Famous Quotes & Sayings

While we're trying to do the right thing by our customers and shareholders, we did nothing about our image. Therefore we've been vulnerable to attacks, ... I thought all we had to do was run our business and it would go away. But we already know the result of that.

While we respect that businesses want to find ways to lower their normal costs of doing business, merchants have many options to improve their economics that do not include costly and time-consuming litigation.

While we were profitable this quarter, we still have improvements to make in our business which will lead to cost reductions,

Harry Reid

While the Bush administration continues to stonewall the Congress from finding the truth about the manipulation of prewar intelligence, Democrats will continue to press for a full airing of the facts.

We continue to see our business and the industry with positive growth over the next two to three years.

We continue to see above-average rental rate growth in the speculative sector, while rising land and construction costs will continue to drive rates north. While the supply-side is facing record development costs, the demand-side of the equation is supported by the third-fastest growing segment in the local economy, professional and business service office users.

We continue to like Shuffle Master's longer-term outlook and remain comfortable with the company's business model and revenue mix.

We continue to feel very strongly that we have not breached the contract. But more important, it is business as usual. As an organization, we are getting ready and looking forward to Spring Training and the regular season.

We continue to expect Oracle's business to show sluggish incremental growth, with growing competition in the database business likely to mute acceleration of the segment as competitors introduce new releases of their products.

We continue to expect a long, successful business cycle expansion amid well-known challenges. However, visibility has been somewhat reduced, and the Fed is not fighting off increased market expectations of policy tightening.

We feel confident that we'll serve the needs of the vast number of people using other business intelligence tools today.

Kathy Smith

It did real good. We were real busy. I think it was a little less busy than last year, but it was still good. Things started to pick up a couple weeks before Christmas and every day just got busier.

It'd be great to develop fan buses when we play at Stetson or go to Jacksonville. They can make a weekend out of it.

I think it will be successful initially because it's new and different. But long-term, I don't think the business has a great chance of succeeding in its current incarnation -- not from a design point of view but from a merchandising point of view. I don't know that the merchandise outperformed the competition.

I think looking at restoration from a purely (environmental) standpoint may mean tearing people's houses and businesses down. We have to look at a financial impact; when we look at environment only, where we've been for the last 20 years, it doesn't necessarily work.

I think I was busier this season, and I'm definitely out of more product than last year.

It has some busted windows and a leaky roof, but I think it would work,

Stuart Rothenberg

I thought it was a strong night for the Republicans, John McCain talking about national security defense and foreign terrorism. I think Rudy Giuliani did a pretty good job of mixing criticism of John Kerry -- and talking about the president and his efforts on the war on terror. It was a good start. The only question is: How does it build? And will Vice President Cheney and President Bush close the deal?

E. O. Wilson

I thought it was pretty rotten. If she's driving a cab and doing this, it doesn't help business any.

I thought it was O.K., I thought it would work. The school bus goes directly in front of the house.

Johnson, for starters, was not good at the sittings. At one, he fell asleep. At another sitting, he would not sit still -- he was pacing and was too busy talking with one of his advisers. And then in the final chapter, at the private unveiling of this portrait at the Johnson ranch, the first thing that Johnson said was, 'That's the ugliest thing I have ever saw.' And so ended the ... sweet relationship between Johnson and Herd.

John Morrell's major investment illustrates the company's confidence in Sioux Falls and its commitment to our economy. John Morrell is a proven leader in our business community, and we wish them continued success.

Just because Scotty never got the girl, it did not mean he couldn't get a girlfriend, ... He was just too busy saving the ship while Kirk was off on a date.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It is better to busy one's self about the smallest thing in the world than to treat a half hour as worthless

It is clear to us that China is making huge strides to become the dominant economy in the Pacific Rim, and we thought this trip would be a good opportunity for Whatcom County businesses to network with similar Chinese companies.

It is clear to me that ACS cannot conduct business as usual. We have lost a child we could have saved. We must take a careful look at all of the events over the past few months and make a determination of what is not working.

Cindy Sheehan

It is disruptive, ... But George Bush is the one who caused the disruption, not us.

I'm starting my 25th year in business here. I have seen many, many, many changes. We are certainly seeing an acceleration of those changes.

Jennifer Morrison

I'm sure businesses have been affected, but they are very positive and very patient.

Maybe other countries or people will not attack, knowing we would not stand for this. Bush said we would go after terrorists, and we are. That might keep some from doing something here.

Manufacturing is still one of the greatest costs in an organization. But in the current business environment, what separates you from your competitors is your complete supply chain.

Mannequin Madness did a very good job of convincing our judges not only of the clarity of her business vision, but of how technology was poised to help her expand her operations and become more profitable.

Management has done a really good job of delivering. Their business mix is still very favorable for where I think incremental growth will be next year, meaning equities, M&A and retail brokerage.