Famous Quotes & Sayings

Orison Swett Marden

The ability to cultivate friends is a powerful aid to success. It is capital which will stand by one when panics come, when banks fail, when business concerns go to the wall.

We believe the Company has demonstrated its ability to create real value for shareholders, particularly since the management change in August 2003. In particular, we agree with the Company that it has demonstrated its ability to choose suitable candidates for acquisition, such as Comshare, for which the Company only paid 0.66 times revenue. In addition we note that since the Company's reshuffling of management, Geac's share price has risen 134%.

We believe the city has the ability to handle its financial problems and we expect that it will do so.

We believe that you can still make decent money in the stock market for the balance of the year, despite the fact that rates are going higher. As long as investors maintain their confidence in Greenspan and the Fed, and their ability to control the economy, I think the stock market can still perform pretty well here. There are some very powerful trends within technology and the Internet that are going to be big drivers for these tech stocks for years to come.

John Hanson

We believe that we will continue to experience incoming order rates in excess of quarterly revenues for several quarters, although quarterly bookings will remain volatile. Critical to our success will be the ability to meet the needs of our major customers, alleviate the supply chain constraints restricting revenue growth, and drive increasing operating margins at higher business volumes.

We came here hoping he might show some ability. We thought he was promising and he will definitely come on for the run.

We call Collin Mr. February. He has the ability to make timely saves. He made the extraordinary look pretty ordinary.

Michael Ward

We only wish to ensure that our ability to protect our nationally significant resources and provide for the public's enjoyment are not compromised.

We only thought about the player and his talents and his ability to win a match,

We once again showed our ability to come back with four runs in the sixth inning. Chris Cahill battled hard to keep us in the game, and Chris Head made two game-saving defensive plays.

Morgan Ensberg

We obviously have the ability to completely struggle like no other. I guess it depends on what day you get us.

We obviously have had a reduction in the ability to produce gasoline. And the market is at work. You can see it at wholesale, (and) you can see it in retail.

When Joe and Cameron came through last season, it was clear Joe had more natural ability, but Cameron worked extremely hard in the background to improve his game,

With 10MB of flash, users will have the ability to store and update locally referenced information, and that will make the cell phone useful right out of the box.

Rolf-Dieter Heuer

The ability to work together has to be in the blood of particle physicists. They learn very early on that it is impossible to advance on one's own and that constant exchange is necessary.

Ron Chernow

The public has lost faith in the ability of Social Security and Medicare to provide for old age. They've lost faith in the banking system and in conventional medical insurance.

We like this kid and his stuff. This kid has got the ability to do anything in the Majors. Like Juan Dominguez, it's a matter of consistency.

We like their athletic ability. There are a lot of good athletes in the junior and sophomore classes. And everything is brand new for them, so they really have to pay attention. We have new offense and defense and we're trying to create a team atmosphere. All the things we're trying to establish to get the program pointed in the right direction.

Tom Nelson

Fifty percent of the job is getting the client in the door, ... The other 50 percent is their ability to talk about their company and answer important questions, that's where we can assist clients as well.

Few people have the ability to look at the industry that way.

Few industries have the ability to transform society like tech, yet too few companies are asking the questions or working on the problems that would create meaningful social change.

Gary Pruitt

Finding the right home for these papers has been a high priority for us since the announcement that we would be selling 12 of the Knight Ridder newspapers. This transaction highlights our ability to deliver quickly on our divestiture plan, and we are delighted with the sales price.

expressed his confidence in Germany's ability to continue on the reform path.

Factually, they did fine. But there's a big difference between the facts and the ability of Americans ... to digest the facts. Sometimes the facts cause indigestion.

Keith Richard

Every time I think about Boise they scare me, concern and scare me because of their ability to score.

Families of Loved Ones Magazine does a great job of providing information and resources for a growing readership of caregivers, including families and children of long term care patients. This publication further increases our ability to provide advertisers with the high-quality niche publications that produce results.

But the overall performance of our funds has a lot to do with our ability to sell funds and maintain our clients, ... Therefore fund performance is critical to the long-term health of Federated stock.

But she's come in and changed games defensively. It's her ability to put pressure on people. She's come such a long way since the beginning of the year.

Darren Sharper

But saying that, I still have to be sound. I can't expect him to do the same things he did before. His ability to fool you might make you think one thing and do another thing.

Bobby Charlton

But our young players are older and wiser and the ability is there, so we will be okay.

Howard Dean

but none of them can engender the enthusiasm and the ability to raise money. ... None of them have the record that I have of actually being in the chair, making the tough decisions and standing up for what you believe and paying a price.

But I wouldn't bet against these guys, they've shown again and again the ability to innovate.

Craig Smith

Both Taylor and Steve are reliable receivers with good hands, ... Throughout their entire college careers, both guys had the ability to make big plays.