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accountability messages sin
Sin and accountability aren't popular messages. Yet being trendy and well liked is not the point. We're here to carry out the work and mission of God, even when doing so is uncomfortable. Charles Stanley
accountability doe be-careful
We must be careful that the business we build does not become mere busyness. Alan Watts
accountability deals company
Truly great companies are built on ideals, not just deals.
accountability political lines
I want a minister to be in charge of a line department so they have clear political accountability. Campbell Newman
account accounts information likely line security sensitive social types
The person on the other end of the line is likely to have very sensitive information -- your account number, your Social Security number, the types of accounts you have (and) the way you use your accounts. Beth Givens
accounting apparent causing company corporate entered ephemeral fraud guilt investors largest losses performance scheme schemes stock suffer today untold
The pleas entered today are admissions of guilt in one of the largest corporate accounting fraud schemes on record. This apparent but ephemeral performance by the company propped up its stock price, causing investors to suffer untold losses when the scheme collapsed.
accountant apple category computer glass home hope product proposing reasonably totally value
We are proposing that there is value in a totally new product category and a totally new set of questions. Just like the Apple II proposed, 'Would you reasonably want a computer in your home if you weren't an accountant or professional?' That is the question Glass is asking, and I hope in the end that is how it will be judged.
accounting brings close earnings financial forward involving issues matter pleased related release report tyson
We are pleased to report that all outstanding issues involving the SEC's financial review, as well as the accounting issues related to DFG, have now been resolved, ... Today's earnings release brings this matter to a close and we now look forward to proceeding with the Tyson transaction.
account actions activity additional balance billion fourth including jobs quarter reduction savings since taken third worldwide yield
We are aggressively implementing our cost-reduction plans, which will yield more than $1 billion in savings by the end of 2001, ... Since the third quarter of 2000, we have taken actions that account for more than one-third of this target, including the reduction of approximately 2,000 jobs worldwide in the fourth quarter. This activity will intensify with the reduction of 4,000 jobs in the first quarter and additional reductions through the balance of the year.
black calling world
If the universe is meaningless, so is the statement that it is so. If this world is a vicious trap, so is its accuser, and the pot is calling the kettle black.
black-and-white periods recreation
Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black-and-white movie. Alan Parker
black magic mind
Magic is a state of mind. It is often portrayed as very black and gothic, and that is because certain practitioners played that up for a sense of power and prestige. That is a disservice. Magic is very colorful. Of this, I am sure. Alan Moore
black done facts
The writer cannot expect to be excused from the task of reeducation and regeneration that must be done. In fact, he should march right in front. Chinua Achebe
black ships peter
That is the Wasp, yes. But it was captured by Black Stache, and he’s coming for this ship now.” “And how do you know that?” asked Slank. “Did a seagull tell you?” This brought chuckles from the crew. Something like that, thought Peter. Dave Barry
black laughed ifs
If Black Stache laughed, you laughed. If he snarled, you snarled. If he breathed in your direction, you ran for cover.
black-and-white computer fascinated
It was a black and white only computer at the time, but it kept me fascinated. Buffy Sainte-Marie
black taught moments
At this moment, then, the Negroes must begin to do the very thing which they have been taught that they cannot do. Carter G. Woodson
black movement yards
I had formed a black movement, so I would speak for the Trotskyist movement and then walk about a hundred yards to where the black movement was speaking. C. L. R. James
business soul prosperity
Industry is the soul of business and the keystone of prosperity. Charles Dickens
business fighting men
An Irish man fights before he reasons, a Scotchman reasons before he fights, an Englishman is not particular as to the order of precedence, but will do either to accommodate his customers. Charles Caleb Colton
business men morality
Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its moralities are concerned. They are not units but fractions.
business clever men
The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you
business law brain
Contract law is essentially a defensive scorched-earth battleground where the constant question is, "if my business partner was possessed by a brain-eating monster from beyond spacetime tomorrow, what is the worst thing they could do to me?" Charles Stross
business past derivatives
It seems superfluous to constrain trading in some of the newer derivatives and other innovative financial contracts of the past decade. The worst have failed; investors no longer fund them and are not likely to in the future. Alan Greenspan
business colleagues depends
...our market system depends critically on trust-trust in the word of our colleagues and trust in the word of those with whom we do business.
business years risk
What we have found over the years in the marketplace is that derivatives have been an extraordinarily useful vehicle to transfer risk from those who shouldn't be taking it to those who are willing to and are capable of doing so.
business greatness views
I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that, for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well.
civilization luxury selfishness
A semi-civilized state of society, equally removed from the extremes of barbarity and of refinement, seems to be that particular meridian under which all the reciprocities and gratuities of hospitality do most readily flourish and abound. For it so happens that the ease, the luxury, and the abundance of the highest state of civilization, are as productive of selfishness, as the difficulties, the privations, and the sterilities of he lowest.
civilization saws ends
I saw someone peeing in Jermym Street the other day. I thought, is this the end of civilization as we know it? Or is it simply someone peeing in Jermyn Street? Alan Bennett
civilization solitude going-out
Modern civilization is so complex as to make the devotional life all but impossible. It wears us out by multiplying distractions and beats us down by destroying our solitude, where otherwise we might drink and renew our strength before going out to face the world again. Aiden Wilson Tozer
civilization doubt moral
I have no doubt that historians will conclude that we of the twentieth century had intelligence enough to create a great civilization but not the moral wisdom to preserve it.
civilized example expect message send society strong
We want to send a very strong message ... this is not what we expect out of civilized society, ... We're going to make an example of somebody. John Wilson
civilization stuff jingles
Freedom!- is the fatuous jingle of our civilization, but only those deprived of it have the barest inkling re: what the stuff actually is. David Mitchell
civilization creating alternatives
It's a difficult business, creating a new, alternative civilization. David Graeber
civilization climate-change humans
More than any other time in history, the 1990s will be a turning point for human civilization. David Suzuki
civilization age generations
Generations do not age. Every youth of any period, any civilization, has the same possibilities as always. Cesare Pavese
emotional self brilliant
Humans: such a brilliant model of emotional self-awareness.
emotional fantasy fantastic
Classical music's ability to translate emotional themes is fantastic. Alan Price
emotional simplicity intensity
The greater the emotional intensity, the greater the simplicity. Alan Hovhaness
emotional way assuming
To me exposition always contains tenderness. While a dramatized scene is a way of proving and guaranteeing an emotional experience for the reader, exposition assumes that the reader is sophisticated and can see the universal. Akhil Sharma
emotional thinking talking
I'm 100 percent sure this is it. I know that I'll never play in the NHL again. It's not a hard decision. I think the hardest thing is you get a little emotional talking about your family. I couldn't have played any longer than I did and I accomplished what I wanted to. Chris Chelios
emotional guilty being-human
Don't be afraid to be human - you're human, you're going to have emotional days. You're going to have days when things suck and then some days when things are great, but don't feel guilty because you're experiencing that. Don't feel guilty from being human. Chris Colfer
emotional people events
Many people do not distinguish between something that happens to them and their reaction to it. Yet it isn't the event or situation that holds the emotional charge; it's our beliefs that create our response. Chip Conley
emotional interesting parent
I had invited 50 or 60 peers and friends, most of whom were parents, to see the film [Trust], and I asked about the last scene. It was interesting because it was split right down the middle, 50/50. About half the audience wanted it to end with the very emotional scene between Clive and Liana, and that feeling of realization and catharsis. And, the other half were adamant about keeping that last scene. David Schwimmer
emotional clubs radio
The more melodies and chord changes, the less good it is for the clubs, but the better it is for radio, because it makes it really emotional. David Guetta
evokes music triggers
Music evokes a lot of different emotions and triggers different senses. Kaskade
freedom butterfly deny
I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free. Mankind will surely not deny to Harold Skimpole what it concedes to the butterflies.
freedom tyrants mind
Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind.
freedom water leaving
As muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone, it could be argued that those who sit quietly and do nothing are making one of the best possible contributions to a world in turmoil.
freedom disappointment ego
Enlightenment is ego's ultimate disappointment. Chogyam Trungpa
freedom nice air
When you drop your unnecessary things, you finally can swoop and fly in vast space. It is so blue, so bright, and so nice, so airy and fresh. You can stretch your wings and breathe the air. You can do anything you want. You have experienced cheerfulness and joy, and finally the bliss of freedom occurs in you.
freedom democracy
Democracy: In which you say what you like and do what you're told.
freedom inquiry sake
There is no thought or situation that you can't put up against inquiry. Every thought, every person, every apparent problem is here for the sake of your freedom. Byron Katie
freedom thinking
What we think about when we are free to think about what we will – that is what we are or will soon become.
freedom-of-speech important
The freedom of speech is an important yardstick for a society's level of civilization. Ai Weiwei
historical revolution fantasy
All revolutions are the sheerest fantasy until they happen; then they become historical inevitabilities.
historical excess world
An active propaganda machinery controlled bv the world's largest corporations constantly reassures us that consumerism is the path to happiness, governmental restraint of market excess is the cause our distress, and economic globalization is both a historical inevitability and a boon to the human species. David Korten
historical empires literature
The Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire.
historical ignorant judgment
There is a constant rush to judgment in Foucault. He is filled with specious generalizations, false categories, distortions, fudging, pretenses to knowledge in areas where he was ignorant. He had no ability whatsoever to distinguish among historical sources, where he makes terrible blunders. Camille Paglia
historical today commodity
Today, in American imperialism, the commodity has reached its most grandiose historical manifestation.
historic property tear value
We value this historic property so much and we don't want to tear up more of it than we have to.
historic moment terms
We are at a very historic moment in terms of the party, but also our community. Ken Mehlman
historical democracy demand
No matter what happens, nothing can prevent the historical process by which society demands freedom and democracy,
historical intellectual use
History not used is nothing, for all intellectual life is action, like practical life, and if you don't use the stuff - well, it might as well be dead. Arnold J. Toynbee
intensity picked playing
We started playing together, and we picked it up intensity wise.
intensity second turned
We started off slow, but we really turned up the intensity in the second half.
intensity jones pearl river shows split team
We're going to need to show more intensity than we have in the past. Co-Lin is a better team than Jones and the split with Pearl River shows that.
intensity matters perform season wait workouts
Workouts went good. The intensity was good. Of course, it's the end result. We have to wait and see how we perform out in competition, see how we perform at the end of the season when it matters the most.
intensity knew match
We knew they (Oneida) were going to be ready, and I think we were too. We had to match their intensity and I think we did that.
intensity level match seen team year
We've seen this team this year with the same level of intensity that they had, but we just couldn't match it tonight.
intensity
We didn't play with a lot of intensity in the girls' game.
intensity win
We still have to play with the same intensity as (Tuesday). We want to win (the Fiesta Region).
intensity speed
We still don't have the speed that we'd like, but we've got a lot of intensity out there.
ought persons reasons records remain
Firstly, we have personnel records of persons we hired, persons we fired, reasons we fired them and so forth. These records have nothing to do with the assassination of the president and, therefore, ought to remain in the files. Louis Stokes
ought
I couldn't do that as attorney general. Why? Because they are my clients. You can't say they're not doing what they ought to be doing when you are the attorney general. Christine Gregoire
ought women
Women are the root of all evil. I ought to know. I'm Evel. Evel Knievel
ought
If we cannot agree, then at least we ought to move on. Ben Nelson
ought seldom
You just look at the world, and you see things unraveling, and you say, 'I wonder what we ought to do?' Things are seldom crystal clear. James F. Amos
ought
In a world that's smarter than it used to be and, in some ways, smarter than it ought to be, stupidity has a way of making us seem all the more human. Walter Kirn
ought suddenly suppose
At those times I got into... I suppose you call it a rut. I used to do comedy, comedy, comedy and I suddenly thought I ought to break away from this somehow. Val Guest
ought revolution revolutions-and-revolutionaries second
On the first day of a revolution he is a treasure; on the second he ought to be shot.
ought
She was happy, she knew she was happy, and knew she ought to be happy. Jane Austen
reading writing character
Mr. Pickwick took a seat and the paper, but instead of reading the latter, peeped over the top of it, and took a survey of the man of business, who was an elderly, pimply-faced, vegetable-diet sort of man, in a black coat, dark mixture trousers, and small black gaiters; a kind of being who seemed to be an essential part of the desk at which he was writing, and to have as much thought or sentiment.
reading believe writing
I have nothing else to tell; unless, indeed, I were to confess that no one can ever believe this narrative, in the reading, more than I have believed it in the writing.
reading writing style
Speech recognition is utterly crap for writing fiction. If you try reading a novel aloud you'll soon figure out why - written prose style is utterly unlike the spoken word.
reading years people
I hear people all the time say, well I read through the Bible last year. Well, so what? I'm all for reading through the Bible. But how much of that got on the inside, or did they just cover three more chapters today? I would never discredit reading the Scriptures, but it is important to meditate on it.
reading age praying
It is a reading age, a preaching age, a working age, but it is not a praying age. Charles Spurgeon
reading believe water
To believe a thing is to see the cool crystal water sparkling in the cup. But to meditate on it is to drink of it. Reading gathers the clusters; contemplation squeezes forth their generous juice.
reading light giving
Give yourself to reading.’... You need to read. Renounce as much as you will all light literature, but study as much as possible sound theological works, especially the Puritanic writers, and expositions of the Bible.
reading writing impossible
...she felt about reading what some writers felt about writing: that it was impossible not to do it and that at this late stage of her life she had been chosen to read as others were chosen to write.
reading long enough
The days weren't long enough for the reading she wanted to do.
required time
Most of the time nothing much is required of directors, which is a pity. Asia Argento
required situation structural
We are not in a situation where we are required by desperation to make structural changes.
required research statement
When you research companies, they now have a statement on Y2K compliance, which they are required to give you,
required
We are required to do it. We have to do it.
required
To Confucius, harmony was consensus, not conformity. It required loyal opposition.
required vacuum
Teenagers who are never required to vacuum are living in one.
required
I hadn't done much rapping in a while. I really wasn't sure I was going to do that any more. For a couple years I thought I was done with that. It wasn't really required of me. Beck
required
It required us to put on more workers.
required terms
In this industry, it's required of us to be best-of-breed in terms of operational efficiency.
rights words-of-wisdom dull
I'm awful dull, but I hope I've beat out something nigh the rights of this at last. And so GOD bless you, dear old Pip, old chap, GOD bless you!
rights people enemy
When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to assume that their president, hostile to the principles that formed the nation and determined to act with malice toward its inhabitants by suppressing their rights and enabling its enemies to prosper in their attempts to destroy it, must be confronted, a rational response for the nation is to encumber itself no more with such a president and reject his authority and the acolytes who carry out his wishes. David Shapiro
rights liberty virtue
You have to have wisdom and knowledge as well as virtue to preserve your rights and liberties. David McCullough
rights giving world
In a world of increasing inequality, the legitimacy of institutions that give precedence to the property rights of 'the Haves' over the human rights of 'the Have Nots' is inevitably called into serious question.
rights people democracy
In the EU you have half a billion people who share a common belief in democracy, in rights, in the kind of economic life we want. Catherine Ashton
rights differences issues
Our strategic dialogue with China can both protect American interests and uphold our principles, provided we are honest about our differences on human rights and other issues and provided we use a mix of targeted incentives and sanctions to narrow these differences. Madeleine Albright
rights controversial-topics law
For all the tough talk about China during the presidential debates, Romney and Obama evaded any mention of China's suspect human rights record, corruption, and rule of law. By not tackling these controversial topics, the candidates are protecting a strategic partnership with China at the expense of essential human values and beliefs.
rights liberty
Liberty is about our rights to question everything.
rights mass-destruction support
We should seek international support for our mutual objectives abroad, in promoting freedom, democracy, respect for human rights, and also the elimination of weapons of mass destruction. Bob Menendez
valuable available
When everything is immediately available and infinitely reproducible, nothing is valuable. Charles Frazier
valuable humans human-beings
The most valuable of all capital is that invested in human beings Alfred Marshall
valuable
The one thing that 'Via Dolorosa' has is no opinions. To me, curiosity is 50 times as valuable as opinion. David Hare
valuable
We need to open up the future. We also need to keep everything valuable from the past.
valuable tedious ifs
Our sense of what is valuable will hence be radically distorted if we must perpetually condemn as tedious everything we lack, simply because we lack it. Alain de Botton
valuable
Everything I discovered was new and most of it was really valuable. Alice Hamilton
valuable
What makes them so valuable is their familiarity with our system, ... a specialized location.
valuable conclusion draws
Experience is valuable only if it's imbued with meaning from which one can draw salient conclusions. Otherwise, experience becomes imprisoning. Barry McCaffrey
valuable
would have been a valuable contributor to our board. Richard Grasso
values
We value some lives more than others. Charlize Theron
values
When you treat your body like a Bentley, you value yourself and you start to look at your body differently. Demi Lovato
value
We know how to value companies. And we go where the value is.
values
Nobody values your time but YOU. Brian Tracy
values
We thought we could get it out before May 1, but because the values for some of the neighborhoods were out of whack, we had to go back and fine-tune those.
value worn
Times have changed. It has already worn out its value, Miriam Santiago
value-systems industry values
I'm very analytical about the industry and I understand that there are value systems, and all sorts of things like that. Adelaide Clemens
values wikileaks
The values of WikiLeaks have been completely overshadowed by Julian Assange.
values
have the same values and the same interests.
women resentment consequence
Women generally consider consequences in love, seldom in resentment.
women flower sun
Pleasure is to women what the sun is to the flower; if moderately enjoyed, it beautifies, it refreshes, and it improves; if immoderately, it withers, deteriorates and destroys.
women want ornaments
Modesty is the richest ornament of a woman ... the want of it is her greatest deformity.
women intellectual female
A high degree of intellectual refinement in the female is the surest pledge society can have for the improvement of the male.
women doe attention
The plainest man who pays attention to women, will sometimes succeed as well as the handsomest man who does not.
women modest bashful
Women that are the least bashful are often the most modest.
women decorum length
Women do not transgress the bounds of decorum so often as men; but when they do, they go greater lengths.
women said mould
She's the sort of woman now,' said Mould, . . . 'one would almost feel disposed to bury for nothing: and do it neatly, too!
women want today
You see what happens today. Women act like men and want to be treated like women. Alan Jay Lerner
written
'Swimming Pool' was a very important moment for me because the character was written for me. Ludivine Sagnier
written
I've done episodic television and some other things that have been written by other people. Lisa Cholodenko
written
The average American doesn't realize how much of the laws are written by lobbyists. Eric Schmidt
written
I will say that a lot of songs that I've written are from my own personal experiences which are special to me. Victoria Justice
written
I've always written plays for the purpose of getting something out of my system. Wole Soyinka
written
I regret that I have not written more, shouted louder, and acted out my beliefs.
written
I've been writing a lot more, I believe, because of the Internet. I've been posting stuff that I've written and I've just been writing. Errol Morris
written
I don't read books regularly, because I'm always writing them. I've written 30 books, thousands of pages. Ferran Adria
written
I've just always written songs in a style that appeal to me personally. Lyle Lovett