that the D.A. could find that there is not enough evidence. It would be unusual, but this is an unusual case.

Baruch Spinoza

Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.

Auguste Comte

After Montesquieu, the next great addition to Sociology (which is the term I may be allowed to invent to designate Social Physics) was made by Condorcet, proceeding on the views suggested by his illustrious friend Turgot.

Ayelet Waldman

I wish I could view the belly that oozes over the top of my pants as a badge of maternal honor. I do try. I make sure that the women whose looks I admire all have sufficient fat reserves to survive a famine, and I make a lot of snide comments about the skeletal likes of Lara Flynn Boyle and Paris Hilton.

Ayn Rand

Aquinas brought an Aristotelian view of reason back into European culture, and lighted the way toward the Renaissance.

Boyd Rice

People who consider themselves political, who follow political developments most rigorously, are often those who view the political process with the greatest lack of perspective.

Juvenal

He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who accommodates his views to public opinion.]

Carter Burwell

Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my taste.

Alain de Botton

We each appear to hold within ourselves a range of divergent views as to our native qualities.. And amid such uncertainty, we typically turn to the wider world to settle the question of our significance.. we seem beholden to affections of others to endure ourselves.

Arthur C. Clarke

What we need is a machine that will let us see the other guy's point of view.

Rita Mae Brown

Don't hope more than you're willing to work.

Mike Tomlin

It's not about what you're capable of, It's about what you're willing to do.

John Piper

You ought to marry someone who’s willing to go anywhere for God. If they’re not, they're out.

Nathalie Sarraute

We're swallowed up only when we are willing for it to happen.

Nikki Sixx

Friends tell each other what nobody else is willing to tell you.

Steve Kroft

I think you've got be willing as an interviewer to ask the dumb question every now and then.

Loretta Lynch

It's the choices that you make and the things that you're willing to accept and not accept that define who you are.