Famous Quotes & Sayings

If Microsoft follows through with their commitments, this will represent a seismic shift in their business model.

Michelle Gomez

I have no interest in being a celebrity. I wouldn't go to anything that I wasn't involved in just for the sake of wearing a nice frock and having my picture taken. That part of the business doesn't make me feel very comfortable.

I have never seen a time like this before when the business opportunity from our international operations was so vibrant.

I haven't been very emotional about this thing. The emotional side of coaching is dealing with the kids. I've been a college coach for 34 years. I understand the business side. I might not like the decision that they make, but that is their prerogative.

I had no idea what a business plan was.

I had to quit calling timeouts because it was making the game so long. We just needed to get on the bus and learn from that one.

Melissa George

I had to learn everything about manufacturing, patents and how to run a business, and eventually I came up with an prototype that worked.

Robert Blake

I had the intention of giving her all the money she needed, so she wouldn't have to be in her business anymore,

Stan Freberg

I had a scholarship to Stanford because I won three California Speech tournaments. Before I started Stanford, I told my mother I wanted to take a bus into Hollywood and see if I could get an agent.

I never had time to go after other business -- that's my job this year.

I never really thought I'd have the opportunity to run this business. It's an industry I grew up in. I watched EDS being formed in our living room at night.

I'm very proud of our guys. The conditions were not ideal today, it was very windy. Some of our guys were able to take care of business and some struggled. It is a great feeling to clinch at least a share of the conference but not as satisfying as it could be if we are able to pick up one more win. We have a tough match on Sunday though, I'm sure Ole Miss will have a good crowd and their players will be fired up. I really want to see our guys come out and be aggressive. If we can compete well, then we have a chance to make ourselves very proud.

Brad Anderson

I'm very proud of our employees and the outstanding results they delivered for the quarter and the year. I'd like to thank our entire team for their unwavering commitment to meeting customers' needs. As a result of their efforts, we're growing our business even as we refine our model for the future.

Cole Hauser

Initially, I got into the business to do drama. I never really thought I would be doing sci-fi films.

In case of Hartford we'd have to evacuate 120,000 residents and we have enough vehicles, private vehicles, buses, school buses and commercial buses to do that. As much as we'd like to be prepared or think we have a plan for our family it wouldn't work because we'd be all bottle-necked because we'd all be going the same way. There's not enough roads out of the city.

In January, I did try to drop a hint that that the business would be lumpy.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

In many countries, laws still work to women's disadvantage - for example, by requiring married women to obtain their husbands' permission to register a business, own property, or work.

I'm feeling pretty positive about it. It looks like the people that are here are really involved and they're going about the business of getting the kids registered for classes. The parents that I've talked to have been very positive, so I'm feeling very good about it.

Andrew Lewis

I'm really excited to join the PGM because coming out of college, it gives you a head start in the golf business and in the PGA. Plus you get to play a lot of golf for really cheap.

I keep myself busy with football, ... I just can't imagine what I would do without it.

I'm a busy man. But I promised the family I'd take them on vacation to Mexico after this is all done.

The message is clear about the impact of energy. If by some chance the cost of oil were to reach $100 per barrel, the future for many small businesses would be uncertain.

B. F. Skinner

The message we're getting from you in the business community is right now, training is kind of secondary to finding the bodies.

The international business is really the growth story for eBay, especially as the U.S. market matures. However, there was a significant material decline in revenues overseas in the fourth quarter.

John Irving

The inshore lifeboat was very busy with 39 jobs, and the all-weather lifeboat had 11.

The (corporate-owned) Cushman & Wakefield platform is really geared toward your Fortune 500 companies. If you look at St. Louis and how business gets done here, it's really more of a regional market. I think this model fits St. Louis better.

The cost of putting these deputies on the road, it's really a transportation service we're running now. A statewide bus service so to speak. This is a problem. It's going to continue. It's going to get worse.

Stella McCartney

I'm not really sure why I'm in this business at the moment,

I'm not particularly interested in engaging in 12 debates, I think that's way too many. No doubt I will take part in a few of them, but 12 plus all the other ones scheduled by all the other organizations, that would keep us busy continuously.

The first thing about Houston is it's an organization run from a different perspective. In Cincy, the team lives off money it earns from football. Houston's owner has other business interests, and he controls the money.

The challenge is how willing are the businesses to put up the money.

The first is that states that have right-to-work laws are more amenable to businesses - so businesses are more likely to locate in those states.

The communities that don't have fiber are falling behind. Fiber to the doorstep of homes and businesses is where we are headed.