Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard Parsons

We're trying to actually accelerate the transition of our narrowband customers who are inclined to leave for broadband anyway. Keeping them in our house and in our network and in our universe from an advertising perspective makes sense.

David Wong

We think that communications applications (i.e., wireless handset, ADSL and cable) for DSP and analog chips could help Texas Instruments accelerate top- and bottom-line growth to between 20 percent and 30 percent per year.

People are going to change the world and accelerate change by spreading their knowledge.

Our impressive list of recent wins in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, India and China further solidify our leadership position. With the new strategy and appointments we expect to be more agile and accelerate the growth of the company.

Michael Dell

Our investments in these companies will accelerate their development, and allow us to continue to lead the industry in computing and services for the Internet,

Our hybrid SUVs allow customers to have their SUVs and be responsible at the same time, and we've seen (demand) really accelerate since Katrina,

Over the past year, we have been engaged in career development with an eye toward advancement opportunities for our employees. The new assignments for Otto and Scott are designed to broaden both their understanding of the corporation and their experience in the finance and accounting arenas. We are committed to providing advancement opportunities for our employees and will continue to focus on helping accelerate career development and expanding the knowledge base of our staff.

Rob Conway

Our goal is to ensure that in future, every notebook will be SIM ready. This development brings the advantages and pervasiveness of the GSM platform to the notebook market, where this year sales of more than 60 million laptops are forecast worldwide. As 3G network roll-outs accelerate across the world, with additional media rich capabilities added through HSDPA upgrades, laptops with in-built connectivity to the 3GSM world will enable PC users to enjoy the full benefits of seamless access to mobile broadband wireless services with secure authentication. The mobile operator community will benefit from significant market and revenue growth opportunities.

Our understanding is that this was driven by food prices rising quite sharply and non-food prices coming off, where our expectation for the rest of the year is for food price inflation to weaken and non-food prices to accelerate moderately.

Our two growth businesses have been music and games so if you could do acquisitions that accelerate that I wouldn't rule it out.

Our truck was decent, but it wasn't anything like his. He won the race. I could not accelerate off the corner like he could.

Output will not immediately accelerate to the pace suggested by the orders numbers ... because companies are still aggressively running down inventory.

Alphonso Jackson

I'm heartened to know that our partners are doing their bit to keep the home mortgage finance pipeline opened so we can accelerate the recovery in . . . these devastated communities,

I think they'd get the most value out of a large media company or a big retailer on the e-commerce front. But there are a lot of different things that can accelerate growth.

I think they definitely would like to sell Eckerd at some point. I don't see where a spin-off does much for them. What they need is cash to accelerate the turnaround in its core business.

I think they definitely would like to sell Eckerd at some point, ... I don't see where a spin-off does much for them. What they need is cash to accelerate the turnaround in its core business.

Japanese pension funds and institutions will likely accelerate their buying from October when the second half of this business year starts. We are seeing one of the best buying chances.

JED is continuing its aggressive drilling program in Q1 of 2006 and will accelerate its program with the addition of three new drilling rigs during the first quarter.

that business has been in and is in a transition phase this year, and a real positive sign was that this quarter. Profits improved in Europe by 24 percent over the first quarter. That's the first step in the transition. We've got a management team that is coming together and we believe that by the fourth quarter, we'll be in very good shape to accelerate growth; and so right now we're very hopeful and positive and the transformation is on track.

Looking to the remainder of our fiscal year, we anticipate stronger fourth quarter sales, but expect a much weaker third quarter in light of continued delays in our customers' purchasing decisions. In response, we have cut back our production of potash and phosphates to limit increases in our inventories, especially because of current high raw material costs, and to better match supply with current purchasing activity. As a consequence, the industry may face acute logistical challenges when spring season begins if domestic shipments don't accelerate soon.

Linux provides mobile device manufacturers with a powerful platform and unmatched inter-operability, to deliver new capabilities in advanced handsets. In much the same way that the OSDL Carrier Grade Linux working group helped accelerate Linux adoption in telecommunications network infrastructure, we believe that MLI will create the ideal forum where device manufacturers, network operators and developers can focus specifically on Linux and open source applications, to move mobile handsets to the next level of functionality and profitability.

I think our turf takes some adjusting just because sometimes the ball will hit and it'll go East or West. Sometimes it'll hit and stick and sometimes it'll hit and accelerate on the next hop. It's very unpredictable. I think we play on one of the more difficult surfaces in the American League.

John will continue to accelerate changes in the largest segment of our business.

Dan Jansen

Maybe that slip in the 500 actually helped, ... The 500, I was on the last turn and trying, maybe, to get too much out of it.... When I slipped in the 1,000, in a split second it went through my mind: 'Don't panic. Don't try to get it all back in one stride. Just ride it out and try to accelerate out of the turn.'

Malaysia's exports have so far benefited from the recovery in global electronics demand, which has helped to boost economic growth in the third quarter. We expect exports to continue to accelerate in the last two months of the year.

Roger Waters

I think Syd was destined to unhinge with or without acid, frankly, but there is no question that certainly acid and probably hash as well, have an exacerbating effect on that collection of symptoms that we call schizophrenia. You couldn't find anything more likely to accelerate or exacerbate those symptoms.

Like Nieuwendyk and Roberts, Marty brings with him proven leadership and skills as well as a history of playoff success. He knows what it takes to win and has the experience to help guide our younger players and accelerate the growth of our team.

Red Cross determined that it should accelerate the receipt of funds by victims, even if this meant creating a funding gap while pledges turn into actual cash receipts.

Reference Flow 6.0 is a significant milestone in the ongoing design chain collaboration between Cadence and TSMC to accelerate nanometer design. Designers are facing significant challenges at 90- and 65-nanometers, including power optimization, DFM, DFT, and chip-package co-design. We're pleased to collaborate with TSMC in Reference Flow 6.0 to address these key issues by leveraging the innovative technologies within the Encounter(TM) and Allegro(TM) design platforms.

Recent trends show the price pressures are well contained, with the exception of oil, ... The core CPI rose at just a 1.8 percent annual rate over the past three months, which is slightly below the 1.9 percent year-to-year gain. That means the core CPI is unlikely to accelerate in the next few months and allows the Fed to continue its policy of just gradually pushing up interest rates.

Our own belief remains that while core inflation could well inch up in the coming months, it is unlikely to accelerate significantly.

Shai Agassi

Organizations have started to create road maps that will enable their transition to a service-oriented architecture. As such, the SAP TechEd events create a community for success by allowing customers, partners and developers to share and accelerate knowledge surrounding SAP NetWeaver while they discover how existing processes and IT landscapes can be transformed into enablers of business innovation and change.

Our management team remained focused and active in early 2006. We have taken several actions since year end that will greatly accelerate our capital structure improvement and provide a stronger platform for future growth.