Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Stanley

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.

Alan Watts

We must be careful that the business we build does not become mere busyness.

Alan Watts

Truly great companies are built on ideals, not just deals.

Campbell Newman

I want a minister to be in charge of a line department so they have clear political accountability.

Beth Givens

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.

Mark Mershon

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.

Astro Teller

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.

Robert Peterson

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.

Anne Mulcahy

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.

Amy Baker

We want to stress that there's more downside and uncertainty ahead. But we remain optimistic that the strength of Florida's overall economy will carry us through.

Nancy Mui

We are proud to be able to carry traditional Chinese furniture styles that were popular in the 12th century.

Pete Long

We stood toe-to-toe with Schuylkill Haven and, except for a two-possession stretch late in the third quarter, held our own. We matured as a team tonight and hopefully can carry this effort into the District 4 tournament.

Steve Squyres

We still want to get to the summit of Husband Hill and then head down into the 'Inner Basin' on the other side. But now we have more flexibility in how we carry out the plan. Before, it was climb or die.

Jon Macken

We started off slowly but we seemed to have turned that round and hopeful-ly we can just carry on the way we're going and push on,

Maurice Carroll

Where she actually stands on stuff has very little to do with the way people feel about her. It's going to carry over into a national race because the people that love her, love her and the people that don't, hate her.

Tom Bradley

When you travel, people don't realize that you can only carry so many guys. He gives us an extra guy at a lot of different spots. He could go in and even play corner if we got in a real jam. He understands the schemes and everything we're doing so that's a real plus for us.

Lucio Tan

A journalist who doesn't bring a camera is like a warrior who doesn't carry a sword.

Hans-Ulrich Obrist

I would go from one city to the next, inspired by the monks in the Middle Ages, who would carry knowledge from one monastery to the next monastery.

Robert Garcia

We want to show the company that we are reasonable and are willing to work. But we also expect them to return the favor.

Dave Chappelle

You got to be careful of the company you keep.

Christopher Opalinski

The power company shut off the electricity to the mine because the company was in arrears in paying its power bill.

Marjorie Scardino

The potential of this new company is tremendous.

Erich Klemm

We appreciate, in general, if red tape is being addressed and hierarchies are put to test. But this should not lead to centralization ... as it paralyzes the company rather than making it faster and more flexible.

Lauren Fine

We are primarily focused on revenues as this is critical to the well being of the company and the shares.

Steve Sanger

We are pleased with this settlement as a partial recovery of the costs we incurred. It's welcome news to the General Mills people who worked so hard in 1994 to help the company rebound from this event.

Stephen Bollenbach

We are pleased with the court's decision giving shareholders their rightful opportunity to control the fate of their company,

John McGonegal

We are pleased to welcome Interleukin Genetics to the American Stock Exchange. We look forward to working with the company and providing them with the value-added resources a growing, innovative company needs to succeed in today's market.

Washington Post

The Pointer Sisters have always faced a crisis in their identity. They have dabbled in so many musical streams that, while everybody likes them, nobody knows exactly what to do with them.

Jamie Ross

We're in a severe housing crisis, and there's no reason for it. We've got the resources, we just need to appropriate them.

Jackie Robinson

We're in a real crisis situation where many times people are being turned away at the door.

Chamlong Srimuang

We have moved only one step forward, how could we retreat? To solve this crisis, the prime minister must resign.

Doug Armstrong

When he first went down, it didn't look good. So a crisis averted, I guess.

R. Robinson

We're getting to a crisis point. Facilities will start falling apart.

Jane Farmer

We're going to stabilize the crisis here, and from here, we're going to work with her on what she needs to do.

Martin Brodeur

We're going to get through this crisis we have now.

Terry Ebbert

We're going to face a crisis in the very near term.

David Berkowitz

We want them to focus on customers and business, but they have to go to London.

Sanjay Gupta

We want to take a much more proactive step and give our customers further peace of mind.

Joseph Roth

We've already received such a warm reception from customers in Michigan. Just as we have customers who are excited about Ikea, we have lots of potential employees who are excited as well.

Cindy Adams

We're in full operation. We have not missed any service to our customers and our employees have not lost any time,

Carly Fiorina

Where there's a tough call, we do what our customers would want us to do.

Alex Jones

When you talk to customers, you can tell that a lot of them are a lot more local.

Quincy Allen

We want our customers to be able to tell the difference.

Joko Widodo

When we have a corporation, we must know what the customer wants, what the customers needs. Also, the politician must know what the people want, what the people need.

Greg Brown

We are getting out and visiting customers more, and we are getting new customers calling,

Arne Glimcher

I've been told I'm a good midcareer manager.

Namie Amuro

I came back to do a live concert. Nobody had done that before and I know my managers were worried.

Ted Lindsay

The owners and managers were too stupid to realize we had brains.

Scott Cooley

He is one of the smartest managers around.

Donald McDonald

We've been trying to get applications out, but everything has been rejected because of his record. I would go with him to talk with some of these managers to just be a support for him.

Bill Lee

Most of the managers are lifetime .220 hitters. For years pitchers have been getting these managers out 75% of the time and that's why they don't like us.

Michael Bell

We've talked to a lot of students and property managers about this, and we're trying to sort out the pros and cons, ... A staunch position, yea or nay, can't be reached at this point.

Michael Carty

We're seeing a little turnaround, after so much negative news. It's also the end of the quarter, so portfolio managers need to do a little window dressing.

Jon Lester

Pitchers really don't deal with the managers a whole lot. When we come in the clubhouse, we see him, we say, 'Hey.' That's really it.

Pam Walker

The possibility for the process to be tainted is just too much.

Pascal Hundt

We are seeing a process of spreading poverty.

Bill Joy

Interleaf is based on the formatting process.

Bernice Johnson Reagon

Mothering/nurturing is a vital force and process establishing relationships throughout the universe.

Audre Lorde

The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.

Bill Nighy

I don't dislike the process of animation... I find it daunting, but only as much as I find everything daunting.

Bruce Miller

We have no idea how long this process will take.

Chandler Parsons

Honestly, I was offended by the whole process,

Barbra Streisand

Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.