Famous Quotes & Sayings

Eduardo Galeano

Unlike solidarity, which is horizontal and takes place between equals, charity is top-down, humiliating those who receive it and never challenging the implicit power relations.

Andrew Lansley

If I'm serious about patients and their GPs being able to have more control of their health care, I can't have a top-down system that imposes restrictions on the services they need.

Sam Nunn

Leadership must be established from the top down.

Tom Brokaw

Speaking generally, people who are drawn to journalism are interested in what happens from the ground up less than they are from the top down.

Jermaine Dupri

In the Ferrari or Jaguar, switchin' four lanes Wit' the top down screaming out money ain't a thang

L. Ron Hubbard

I have seen life from the top down and the bottom up. I know how it looks both ways. And I know there is wisdom and that there is hope.

Kevin Kelly

But in a turbulent environment the change is so widespread that it just routes around any kind of central authority. So it is best to manage the bottom-up change rather than try to institute it from the top down.

Kevin Kelly

Changing things from the top down works when things are stable.

Vinton Cerf

In the larger companies, you have this tendency to get top-down direction.

Tana French

I am, of course, romanticizing; a chronic tendency of mine.

Swami Vivekananda

Never even attempt to disturb anyone's tendencies.

Mercedes Ruehl

We have the tendency to condemn what we don't understand.

Ray Anderson

I don't think it's that simple. But historically, there have been some 'copycat' tendencies in the league.

Emily VanCamp

I don't have sociopathic tendencies!

B. F. Skinner

The extent to which human aggression exemplifies innate tendencies is not clear.

Christine Quinn

I have a tendency toward being a micromanager. Which, the bigger the project you're involved in, the harder that becomes.

Christine Quinn

I have a tendency toward being a micromanager.

Patrick Marber

I'm constantly having to be vigilant with a depressive tendency, an addictive tendency.

Robert Garcia

We want to show the company that we are reasonable and are willing to work. But we also expect them to return the favor.

Christopher Opalinski

The power company shut off the electricity to the mine because the company was in arrears in paying its power bill.

Marjorie Scardino

The potential of this new company is tremendous.

Erich Klemm

We appreciate, in general, if red tape is being addressed and hierarchies are put to test. But this should not lead to centralization ... as it paralyzes the company rather than making it faster and more flexible.

Lauren Fine

We are primarily focused on revenues as this is critical to the well being of the company and the shares.

Steve Sanger

We are pleased with this settlement as a partial recovery of the costs we incurred. It's welcome news to the General Mills people who worked so hard in 1994 to help the company rebound from this event.

John McGonegal

We are pleased to welcome American Telecom Services to the American Stock Exchange. An initial public offering is an important step for any company to take, and we are pleased American Telecom has opted for the specialized services we at the Amex offer to emerging companies.

Jim Baker

We've already had an independent company look into it, ... What happened to that report?

Prem Nair

We are a very responsible company and we have been working on this systematically. We have fully complied with the requirements of our remediation agreement.