Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brian Hewitt

Assuming that Nike gets her from head to toe that would be Nike equipment, Nike clothes, the whole bit she would have nothing but Swooshes. That's the number she would automatically get from just signing. Overnight, she would get $10 million to $12 million. It depends on how the contract is structured, but that's what I'm hearing.

Alberto Manguel

Every text assumes a reader.

Paulo Freire

Experience teaches us not to assume that the obvious is clearly understood

Tom Glavine

Let's be honest, Pedro for five innings is better than no Pedro at all. With the way our bullpen is going to be structured, having a day off Tuesday, it might not be so bad to have him out there for only five innings -- assuming he's healthy and that's the most important thing.

James Patterson

Assume nothing, question everything.

Tom Hansen

We're going to start pressing a lot of it this week ... assuming people are willing to talk.

Jim Allchin

Product quality and a great out-of-box experience have been two of our key drivers for Windows Vista, and we are on track to deliver on both. But the industry requires greater lead time to deliver Windows Vista on new PCs during holiday. We must optimize for the industry, so we've decided to separate business and consumer availability.

Niklas Zennstrom

People do business in Sweden and it goes well; they may try launching the product in Denmark instead of considering a global business plan. On the financing side, VCs require too much downside protection and are not willing enough to take risks.

Kevin Rollins

Dell's business model is potent in all economic cycles,

Jeffrey Immelt

The strength of the GE model really shines during slower parts of the business cycle, ... have reduced GE's sensitivity to business cycles.

Tom Flynn

The strength of small business is clear and is the focus of this study.

Ivan Clark

The strategy is still the same. We are going to buy up where the business is doing well.

Frank Thompson

The strong performance in the resourcing division was primarily a result of the recruitment business, which is growing the business in a more positive economic environment and has been working hard to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of its operations,

John Mackey

The stakeholder approach to business sees integration rather than separation, and sees how things fit together.

Scott Cleland

The technology works, but the business model is still up in the air.

Ren Zamora

Other companies have been able to fight pricing pressure, which is good. If all the companies started cutting prices, you don't want to go down that road.

Marc Maiffret

Companies like Microsoft are not equipped to deliver protection in a timely manner.

Guy Kawasaki

Companies in Europe should stop trying to do the U.S. version of a European idea.

Bruce Evers

Companies haven't assessed the damage fully and it may be that refineries stay shut for months. The European Union is moving crude and products to the U.S., but at some point it's going to have to replace that, leading to higher demand in a marketplace that is already very tight.

Boris Boehm

Companies are restructuring to make themselves fit for the future. Investors are looking for companies that are engaged in that process. It's a positive.

Phil Redman

The search companies have found that developing robust services for mobile devices is not as easy as rolling out another different Web service. There are a lot more inherent limitations and other parties, including the carriers, to consider.

E. O. Wilson

These companies have come together and said, 'We think we can help,' ... It'll mean that our airports and airplanes will be screened and safer faster than would otherwise be the case.

Paras Adenwala

These companies have capabilities in making products that are used to treat these sorts of ailments. There's a possibility those stocks could move up higher.

David Garrity

These companies have been squeezing suppliers on prices for years.

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.

Bob Corscadden

This is an invitation for people to get a better glimpse of who we are as a company and what we stand for.

Carol Bartz

The way you manage your company and the way you manage your people has to be totally different.

Michael Jaffe

You never love to hear a company say that they're going to knock earnings down.

Jim Bruce

You need the lawyers to understand what's dangerous and what's not; you need the IT people to know what's feasible and what's not; and you need a smattering of people from the rest of the company to know what the culture is.

Bill Smith

We have a pretty big house, so we didn't mind all the company. They had no place to go and we are all family, so we enjoyed each other's company for a while.

Steve Peterson

We're a small company with 130 people, and I think we probably had 40 people get involved in that.

Michael Joynson

CRH is a company that's consistently delivered value. It's got strong management and they've performed well organically and through selective acquisitions.

Steve Creamer

Energy Solutions will maintain the highest standards of safety, environmental sensitivity and operational efficiencies throughout the company as we help provide solutions for our customers in the nuclear waste management process.

Steve Terry

This is a significant trophy trout fishery, there's a number of trout, 10 pound plus, which is considered trophy size in New Zealand so it's quite significant.

Gavin Graham

You're still paying cold, hard cash, but because the product is considered better, it's counted as a price-cut.

Yotam Ottolenghi

Every era has its own list of ingredients that are considered exotic and then, 15 years later, they're not.

Roberto Orci

If something is wrong, it'll prove to be wrong in the wash, and if it's right, you don't want to not expose yourself to it - so I read everything, no matter how horrible it gets. You listen and take it in and if it doesn't sway you, you'll know you considered it.

Jason Tsai

It will be considered a one-time adjustment, rather than any real growth in a company's value.

Larry Alexander

We're talking to a lot of major groups that may not have considered us in the past.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I always have considered Michael Keaton to be a phenomenal actor because he navigates drama and comedy.

Brian Ferneyhough

Why, in such a case, should the performer essay any sort of considered approach at all?

Sarah Lewis

The prohibition from participating in the competitions is not a sanction, but is considered to serve to protect the health of the athlete.

Jeff Nobers

Once we get the permits, it's about 120 days to get the store built, stocked and open.

Sherri Coale

After 30 days of practice and three wins now, it was not something I expected. I was very surprised there was a lack of poise from particularly my point guards.

Lora Ho

The sequential decline is mainly due to three fewer working days in February.

Eric Zorn

I've been retired for about four days now.

Ray Visneski

You might get two days off without any snow or ice.

Reggie Wayne

First Monday in March, 5:30 in the morning. We were in there four days a week, grinding.

Roy Knight

We'll spend the next two or three days rearranging our campuses - cleaning, disinfecting, making them safe for our kids and expect to start school Monday. No one is required to come to school - not teaching staff or otherwise; they need to tend to their own family needs at this point in time.

Terry Ebbert

Monday we knew what we needed by numbers. We told FEMA we needed to move 30,000 people. Now we're just rolling on number 30,000. This should have been five days ago.

Ann Strother

Maybe it was them playing four days in a row and us playing three games in a row; I don't know. I guess it was just one of those nights.

Linette Johnson

Actually it was more like five times. I over exaggerated.

Ichiro Suzuki

I've seen a lot of great plays in my five years in the majors. And I know we have enough talent on our team to be able to contend.

Caroline Paul

I should really be lifting only five days. I'm sort of obsessed, and I end up going in six, sometimes seven, and that's not good. Something that I preach but don't practice - moderation.

Matt Sylvester

I've been giving him assists for five years; he owed me one.

Norman Peacock

We should be looking at situations long-term. We should plan for five years from now, 10 years from now, instead of all of a sudden worrying about how to fix something.

Josh Fodor

We are a solid team of a group of guys who get the job done. We know once we get off the ice there is another five guys who will pick it up.

Gord Ash

We are going to have players who can pinch-run late in a game and then stay in, because they can play five different positions. That's a big move for a manager to be able to make.

Willie Randolph

We went in with the notion of not having him pitch more than five or seven and 80-something pitches or whatever. He went 120 last time out. He's been really banged up.

Troy Hudson

We wanted him to see five white jerseys every time he touched the ball. We have trust in each other.

Dr. Armstrong

In our trial, women who received part of their chemotherapy via an IP route had a median survival time of 16 months longer than women who received only IV chemotherapy.

Georg Hackl

I have the strength of a 10-year-old. If the track was 500 meters longer I might have a chance.

Harry Harnish

The turkey vulture has a V-shaped wingspan and a white head. Unlike eagles, vultures tend to glide for longer periods of time.

Peter Frampton

The Longer You Love,The Longer You Live,The Stronger You Feel,The More You Can Give.

Anita Roddick

But the minute we went public on the stock market, which is how our wealth was created, it was no longer how many people you employed, it was how much you were worth and how much your company was worth.

Christopher Shays

We will come and make a longer trip soon,

John Sebastian

You're seeing it go down to more moderate homes.

John Buchanan Robinson

There is no word more generally misinterpreted than the word egoism, in its modern sense.

Kate Adie

I also read modern novels - I have just had to read 60 as I am one of the judges for the Orange Fiction Prize.

Benjamin Franklin

A modern Wit is one of David's Fools.

Sue Leibold

A new world opens up for parents because a new world has opened up for their teens.

Dan Shechtman

The Technion didn't teach students how to open a start-up.

Brenda Smith

The right tools can really open up Scripture to you.

Richard Daynard

At this point, it's really open season on the industry,

Svetlana Kuznetsova

This year, I've wanted to go out and play like (the) U.S. Open champion. I put too much pressure on myself and tried to be too good.

Peter Graf

We're very opportunistic when it comes to open source.

Kerry Tharp

From our standpoint, the process is still very much open and active.

S. Walker

I don't want personnel bashed in open session.

Adam Carolla

should be like a salmon taking to open water.

Loretta Lynch

Everyone wants to be seen. Everyone wants to be heard. Everyone wants to be recognized as the person that they are and not a stereotype or an image.

Molly Ivins

The Founders were right all along, but the results are a lot funnier than they intended.

Pope Benedict XVI

Each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed. Each of us is loved. Each of us is necessary.

Hariadi Wibisono

We got the results back from Atlanta, and they were positive.

Mark Proctor

This is a terrific signing for us as we look to consolidate our play-off position.

Vince Cable

Fundamental renegotiation is very, very unlikely to produce any significant change

Adam Fritz

Their absences are excused with a signed form.

Eric Alterman

As with almost every significant aspect of the Bush presidency, its handling of 9/11 was a catastrophe from start to finish.

Joss Whedon

Can't stop the signal

Olivier Gasnier

There are really no encouraging signs in this survey.

Julio Franco

Why not? They signed me here for two years.

Jaime Contreras

Some days, work is truly a four-letter word.

Shaukat Aziz

This truly encapsulates China's world view in this century,

Kate Looby

Within about two weeks, we'll have made those decisions.