Famous Quotes & Sayings

Todd Braisted

Refugees attempting to build the blockhouse on the remains of the fort never mounted ... cannons although they may have had at least one with them.

John Loose

Recognizing the many uncertainties about the broader economy, we are carefully walking the line between realism and optimism, ... Although it appears that our revenue stream will improve as the year plays out, the pace and timing of recovery is uncertain.

Tania Graves

Really what it is is focusing on businesses that are core to our strategic plan. These lines of businesses, although profitable ... would thrive better with a company that is more focused in those areas.

Preston Sturges

Paris Singer had vastly more to do with shaping my character than Mother had; although Mother made innumerable sacrifices for me, and Paris Singer made none. I wanted to be like him.

Charlie Glavin

Our October downgrade was based on concerns that are manifesting themselves now, although current conditions are actually worse than we feared,

D. James

Our objective is to make it easy for our customers and members to understand their benefit and get their prescriptions filled. Although some new enrollees may not have received their plan enrollment cards, we want to reassure them that Wal-Mart and SAM'S CLUB pharmacists are ready to help them right away by using the information on their plan enrollment forms.

Richard Hatch

Some of the most amazing human beings on the face of the planet go to sci-fi conventions, although I'm sure a few of them wouldn't admit it.

Henry Blodget

Our preliminary conclusion is that, although Microsoft is not out of the woods, it will be slightly more free to compete on its own terms than we expected it would.

Bob Morton

Our pitch is top-class and the lads enjoy playing on it. I'm sure we are a better team at home although I'm not making any excuses for last Saturday's unexpected defeat at Tow Law Town which was only our third in 29 games.

Mark Kalwinski

Our quality of life is taking a beating. We're going to lose people and lose businesses if we don't work on improving the area.

Miles White

Our market-leading products and businesses strong results, led by double-digit growth in medical products.

Paul Anderson

Our major businesses contributed to the improved results in 2005. I expect the company to continue on a positive trajectory with an equally strong performance in 2006.

Kevin McMahon

Our main goals are to protect people and the environment, so we're focusing our efforts on safely recovering the oil and minimizing impact to the environment and other businesses in the area. We're responding as aggressively as the weather conditions safely permit.

Charles Gallagher

Succession, use of outside boards, managing communication -- all of those are related to family businesses as well as private businesses.

George O'Connor

Steve has a good reputation for turning businesses around and creating value for shareholders. His short tenure is surprising and cannot bode well for the share price in the short term.

John Mackey

Some of the greatest businesses operating from a deeper purpose have a real commitment to service, like Four Seasons, Joie de Vivre hotels, Southwest Airlines, and JetBlue.

Ray White

Our target is businesses in Hampton Roads that are growing and expanding that are looking to enter a new market through satellite locations. Our campaign up there is geared to helping to identify those companies that would be interested in increasing market share.

Earl Allen

Our target donor pool is individuals, families, businesses and organizations in Woodford County. 4-H really touches more people than just the current members.

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.

Robert Seiple

Relative to what's at stake, it's trivial. What was at stake was a violation of the core principle of the universality of the human right of religious liberty.

Anna Burger

Organizing is our core principle. It is our north star.

Rob Keck

Patriotism is one of the core values of the NWTF. We are indebted to our troops and veterans and honor them in any way we can.

Bob Colarossi

Part of the mission of this event is to give back to the communities that we visit. As an investment in the future of California's children, the education curriculum is a core element of that mission and will help ensure that we leave a positive footprint on communities throughout the state.

David Wright

Surprisingly, Utah is the second highest in the nation in the number of eighth-graders taking algebra, but we are still low in achievement. Our state math core only goes through linear equations.

Dave Brennan

Some of those jobs are still going to migrate back down to Cincinnati, where Federated is located. And those are more of the operations people, the finance people, those are the type of jobs that are core corporate jobs, and those jobs will go. So it's not that there won't be something (of a) direct impact locally. There will be some.

Simon King

Our core skill is printing variable data onto products at high speed in the manufacturing environment.

Michael Moskow

Rising oil prices, like other unfavorable price shocks, can also feed through and raise underlying core inflation, ... So there is also a risk on the inflation front, and the risk is higher now than it was a year ago.

Matthew Szulik

It is at Red Hat's very core to help unlock the power of open source and open communities.

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.

Glen Hanlon

Our next step of improvement is to play a 20-game stretch where we go .500. If you play .500 for 20 games, that's a pretty good cross-section of the schedule. We haven't spent a lot of time focusing on those things. We've tried to get better and improve and work on our systems. Winning will be a byproduct of that.

Carlton Hill

That was a major part of it. The hurricane gave me more time in practice, gave me time to get better. The key was when I left receiver and started focusing mainly at quarterback. I started picking things up real well.

Mark Kelleher

I think that's the No. 1 issue that people are focusing on.

Hanna Salonen

I went (back) to Finland, and stayed there and the only thing I was focusing on was how I wanted to come back.

Adam Gilchrist

I think people questioned whether we were even interested in trying to win this, you know, maybe focusing too much on the World Cup.

Carmelo Anthony

I think I'm starting to get into a rhythm a little more. I'm focusing more.

Preston Early

(Julius) was real smooth. She did a great job of focusing and knocking down some big shots for us.

Vince Young

I didn't want that to happen, ... I started focusing in more on sports.

Jeff Suppan

I don't feel like I'm laboring, ... I'm just concentrating on that one pitch and letting things happen. I'm trying to use the defense. I haven't really thought about (start to start). I'm just focusing on the now.

Cecelia Ahern

Any tightrope walker can walk in a straight line and hold a cane at the same time. It's the balancing on the rope at those dizzying heights that they have to practise

Carrie Vaughn

I punched to line. "Yes? What?" "Norville. It's Cormac. If you don't change the subject right now, I'm going to have to go over there and have a word with you.

Carrie Fisher

Life is a cruel, horrible joke and I am the punch line.

Carrie Fisher

My favorite films are ones that have my lines in it, and I like those lines. And I like to hear them.

Sidney Crosby

That would be unbelievable, but I'm not going to have any expectations going in. I'm not sure how the lines are going to shape up but, if I had the opportunity, it would be a dream.

Lindy Ruff

I think that we're getting there, ... Those are two lines that could stick for a while.

Andrew Friedman

I thought it went well. I thought it was important to keep the lines of communications open.

Steve Tyndal

If a trip is warranted, we take it. We also visit with several shipping lines around the world that have U.S. offices.

Antoni Gaudi

There are no straight lines or sharp corners in nature. Therefore, buildings must have no straight lines or sharp corners.

Susan George

What's immediately profitable is the only kind of logic that capitalism understands.

Mark Constant

Merrill Lynch is still quite profitable in a very tough year.

Keerti Melkote

We recently turned in our first profitable quarter.

Clive Beddoe

We'll be profitable in the third quarter. There's no question about that.

Kevin Cox

They can test this marketplace, ... They don't have to sign a long-term lease. If they would take such a chance, they'd find it to be quite profitable and beneficial, as would the traveling public.

Prakash Karat

Disinvestment of shares in profitable public sector units is not the proper way to raise resources.

Nancy Bell

It's important to have documentation that it is going to be a profitable business,

Jeff Wright

It's been better than we expected. We're profitable after only two months.

David Carey

It's a very profitable side of the business.

David Smith

I think the wise and strategic thing to do is to have a two-track policy,

David Strow

That was the attraction. It was a tremendously strategic location.

David Satcher

We have to be more strategic in the distribution,

Navtej Sarna

The visit is significant in view of the strategic partnership between the two countries.

Matt Rosoff

I don't really see anything new from a strategic standpoint.

John McDonough

Rubbermaid and Newell are a terrific strategic fit,

Stephen Kinzer

The long-term strategic goals of Iran and the long-term strategic goals of Turkey are close to the long-term strategic goals of the United States.

Abdul Kalam

If we are not free, no one will respect us.

Blake Shelton

I'm not the kind of person who thrives in 'the scene.'

Issa Rae

I thrive on obstacles. If I'm told that it can't be told, then I push harder.

Michael Barrett

We need them to produce. We don't need them to just survive, we need them to thrive to win.

Patrick Beilein

We thrive on those situations. We like to be the underdog and like to go under the radar.

David Walliams

I thrive off the company of others, I love being sociable.

Benjamin Franklin

He that by the Plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.

Brian Urlacher

We didn't have any three-and-outs, a lot of takeaways, a lot of sacks. That's what we thrive on.

John Sims

It was an ugly win, but at this time of the year, you thrive to survive. That's what it's about. If you get another game, you get another day. That's a big thing. Then you never know.