Famous Quotes & Sayings

The sweetness and pleasantness of personality should be evident in his actions and thoughts. This will help in establishing peace and happiness all round and lead to the feeling of universal brotherhood.

Mike Johanns

The thoroughness of this report demonstrates just how serious we are about addressing this incident and providing assurance to our trading partners that our system is among the best in the world. I believe our actions fully address the facts that led to this incident and provide added protections on a broader scale to prevent similar problems in the future.

James Baker

It seems to me that those actions send very conflicting signals,

It's a sad situation for someone who obviously has a serious problem and is adding to his own problems by his actions right now.

They're both very competitive individuals. It's an individual sport that seldom comes together as a team. We just want to make certain that they understand our position and, in moving forward, understand how their actions are viewed by others.

There's a serious disconnect between the rhetoric of the committee and the actions that have taken place today.

Michael Owen

There's been a lot written in the press over the last week, and I've been as honest as possible for everyone, but also actions speak louder than words. I'm here and I've signed a four-year contract. The one thing I will guarantee is goals.

Steve Ballmer

There's a whole set of decisions that might have had to percolate to Bill Gates and I because they crossed the seven ... business groups that are now contained in these three divisions, and I think that ought to lead to crisper, faster actions on certain kinds of decisions we need to make,

The Russian sailors should not be held responsible for the actions of their captain and the owners of the boat,

John Jones

These actions will make Air Products a more focused, less cyclical and higher-growth company.

John Jones

These actions will make Air Products a more focused, less cyclical, and higher growth company. When these actions are completed, our growth businesses will make up over 60 percent of our overall annual revenues, up from just 35 percent in 2000.

These actions will improve the learning climate and assure a safer learning environment,

These actions will ensure that Williams retains adequate liquidity and appropriate debt and equity levels to support an investment-grade credit rating -- no matter the amount of our ultimate Williams Communications exposure, ... We also commit that the steps we are taking will offset any reduction in stockholders' equity created by losses resulting from recognizing these obligations.

These actions will allow us to reduce costs without impairing our new product development activities in pursuit of long-term growth opportunities,

Robert Stephens

These actions were made necessary by the sluggish economy, which has continued beyond most industry estimates, and has now spread into Europe and Asia,

These actions were a necessary response to the company's current economic challenges. The company adhered to the law in making these difficult decisions.

These actions taken as a whole are contrary to the direction that China has been urged to take by the world,

These actions support our strategy of matching supply to demand and serving customers from our most efficient, cost-effective facilities.

These actions should be sufficient to maintain positive net liquidity in 2002, even with weaker earnings performance. But those aren't actions that can be relied on indefinitely. The future of the company relies on an earnings rebound.

These actions send a clear signal that we are not content to simply wait for the economy to improve in order to make our businesses more profitable,

These actions reflect our confidence in the future operating results and cash flow of the company, as well as our ongoing determination to build long-term shareholder value.

Ernest Hollings

These actions not only raise question about possible conflicts of interests, but clearly were inappropriate given the ramifications of the agreement regarding antitrust enforcement policy,

These actions enable Agilent to focus exclusively on realizing its full potential as the world's premier measurement company. It has become increasingly clear that investors also prefer this exclusive focus on the $40 billion measurement market.

These actions demonstrate that the junta's so-called 'roadmap to disciplined democracy' is neither credible nor inclusive.

These actions call into question Kenya's commitment to press freedom.

These actions by the government in Nepal are counter-productive.

These actions are necessary for GM to get its costs in line with our major global competitors,

These actions are necessary for G.M. to get its costs in line with our major global competitors.

These actions are intended to locate regime leaders and also to search former regime facilities,

These actions are in addition to ongoing initiatives to improve productivity and reduce costs.

These actions are further evidence of Aetna's long-standing commitment to being a corporate governance leader, ... Many shareholders in corporate America want more say when it comes to electing directors at companies. Our board studied other alternatives, including cumulative voting, and decided that implementing a majority vote standard for director elections most effectively responds to shareholder needs and strengthens our board's accountability to our shareholders. We also believe that the package of enhancements adopted today is consistent with corporate governance best practices.

These actions are financially motivated and aim to exploit the popularity of these search engines to increase visits to the pages with the altered results, ... To avoid this kind of attack, it is vital that users have reliable antivirus protection and keep their systems up-to-date, as the vulnerabilities used have often been in existence for some time.

The scholar should, therefore always perform good actions and deeds.