Famous Quotes & Sayings

The donors on the executive board expressed pretty serious concern about the operating conditions that were on offer and gave us a mandate to try and better them.

The ITT board of directors will exercise its fiduciary responsibilities and consider Hilton's revised offer in due course.

The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half.

The Legislature will not waste taxpayers' money and come back to town to do something this board has already done.

The latest information I have is that 59 people have been saved and are on board the navy vessel.

Isabella Bird

The kimono, haori, and girdle, and even the long hanging sleeves, have only parallel seams, and these are only tacked or basted, as the garments, when washed, are taken to pieces, and each piece, after being very slightly stiffened, is stretched upon a board to dry.

The interview process has begun, but (the board of directors) hasn't clearly identified a candidate at this juncture.

Johnny Lee

The main board is still on a downward trend.

Johnny Lee

The main board has been lackluster for a while, and today's rise is considered a technical rebound.

The Literature Board is extremely worried about what is happening in publishing. Their cash flow depends on finding those big nuggets and exploiting them for all they are worth.

The JCI board is reviewing all matters relating to Letseng. That would include the possible sale of any interest in Letseng and the raising of capital should that become necessary.

Eric Ries

At IMVU, we opened up our board meetings to the whole company.

Tony Benn

The present combination of corporate or commercial control theoretically answerable to politically appointed Boards of Governors is not in any sense a democratic enough procedure to control the power the broadcasters have.

You know that because he was on the board so long and nobody challenged him.

The map was clearly revised to cherry-pick customers. The staff's rush to get board ratification was a 'cover their tail' tactic.

The IRB board (members) didn't say they had a problem. They said they hadn't seen the survey.

The key for us is that Sergio has to rebound and he did an outstanding job. I know it's not always the fun thing to do, but he's doing an excellent job on the boards and that's why we're playing better.

The Kellogg-Hubbard Library faces serious financial challenges. We realize we are bringing our request to voters at the last minute, but in the face of a potentially large deficit the board felt we needed to take immediate action.

Rick Carlisle

Their offensive rebounding hurt us. It was the first game in a while that the rebounding differential on the offensive boards came back to haunt us. You can make a case that was the game (considering how) much that happened at the end of the game.

The unexpectedly large response has made it difficult for the board to give proper consideration to all the individuals during the short time before the proxy statement must be distributed later this month.

The FPC felt it was very important for the board to consider all grade levels: K-12. It is true the high school has been worked on in recent years, but we are going to focus on K-12 rather than just K-8.

Alex Sink

The four of us sit as kind of a board of directors for 12 incredibly important functions. It's very important that we get more diversity on the Cabinet. It's not a good thing to have all four positions on the Cabinet run by one political party where they aren't about to step on each other's toes.

The county board must get a grip on not only the jail issue with the need of a Huber facility, but find a way to constructively manage the county's business without the present turf wars.

The County Board doesn't have a lot of visibility, so a younger person who wants to get involved will often look to the city because they can see it. They can see the people and what they're doing. The County Board is not very high on people's radar screen.

Michael Sheehan

(The cruise line is) optimistic that we will be able to board the ship and depart tonight.

The current board has a good track record of releasing water, but will the next board by so environmentally friendly?

Kevin Stallings

The first thing we wrote on the board was that we have to do a great job on 23 (Morrow). I guess we didn't get that done.

Mary Gordon

The change that Mr. Barnard wants to make in the school board policy is utterly ridiculous.

John Wallace

The findings and conclusions of the state board are not supported by competent evidence in the record.

The financial reports that were presented to the board were laughable,

The community was heavily involved in the process of identifying what our Loudoun brand is. North Star met personally with a selection of key business stakeholders, including members of the Board of Supervisors, the Chamber of Commerce, our Economic Development Commission, Loudoun County staff, and business leaders that play a key role in the county.

The company's financial advisors conducted a comprehensive solicitation of potential bidders and provided the board with a thorough evaluation of those expressions of interest received from interested bidders.

Clinton Portis

The confidence of Patrick is sky-high right now. To come back from that interception and drive down and respond and put points on the board we didn't do that last year. This year, there's a different swagger. He came in the huddle: 'Let's go guys. Let's put some points up.' ... Last year, after a turnover, we probably went backward.