Famous Quotes & Sayings

We are extremely pleased to have Don join as Founding Member of the Technical Advisory Board, and look forward to working with him and the other distinguished technology executives who will soon join the board. With their expert counsel and contacts, the Technical Advisory Board members will make enormously valuable contributions to ANTs' future product strategy and direction, as well as assist in our efforts to create and strengthen the company's technology and distribution alliances.

Class expansion has been one of those issues over the past decade that has repeatedly been brought to the forefront by member schools. However, until the membership was polled in the recent advisory referendum, there hadn't been the kind of support to warrant such an expansion.

The goal isn't for the advisor to divorce him or herself from the brand, but rather to go beyond it.

Bill Butler

To break even only would have satisfied us. As one advisor said, it would be far better to invest (Challenger's operating costs) directly into social work and community projects.

It's been a strange day - a day when I thought I was on top of the world, planning my life. I planned all of my courses for the rest of the semester at Smith, and talked to my advisor about honoring in History.

It just so happened that I was going to be her advisor for the Presidential Scholars program that summer.

At this stage of the game, the agent becomes an advisor and big brother to the player. Charles is a good person and a good father ... You work harder for the clients you like.

Terry Pratchett

Are you a devious, plotting, unreliable madman? Ah, good, then you can be my most trusted advisor.

A lot of people simply look at this committee as an ineffective advisory group with no teeth to get results.

There is that concern especially with the wind. We're supposed to have a wind advisory for Wednesday. The wind is a concern and that's why the fire fighters are on scene and they will be standing by to ensure the fire is mitigated favorably.

Angela Merkel

As economic policy advisor to a new German government and head of a council for growth and innovation, (von Pierer) will bring with him huge expertise and vast experience.

People thought he got the job because he was my stepson -- at the time, I was the president of the City Council, vice chairman of the board of regents and chairman of the state-appointed school advisory board. But I think Eddy?s proved he was more than qualified to do this job. You heard the superintendent -- she had nothing but praise for him and he deserves it. He?s done a bang-up job.

Our estimate of $340 million in advisory revenue easily places the quarter as the highest for the firm post-bubble, and should move 2005 advisory revenues about 28% over the prior year.

Any suggestion by the Office of Independent Counsel or its public relations advisor that the president should do otherwise is reckless and irresponsible.

J. C. Watts

The students are extremely upset and feel betrayed. Members of our industry advisory committee are also quite upset about the decision. There may be some chance for appeal, but I don't know how likely that is.

After careful deliberation, consultation with my financial advisor and consideration of developments since the announcement of the merger, I have decided to vote against the transaction. I believe that Hewlett-Packard can create greater value for stockholders as a stand-alone company than as a company combined with Compaq.

Right now we're getting the word out through the radio stations and of course we're sending an advisory to the television stations as well because all the 249 and 868 prefixes are affected. That basically covers Wrightwood, Phelan and Pinion Hills. Cell phones are also affected.

These agreements are the result of a collaborative effort between our member Spine Task Force and Surgical Services and Strategic Advisory Committees who have worked hard to provide the most cost-effective, innovative, and quality-driven spine surgery service line solutions in this complex physician preference area.

That's where Quincy can make a favorable impression. The thing about Quincy is he does great in his individual workouts, so whatever (the advisory committee) says, you have to consider that it's very early in the draft process.

You never want a situation where someone has a veto power, ... But having parents at the front end, serving on an advisory committee ... can be extremely useful and actually insulate districts against attacks on books because parents have been involved.

I tried to render the Afghan war as much as I could fro the perspective of the Afghans. I have served as an advisor to Afghan troops, and much of my war experience was seen through the lens of fighting that war alongside Afghan soldiers.

We often forget that Iran has a long tradition and history with the United States. Iranians have been coming to the United States as students for decades. American businessmen were in Iran developing the oil fields. ...There was an American financial advisor to the Iranian government in the early part of the century.

Thomas Watson, Jr.

It's the job of a special advisor to be the eyes and ears of a minister and it's the job of a corporate lobbyist to represent the best interests of their organization.

Michael Hayden

When I was at the CIA I asked my civilian advisory board to tackle some tough questions. Among the toughest: In a political culture that every day demands more transparency and more public accountability from every aspect of national life, could American intelligence continue to survive and succeed? That jury is still out.

Amy Jackson

We had a very good number of mayors participate this year. All the mayors rode out with regular volunteers as well as members of our advisory council and our board members.

During his 36-year career at GM, Mike has made a tremendous contribution to GM in a broad range of assignments, ... And, he's been a long-time advisor and friend to me and many others in the company. We thank him and wish him well.

Bob Jones has resigned as president and CEO and from the board of NCED. He will no longer be involved as an officer of NCED, but he will continue in an advisory capacity as the board continues the restructuring.

Larry Lucchino

While Theo was contemplating returning to the organization in an advisory role, he and I agreed it was best if he returned as general manager.

Community support of our program is outstanding. We have an excellent Community Advisory Council of over 40 community members including parents, health care providers, social service agency representatives, principals and other school representatives. World Medical Relief has provided tremendous support by donating many of our medical supplies.

What needs to be done to lift the advisory is ensuring that the water system can reliably provide clean water - a day, a month, a year from now.

Mike Donahue

What I've asked the students to do on the phone is put together a list of all the classes you've completed; list the classes you were registered for for the fall term and that will give an advisor here a clue here as to what you should be taking.

You had 60 companies all around the country doing slightly different things, and there was no one oversight or one advisory group, one controlling unit. Now you have that.

The recent name change to the Old Mutual Advisor Funds II enables us to market all of our fund choices under one common Old Mutual branding strategy. The new manager assignments further enhance our product offering to the financial community as part of a broad, multi-tiered fund family that provides solutions for a variety of investment needs.