Famous Quotes & Sayings

Foreign Ministry

Recent new information suggests that terrorists may be planning attacks to occur before the end of 2005.

Enrique Salem

Real-time communication solutions like instant messaging are powerful collaboration tools that create a new attack vector for threats to enter an enterprise network and new forms of digital communication with the same government, legal and business requirements to retain and retrieve as email.

Richard Aboulafia

Reinforcing their traditional businesses -- regional jets and corporate jets -- makes a lot of sense. It's familiar turf, they know the customers, and there's much less risk than trying to attack a market that's got two entrenched competitors.

Bill Graham

Our own intelligence people are not of the view that this was an attack specifically on the Canadian embassy,

John Parker

Organizations are vulnerable to IT attacks because security patches are issued too frequently for businesses to safely test and deploy throughout the organization in a timely fashion.

Mary Murphy

Ordinary people were attacked on their way to work.

Ned Kramer

Patrick played an attacking style of tennis. Everything he tried was successful for him.

David Waters

Patients with multiple risk factors, including diabetes, face a greater threat of heart attack and stroke, so reducing their risk is critical.

Al Thornton

Part of it was the knee and part of it (was) they did a good job. They had their zone, which was very hard for me to attack and get in the red zone.

Jim Henderson

Recent economic news around the world is causing us to reassess our near-term business prospects in key international markets,

Keith Morris

(Receiving the grants) started pointing us in the right direction of the whole change process, ... If that didn't occur, I'm pretty sure we would be doing business as usual.

Rich Gadomski

Price competition and the availability of quality scanning technology have encouraged and enabled the counterfeit tape market. We are aggressively exposing this business as it may put our customers at risk and negatively impact the perception of our quality and value of our brand. It's important that companies realize that they may be contributing to the problem by selling their used tape - or by buying from un-authorized resellers and distributors.

Deane Dotson

Our rental business stays very busy. And we don't require a Visa or MasterCard.

Ken Stein

Our partnership with ADP is a true reflection of successful collaboration, resulting in increased efficiencies. ADP has turned a typical business arrangement into a successful partnership between two dedicated parties with a common goal -- to lower costs and improve service levels.

Jill Lajdziak

Our owners don't want us to lose the honesty of our brand, how we do business without haggling. But they do want a different more dramatic look and feel.

Porter Erisman

Our overall position is that it is the responsibility of every business to follow the local laws of the countries in which they operate.

Sathya Baba

Our relationships are heart to heart relationships. Ours is a business of love, not a business of money or materials.

Stan Marshall

Our regulated utility business, non-regulated generation business and Fortis Properties all delivered increased earnings in the third quarter,

Linda Miller

Recently we've de-emphasized the large multinational drug companies because of the headwinds they've faced because of patent expirations and no big product approvals,

Gilbert Lopez

Our recommendation would be to go for companies that are seen benefiting most from the likely end-result of all these developments -- lower interest rates and improving consumption.

Rob Morris

Our rapid SOA development tools are specifically designed to enable mainframe developers to deliver more than just Web services from the mainframe. With Ivory, companies can quickly and easily incorporate the full value of their mainframe resources in their SOA.

Tim Bajarin

PC companies do not want to have more than six weeks of inventory, and most of them try to live within three- and four-week turns, ... We're hearing about inventory build-ups in some companies that are as much as 13 weeks.

Tetsuhiko Yasuda

Our No. 1 competition is not other companies but counterfeiters. We want to work with governments to stop this.

Adrian Gonzalez

Order-to-delivery times are shrinking and companies are heavily outsourced, which means reliability and consistency of performance are more critical than ever. Companies are striving to meet service levels at the lowest possible cost and are turning to carrier- and vendor-performance metrics to do that.

David Rudow

Oracle's success hinges on retaining its customer base, including ones it inherited from the companies it bought.

Mike Viracola

People have been looking for companies to say we've weathered the storm -- no pun intended -- whether it's the hurricane stuff or the macro things,

Margo Timmins

Success is a very difficult thing in a society where we dispose of what we like very quickly, before you even learn to play your instrument, ... So far, the record companies we have worked with have respect for us as musicians. I want to sell records and I need a record company to do that, but I don't want to sell myself.

Mary Rich

Previously, when you called the electric company, the field guy would come out to connect or disconnect you, and then it would go out on a bill. Today that same transaction could touch up to a hundred systems.

Andy Ball

Our outlook as a construction company for the next two years is very, very positive.

Carl Icahn

particularly important at Time Warner because of the difference of opinion between many large shareholders and management concerning the direction of the company and the lack of share price performance under current management.

Scott Weiss

Part of the magic of a startup is the fear of death. You have only so much money in the bank, and if you don't get to the right milestone before you run out, then the company goes under - it's over.

Bill Gates

Paul was instrumental in the creation of Microsoft and has played an important role in the success and direction of our company throughout the years,

David Litchfield

Oracle still has not released an official patch, so it is still leaving its customers at risk. It is a trivial thing to fix. If the company is still working on it, I do not understand why.

Shawn Willett

Oracle says a company could, for example, take out its BI tool and replace it with a third-party app. The question is, how practical will that be for users?

Charles Bona

Oracle has been and is a database company, and that's where the focus should stay for now.

David Menlow

People have to understand: As a shareholder, in general, they don't have any say in the company. People complain about it, but those who like what the company does will continue to view the stock as a vehicle for profits.

Carmelo Anthony

Regardless of who it was, I was going to the hole. They weren't going to stop me that time. I was either going to get a foul or a dunk.

Jamie Dixon

Records on the road usually aren't as good as records at home. We want to be undefeated on the road well but we had all five games down to the last minute. They could have gone either way.

Marty Barnes

Really you don't want to reflect too much on either the wins or the losses after they happen. At the next practice you have to start getting ready for the next opponent.

Sanjaasuren Oyun

Parliament will reconvene either on Wednesday or Thursday when possibly a new government will be formed.

F. Schumacher

Park Rapids runs an unbalanced line formation trying to outnumber you on either side of the line. We have to be disciplined on defense.

Amy Taylor

Part of that patience is we're looking at the post more. And our posts are either finishing or getting the foul.

Carla Sullivan

People haven't been complaining. Either they don't care, or they know it is right for the students.

Michael Chertoff

People have got to take some responsibility for preparing themselves, ... That means you get yourself three days' worth of food, three days' worth of water; you get yourself flashlights, batteries, either a hand-crank radio or a battery-powered radio, a first-aid kit precisely because you know it's going to take 48 to 72 hours to be able to fully service everyone.

Victoria Chan

People have to either lose weight, or we have to use longer needles.

Mary Gorman

Start a file for billing, a file for UC information.

Randy Turner

Some of them will file (an extension) intentionally. Some will have to file (an extension) because they don't have all the information they need.

Deb Kottel

Some individuals aren't required by law to file (taxes).

Hugh Laurie

Really? I suppose reading the confidential psychiatric file of his ex-girlfriend.

Shirley Williams

It is our goal to provide full public access to as many files as we possibly can.

Helane Becker

I think that they will file before October 17 for sure. With oil prices where they are and big pension contributions due, and without higher airfares, Northwest had no choice,

Helane Becker

I think that they will file before Oct. 17 for sure. With oil prices where they are and big pension contributions due, and without higher airfares, Northwest had no choice,

David Ellis

like it or not, e-mail is used for file transfer.

John Whitaker

I didn't want to file this lawsuit, ... But all we got from the university was, 'Not our fault.'

Steve Matlock

Our reorganized sales management team is 100 percent focused on providing dealers with the support they need to be successful in their businesses.

Elliot Hovey

Our race on Saturday was the most focused and well-executed race this year. Every race we've been getting better and better.

Edouard Michelin

Our operating income is showing progress. Yet, it does not reflect the group's growth potential. That is why in 2006, we will strengthen our focused growth strategy and strengthen our cost-reduction efforts.

John Mesenbrink

Our kids were very focused and very tenacious today. Our guys had 12 pins for the day. I thought our seniors really did well. All three of those guys did great jobs for us.

Dick Armey

stay focused on the singular question: Is taxing marriage appropriate?

Rodney Taylor

Our pitcher wasn't focused -- we had too many walks, and hitting-wise, we weren't there. It's one of those games where you get away as quick as you can.

Paul Rozak

Our girls really played well, especially the four minutes in the fourth quarter. They (Assumption) have a really nice team, very similar to us because of their versatility inside and out. We needed our rebounding tonight and that was what we focused on for this game.

Kevin Boyd

Our game has to be focused on us. Most of what we're trying to do is to get better every game.

Ron Averill

I'm hoping they can stay focused and relax at the same time. The sad thing would be to go down there and have all kinds of success and not have any fun with it. I want this to be something the kids can remember and tell their grandkids about.

Jimmy Bennett

I formed some great friendships. I miss some of them. They're passed away and gone now,

John Wilson

Basically, the industry has formed a standard, and Microsoft ignores it and does something else, ... They are freezing the market when we have an API that is ready to go now. We invited them to join us several times but they declined.

Donald Brownlee

If it was formed in our solar system, then it had to be transported from the hottest regions to the coolest.

Richard Greenberg

I was formed by 'The Forsyte Saga' marathon. There was something about seeing all those events telescoped that was unbelievably moving: that sense of time as something that can be tinkered with.

Don Brownlee

There are two major possibilities. One that they formed in the innermost, hotter-most regions of our solar system when the sun and planets were forming, and they were thrown out -- all the way out to the Pluto region of the solar system. The other possibility is they were formed around other stars, in hot regions around other stars.

Zach Johnson

Sports formed me. I was always decently skilled but lacked size, so I had to resort to using my skill versus my power. I strategically play golf because that's all I can do. It's the same on the basketball court. I try to get open and shoot it. Or I use the open space on the soccer field.

Terry Wogan

I have great fun with the Togs - Terry's Old Geezers and Gals. They're a group that formed around me over the years of my radio shows. They are loyal to me and I'm loyal to them, so I've been to their conventions - Leicester University gives us their campus.

Tom Brokaw

The greatest generation was formed first by the Great Depression. They shared everything - meals, jobs, clothing.

John Ortberg

The question isn't if someone will sign up for spiritual formation; it's just who and what our spirits will be formed by.

Larry Walker

Reggie? Good luck. Congratulations. ... You guys win the championship down there?

Lydia Lenker

Re-election doesn't lead us. These are good issues.

Gregg Hostetler

Recognition is always good for the program. I think they have to prove it to me.

Jane King

Realtors should be all over this. It's a good product.

Joe Torre

Reggie was one of those guys who knew how good he was and let people know how good he was. Some players resented that during those times.

Stephen Hadley

Our relationships are in good shape. This is not a trip where the president has to come with a deliverable or an initiative.

Carl Pettersson

Pars are good. I had a good round going,

Mark Brunell

Patrick is a great guy and a very good player,

Doug Higgins

Patrick did a good job and we moved some guys around on defense. We started to play a little more solid.

Phil Zepeda

Our relief is not going to be a matter of weeks and months, but probably much longer than that.

John Phelan

Our message is that suffering years of misery to remain super-skinny is not going to have a big payoff in terms of a longer life.

David Friedman

People no longer seem shocked by expressions of overt bigotry,

Erick Young

Stars we're looking at here are prior to the formation of planets, we think, but it's not going to be very much longer in astronomical terms before planets start forming.

Eric Kuzmack

Some of the things you monitor no longer mean the same thing.

Kevin Hare

It is a slow time of the year, so I will probably not feel it until spring time. For a significant number of my customers, it will take longer for them to get to me.

Robert Williams

Jan Case, our store manager, she's been here longer than I have. She's been here since 1968. Twig Canfield has been here now for 12 or 13 years.

Bruno Seraphim

The Argentine question has in part been resolved, at least in the very short term, so shares no longer need to price in that question.

Alberto Fujimori

It is no longer a possibility or an option.

Paul Otellini

Steve, I wanted to report that Intel's ready.

Margaret Mellon

Over all, I thought the report was devastating.

Mark Pervan

Other than that, it was a solid report with no real surprises.

Floyd Abrams

Reporters should keep their word to their sources.

Chris Collins

I think actually the scouting report was to kind of shoot it low, so I don't know what I was doing.

Upma Chawdhry

It has been indicated that this was reported late.

Jack Rio

I don't have anything to report other than he was awake, alert, still conscious.

Ronda Tompkins

I didn't do anything extraordinary. I just reported what I saw that night.

Stacy Flores

He did nothing wrong. He was just a victim of retaliation for reporting a crime.

Patrick Campanelli

I think the videotape impeaches her on that issue. I think, in fact, the videotape shows that she's lying.

Barry McCaffrey

The 1998 study shows that we have turned the tide of youth drug use.

Joss Whedon

I was very proud of my father, and I admired him, but I always thought he was more interesting than the shows he was working on.

Guy Hansen

He didn't panic, ... and that shows you a lot about a young guy.

Graham Elliot

I think what somebody orders and how they eat and cook really shows who they are.

Tony Danza

We did 112 shows and had 112 parties.

Rob Sheldon

I think it shows that these are all outstanding kids.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

I think it shows how out of touch they are,

Jeff Schulte

He's a well-rounded athlete. And it shows on the tennis court.

Andrew Zarnett

Plainly said, the (Pennsylvania) tax is too high.

Becca Fitzpatrick

I could get you to smile like that, and without sales tax.

Charles Adams

We can't live without taxes, but we sure would like to have good ones.

Lysander Spooner

Who are ever taxed? Individuals only. Who have property that can be taxed? Individuals only. Who can give their consent to be taxed? Individuals only. Who are ever taxed without their consent? Individuals only. Who, then, are robbed, if taxed without their consent? Individuals only.

Adam Smith

Sugar, rum and tobacco are commodities which are nowhere necessaries of life, which are become objects of almost universal consumption, and which are therefore extremely proper subjects of taxation.

Austin O'Malley

In levying taxes and in shearing sheep it is well to stop when you get down to the skin.

Hans Trousil

We have been working to keep the tax levy down.

Grover Norquist

The American taxpayers are a powerful force. They don't want their taxes raised.

Grover Norquist

Income should be taxed one time at one rate, not again and again.

Ryan Hansen

Our nemesis all year has been our rebounding.

John Devine

Overall, 2002 will be a very challenging year for the industry,

Beck

I've been practicing for years, trying to figure out how to record an entire band live.

Beck

I'm always working on my own music, too. I've been working on a record for a few years.

Beck

I have for four years now been ringing the bell. Economic Holocaust is coming. Economic day of reckoning is coming.

Beck

I'm more critical of my songwriting than anybody, but I've worked really hard in the last five to 10 years to improve.

Barry Ritholtz

It is important for investors to understand what they do and don't know. Learn to recognize that you cannot possibly know what is going to happen in the future, and any investment plan that is dependent on accurately forecasting where markets will be next year is doomed to failure.

Barry Lopez

Over the years, one comes to measure a place, too, not just for the beauty it may give, the balminess of its breezes, the insouciance and relaxation it encourages, the sublime pleasures it offers, but for what it teaches. The way in which it alters our perception of the human. It is not so much that you want to return to indifferent or difficult places, but that you want to not forget.

Babatunde Osotimehin

The United Nations has been in the Great Lakes Region and Sahel for 50 years, mostly investing in peacekeeping. NOW is the time to invest in young people!