Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gray Davis

Here is my general approach to the energy companies. You have already charged the utilities a 50 percent credit penalty for the power they were buying from you. You're charging us a penalty. You're not going to get two bites of the apple here.

Bill Atkinson

You could summarize everything I did at Apple was making tools to empower creative people. 'QuickDraw' empowered all these other programmers to now be able to sling stuff on the screen. The 'Window Manager,' 'Event Manager,' and 'Menu Manager.' Those are things that I worked on that were empowering other people.

Bill Atkinson

I have realized over time that I missed the mark with HyperCard. I grew up in a box-centric culture at Apple. If I'd grown up in a network-centric culture, like Sun, HyperCard might have been the first Web browser. My blind spot at Apple prevented me from making HyperCard the first Web browser.

We view this keynote as a milestone and catalyst as it could set the tone for Apple and technology in 2006.

We view this as positive for Apple as it opens a new market to the company and greatly expands the (potential market) for Intel-based Macs. This will be a particular benefit for business applications where users need to run Windows for certain applications.

We contend that Apple has done next to nothing to inform consumers regarding these issues.

William Shakespeare

There's small choice in rotten apples.

Twenty-two percent gross margins mean that Apple gets more money per machine they sell. That's good. The other thing is that the operating expenses are substantially reduced. That means that the overhead involved in selling the machines has gone down substantially which reduces the break-even point for the company.

Marian Anderson

You have two bites at the local apple before you have to go to court,

Craig Cook

You have to make sure you are comparing apples to apples. A lot of times, people don't do that -- but the properties could be really different, the lift tickets might cover different areas, and the shuttle service might not be as good.

What we are looking at is very strong and very necessary steps as the first installment of a Kmart turnaround, ... What he's doing right now is terribly important. It needed to be done, biting into the sour apple so to speak, in order to create a clear path for the future. I think Kmart is going to be customer-centric in the future, competitive in the market place and exciting to shop.

Cassandra Clare

Dear me," said Will, and he took another bite of his apple. "Is it because I'm better-looking than you?

Moe Howard

I'll squeeze the cider out of your adam's apple.

Kevin Drum

Apple is happy to allow users more control over their devices as long as it also happens to benefit Apple. If it doesn't, then tough.

Mark Twain

Adam did not want the apple for the apple's sake; he wanted it because it was forbidden.

Mark Hoppus

I like to get Honey Combs, and Apple Jax, and Captain Crunch Berries and mix them all together, but I'm freak and I use water instead of milk.

Mary J. Blige

I have to have lemon and honey. I have to have apple cider vinegar, Braggs. And I have to have either Red Vines or Twizzlers. These things, you know, are the things that help my vocal performance.

Nathan Myhrvold

The NeXT purchase is too little too late. Apple is already dead.

Glenn Beck

Apple might not love me, but I love Apple.

George Herbert

He pares his apple that will cleanly feed.

Ken Kesey

You can count how many seeds are in the apple, but not how many apples are in the seed.

Kristen Bell

Have a colourful plate. I make a spinach salad with things like blueberries, apples and carrots.

Oren Peli

I've never owned an Apple product. I like the fact that PCs are open architecture and not locked down like Apple products. I feel that Macs are also unjustifiably overpriced.

I do have an appointment to meet with the chairman of the appropriations committee (Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Redlands), who happens to represent Apple Valley. It is my intention to impress upon him the urgency this project should be held.

Jay Inslee

Tolerance is the value that was selected to put on here, and tolerance is as American as apple pie.

Jay Carney

It is an apple full of worms compared to an apple that's fresh and delicious.

Jane Porter

The fruition of what is unlawful must be followed by remorse. The core sticks in the throat after the apple is eaten, and the sated appetite loathes the interdicted pleasure for which innocence was bartered.

Our customers are guys who like to watch a game and like to have $50 or $100 on the game to make the game a little more exciting. These are guys who would rather spend $100 on the game than go out to a nightclub and pay $15 on an apple martini and buy 10 apple martinis and spend $20 for cover. That's three or four bets that they can make on a game.

Phil Schiller

People for the first time are getting an Apple product with the iPod and seeing how great it is and are thinking about checking out our computers too.

Rob Enderle

No vendor other than Apple has really stepped up to the combination of design, marketing and user experience that is required by this segment.

Dell is going after Apple's low-hanging fruit with a price and memory capacity that are about the same as the Shuffle. It might be a more compelling device, with the screen and FM tuner, but Apple has its popular iTunes library and offers a better user experience.

Comparison shopping is difficult enough. This just seems like a step in the wrong direction. You end up comparing apples and hamburgers.

Companies don't typically under promise and over deliver, and that's exactly what Apple has done.