Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alan Davis

Acquisition has certainly been an ongoing strategy, and certainly this is an opportunity to accelerate that.

John Ray

These settlements represent the latest in a series of achievements aimed at resolving significant claims in Enron's bankruptcy proceedings. We are pleased that these settlements enable us to collect additional value for the creditors, and, at the same time, resolve claims against the estate so that we can accelerate distributions to all creditors.

Kurt King

The Unix server business is more of a wild card. They're either going to have to gain some market share or accelerate their efforts on the services and software side. But the markets they're going after certainly support that kind of growth.

Brad Nisbet

The external disk storage systems market growth continued to accelerate through the year. Data growth was one driver, but the availability of affordable systems that support multiple tiers of storage to address data protection, business continuity requirements, and online, active archives also contributed.

James Phillips

Brian and David are both extremely talented individuals with a keen sense for emerging market opportunities, and broad-based experience in capitalizing on them. We look forward to tapping into their industry expertise as we further accelerate the development of market-leading products and execute on our go-to-market strategy.

Martin Coles

As Starbucks continues to accelerate its international expansion, we must perpetually build stronger infrastructures that will allow us to meet the Company's strategic growth objectives. Cliff's and Julio's past successes, extensive experience, knowledge of the business and Starbucks culture, as well as Phil's credentials in the restaurant and retail industries, are strong indicators that these leaders will provide the foundation we need in the region to reach our long-term goal while continuing to deliver our legendary service and the Starbucks Experience to our customers.

Lynn Franco

Consumers' upbeat mood about current business and labor conditions underscores the economy's continuing recovery, but the latest retreat in expectations suggest that the pace of economic growth will not accelerate in the months ahead,

Joe Karaganis

We are going to be pursuing legal remedies in every form we can to accelerate the appellate process.

Michael Fowler

We expect this trend to continue and to accelerate in 2006 and 2007.

Dan Colen

As opposed to putting too much confidence in myself, or in an image or a scene or a set of brushes, I really want to allow the oil paint to perform, to show me the things that it wants to do, beyond my imagination.

Konrad Adenauer

The one sure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Dwight Phillips

I wanted to break the world record, but the conditions did not allow that.

Kathleen Gurney

Sometimes (money) doesn't allow you to look at what's most important to you.

Sergei Lavrov

Russia would prefer to rebuild trust rather than allow it to further corrode. That's why, in July 2007, President Putin, in the spirit of strategic openness, proposed a truly collective effort at missile defense for Europe.

James Rubin

Saddam Hussein should change his mind and allow the U.N. to do its job.

Jim Stewart

Root pruning. This is a lot quicker than digging a trench around each tree and just as effective in producing a root ball full of roots. We will leave these trees in their holes for another year to allow the roots to grow, then harvest them for sale.

Mark Hulkower

Ron Carey did not put hundreds of thousands of dollars of his own money back in the Teamsters' treasury to allow a couple of schemers to steal that money.

John Fair

Sales move too fast for us to allow that.

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.

John Gerzema

Companies have to be innovative in leading with values the same way they have to be innovative in their products and services.

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.

Chuck D.

Companies are willing to pay a higher price to be in those locations.

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.

Joseph Beaulieu

Companies that do really well either minimize something like prices, or maximize something like luxury. It's the companies in the middle that are going to be squeezed.

John Caldwell

Companies that are reporting good results are being rewarded, but it's not really having too much of a carryover effect into other stocks,

Tim Allen

Developing software is way too hard. I think we just haven't been able to keep up with the huge increase in memory size and computing power.

Michael Willett

This is a whole powerful computing microcosm by itself.

Mike Sievert

We live in a digital world that is filled with more information, more things to do, and more ways to communicate with others than ever. With our Windows Vista product line, we've streamlined and tailored our product lineup to provide what our customers want for today's computing needs.

Mark Stahlman

The transition to 64-bit computing is not in everyone's forecast. PC and server growth should be much higher than people are expecting and numbers for Dell will continue to come up,

David Jackson

Moab Utility/Hosting Suite provides organizations with security, usability and a dynamic utility computing environment. This software will open the door to utility computing for any HPC organization that wants to share resources efficiently.

Dr. Tucker

As far as total expectations, we know that we have work to do and we want to continue to improve. Magnet schools are just a vehicle that we are using to improve education in Texarkana. So, until education improves, then our expectations are not met.

Flex Plexico

Prior to returning this detainee to Egypt, the United States received appropriate assurances from the government of Egypt regarding this detainee's treatment upon his return to Egypt. This includes assurances that this individual will continue to be treated humanely, in accordance with Egyptian and international legal obligations, while he remains in Egypt,

Eddie Jones

Our thing is we're trying to win and just get in a groove where we can continue it and get into the playoffs. If you start worrying about seeds then your focus isn't on winning games.

Ari Fleischer

North Korea continues to engage in provocations and now reckless acts.

Mike Cahill

Denver's hotel market is just starting to turn around, so I think we're going to continue to see more and more sales in Colorado.

Leslie Tang

The strength in exports would continue to come from the sustained recovery in electronics demand, from the gradual recovery in the global electronics cycle, and commodities, especially from higher oil prices.

Michael Hecht

After five years of 20 percent growth, fixed income trading is unlikely to continue at that pace.

Larry Wachtel

So there's nothing to offset the economic news and stocks are muddling along. Until we get some surety about the economy or corporate earnings, we'll continue to have this drifting, dismal kind of day.

Thomas Neil

Now is when they have to decide how much they want to continue to play football.

John Mica

What we did when we did it was necessary, ... We didn't want the industry to totally collapse.

Ed Rendell

Because this is an industry that is young, it has tremendous potential,

Shaw Wu

From an industry perspective, consolidation is good. For Maxtor and Seagate, I'm not so sure.

Mike Paul

She did research in the industry to find out what the top 12 tips are and those are the tips.

Bill Fisher

If industry can't find an answer, then there isn't one.

Paul Ballew

I can't say I'd be surprised if industry ran 17 million units in April. Would I be surprised if it ran at 18? Yes I would.

Andy Ross

I don't know if the industry ever learns,

Halle Berry

I think it was a shift in the industry for the people of color.

Alan Autry

Your Mayor must seek new ways to bring jobs and industry to our community.

Robert Jackson

People take liberties and one thing leads to another,

Michael McCord

Saint Clair has kind of taken the lead on this." ()

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Prosperity often leads to pride, which leads to sin.

Babe Ruth

The most important thing that a young athlete must do it pick the right sport. Not one that they like just a little bit, but one that they love. Because,if they don't really love their sport, they won't work as hard as they should. Me? I loved to hit.

Cesar Chavez

There are many reasons for why a man does what de does. To be himself he must be able to give it all. If a leader cannot give it all he cannot expect his people to give anything.

Charles R. Swindoll

This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important job to do and Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody would do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

Desiderius Erasmus

God has administered to us of the present age, a bitter draught and a harsh physician, on account of our abounding infirmities.

Daniel H. Pink

What's important now are the characteristics of the brain's right hemisphere: artistry, empathy, inventiveness, big-picture thinking. These skills have become first among equals in a whole range of business fields.

Daniel H. Pink

I happen to be extremely left-brained; my instinct is to draw a chart rather than a picture. I'm trying to get my right-brain muscles into shape. I actually think this shift toward right-brain abilities has the potential to make us both better off and better in a deeper sense.

Tim Chapman

This is going to be a social services disaster.

Timothy Noah

The financial services industry is a ward of the state.