Famous Quotes & Sayings

Code-sharing, alliances, and connections are all about "how do we screw the poor customer for more money?"

John Hewson

I don't think the U.S. alliance is worth this. Being a lap-dog to the United States is an outrageous concept, but that's where we are, unfortunately.

India welcomes his intention to transfer all executive power of the state to a government constituted by the alliance of the seven political parties, which has been in the forefront of the movement by the people of Nepal for the restoration of multi-party democracy and their democratic freedoms.

If the position of the Shiite alliance is final, then things will be more complicated and the formation of the government might face delays.

If the ODF Alliance had existed a few month's ago it would have been a lot easier for Massachusetts to focus on the technology issues rather than the personalities involved.

I have no doubt that this strategic alliance will lead to the acquisition of more prospective uranium properties in Australia.

It is the sovereign right of our American allies to take the decisions which they consider necessary for their external security, ... However, as this is a question that could have an impact way beyond just the U.S., it is in the interest of the alliance to deal with this in a spirit of partnership.

It was a remarkably quick turn around with our relationships with Japan. Within two to three years we were rebuilding landing strips at airports that we had bombed a few months before. We forged what has been an enduring alliance with Japan. We went from them going from being one of our bitterest enemies to them being our ally. It was interesting how that was accomplished in almost no time at all.

Joschka Fischer

It should make the alliance more balanced and thereby also stronger.

It makes sense for Chinese companies to tie up with global companies to form an alliance in environmentally-friendly technology, given that the Chinese auto market will continue to grow and the government is getting concerned about pollution issues.

In the meantime, we will continue to take steps to improve the performance of our company. Through our fleet and network strategy, through continued product improvement and by working with our established alliance and franchise partners.

But if we all in the alliance say we support him, we must show that support in deeds and not in words only.

But, to date, the Liberty Alliance has delivered no technology at all, ... It's just delivered a bunch of statements by Microsoft competitors that somehow some unannounced technology is better than proprietary technology, when in fact Passport is totally on path, announced in public to embrace an open industry standard that anybody can implement on.

Germany's alliance with Russia was not just conceived as a commercial deal, but as a way to integrate Russia into Europe. This could be in jeopardy, if the gas dispute continues.

Jan Egeland

I don't know how you evacuate hundreds of thousands of people from the Himalayas -- the most effective military alliance in the world should be able to know that.

Malcolm Fraser

But I believe within the alliance we need to define those things where we have an interest and those things that might be regarded as the American interest, and the most sensitive of those is obviously Taiwan.

The king's decision, though belated, is a significant step forward in resolving the political turmoil in Nepal. There may be differences in some quarters but the seven-party alliance should soon take the responsibility of forming a government.

The Ministerial Alliance picked up that concept ... and brought it to the attention of both hospitals and physicians who were interested.

Derek Mitchell

South Korea put a lot of pressure on the United States South Korea told us they consider this an alliance issue,

Derek Mitchell

South Korea put a lot of pressure on the United States ... South Korea told us they consider this an alliance issue.

One good thing about it, we've established a good alliance with the other coastal communities now. We're all on a first name basis,

This decision was an easy one, because no other answer could have been possible, ... It shows that the NATO alliance is ... ready to do its part in the diminishing of the human suffering - which is so huge.

This alliance with Sun, along with Enron's initiatives in bandwidth trading and intermediation, will bring fundamental changes to the Internet.

This alliance will be focusing on delivering solutions for our customers, in areas where Sears is strong and we can leverage our great brands in Craftsman and Kenmore, with us realizing that we cannot do this all ourselves.

Meg Whitman

This alliance not only provides us significant customer acquisition opportunities, it serves as an important brand investment,

This alliance is rock-solid, and I haven't heard anything from anybody to suggest the opposite.

This alliance has a wide and important mass base among our people.

This alliance enables media companies to cut content delivery times from days to hours and, over time, will reduce operating costs typically associated with the delivery of physical content to customers. Our strategic investment and expertise is enabling our European clients to pass on these cost savings to their clients.

We've got thousands of brands out there, ... Alliance is a vibrant word.

The three firms' alliance has been quite fruitful... We've decided to strengthen the partnership so that our interests will not be damaged in the event of a hostile bid emerging for one of us.

It's a strategic relationship. I haven't talked with Max yet, but it's a useful alliance that we still want to do.

The research capabilities through this alliance will be unparalleled in our industry. The world agriculture market is changing at a terrific pace.

Cassandra Clare

Fine,” Kyle said. “I’m a werewolf. I’m not part of a pack, but I do have an alliance. Have you heard of the Praetor Lupus?” “I’ve heard of lupus,” said Simon. “Isn’t it a kind of disease?