Famous Quotes & Sayings

Timothy Noah

Stock prices relative to company assets are no better at signaling the likelihood of future earnings growth than they were the day the Titanic sank, and risk management is a good deal worse.

Donald Trump

I built a great company, one of the - some of the most iconic assets in the world, $10 billion of net worth, more than $10 billion of net worth, and frankly, I had a great time doing it.

The policy shift will highlight the strength of Japan's economic growth. A recovery in asset prices will be a big long-term plus for shares, especially for banks.

Misha Collins

The overall backdrop from currencies to inflation is supportive of gold prices. There has been a change in investors' perspective on commodities as an investment class and gold is an attractive asset to get into.

David Malpass

People's jobs are the biggest asset that they have. The net present value of your job is worth more than your house or your stock portfolio. As people decide whether they're going to buy a car, they're more concerned about whether they have a job and are likely to have a job next year.

The Interros strategy toward various assets generally depends on the stage of their development and level of their maturity.

The acquisition of Guggenheim Alternative Asset Management is a further step in this plan and will provide us with products and expertise in the alternative investment sector, which is an increasingly important segment of the investment market. We believe their sophisticated fund of hedge funds platform will be an attractive option for our institutional clients.

The acquisition of Arco's Alaskan assets represents a significant step in our strategy of growing our exploration and production business. We gain a substantial position in the two largest fields in North America, immediately form a new production center and become a major merchant supplier of crude oil to the West Coast.

The $1 trillion mark has always been something to achieve, and others have come close. But it must be pretty heady to be the first $1 trillion asset manager. Not even the behemoths like Vanguard can say that.

We know the assets are there. Now it's just a matter of getting the product to the people,

We believe the markets for refined products have been tight for many months, and perhaps there's been no better time for a sale of an asset like this.

We have thousands of employees that don't have a PC. They log in and there are a slew of assets they need to authenticate to. I can't base a firewall policy around machines with a roaming user group.

We have the personnel to run the new offense well. This definitely will be an asset for our team. We're learning it slowly, but were getting a grasp of it. It can only get better.

Typically, a couple will come in with unequal assets, ... They've lived together for 12 or 15 years and both of them have children from their first marriage and want their assets to go to kids (of the first marriage).

We have a level of growth now in the world that is low enough for the Fed not to raise interest rates by a lot, but high enough for companies to grow profits in a very good way. Equities are the least over- valued asset class and growth is very decent.

Anthony Davis

We will see a dilution to shares by 3-to-4 percent this year and next year. We will see about $1.50 in dilution to net asset value per share as soon as this deal closes.

Anthony Davis

We will see a dilution to shares by 3-to-4 percent this year and next year, ... We will see about $1.50 in dilution to net asset value per share as soon as this deal closes.

We have to have court doors open to make sure they (the courts) are not involved in corrupt actions. As soon as you put asset information behind the cloak of secrecy, then no one will be able to determine that justice is being done.

We're very tickled about this whole Players Am deal -- these are all guys making names for themselves. It's so great for us, because we're getting to know all those guys. Without question, it's one of the biggest assets that the foundation has right now.

We're using the assets we have - our television equipment and studios - to serve the community in a different way.

U.S. High Yield Monthly: Cautionary Flags. However, the below 3.0% growth projected for the second-half of the year and into 2007 has historically not favored the high yield market, and a cautionary position on this asset class remains.

Valencia has done an excellent job of building and guiding a very thoughtful and effective diversity and inclusion strategy at our company. Her long history of service at BellSouth and in the community combined with her breadth of business knowledge makes her a tremendous asset to this Board.

With the exception of DoD, federal departments have never had requirements to do this type of work before. So typically, they don't have good processes, good visibility into their asset holdings, or good reporting, in place.

Merrill ends up with just as much exposure, if not more, to the asset management business as they did before, but they're able to remove the asset management business from under the Merrill umbrella, thereby reducing the potential conflicts of interest of running both an asset management business as well a brokerage business.

Mercedes comes from one of the top high school programs in the state of Maryland. She is used to success and her winning mentality will be a great asset for the team. She has a wealth of defensive playing experience and we will look to utilize her strengths in our back field.

Mike has done a tremendous job over the past two seasons as a graduate assistant on both sides of the ball. His familiarity with and loyalty toward the program make him a great asset to Miami football as he takes over as our tight ends coach.

Monica Crowley

Michelle Obama is a major asset for the president.

Annika Sorenstam

Michelle is very, very talented, ... She is a great asset to golf. I welcome her. The bottom line is, I'm a competitor. I will have my game do the talking. I think it has for the last 10 years, and I will continue to do it that way.

Michael is a seasoned general manager and a 30-year veteran of the information technology business. With his customer-centric focus and unique balance of strategic insight, operational expertise and technology and financial knowledge, Michael is a strong asset to Cisco's board.

Michael brings a wealth of campaign and political experience to the job, and will be a great asset as we continue to build the Democratic Party for the 2006 elections and beyond. As we gear up for an important election year, Mike will be instrumental in helping us move the party forward, communicate our Democratic message to the voters, and strengthen our grassroots. I am confident that he will be a strong leader who will bring enthusiasm and energy to the job.

While the college has accomplished many things academically during the past six years, there have been some problems related to administrations of federal Pell grants. The college needs the guidance of someone with considerable experience in this area, and the Board felt that Dr. Linker would be an asset to the college at this time.

Phil Jackson

When Stephen got hurt...it was either a motivating force for the Pacers to get their run, but at the same time he was turning the ball over a lot, so he may have been an asset by default.

Jim Petro

We have only Mr. Noe's unsworn assurances through his attorneys that these assets are unrelated to his dealing with the Bureau of Workers' Compensation,