Famous Quotes & Sayings

It's really a long-range issue. We're acquiring the property today to meet the needs of the city in the future.

Any time you are acquiring music or hiring anyone to create music, there are sophisticated legal issues relating not only to ownership, but also to who controls the performing and publishing rights.

In large part acquiring Eddie Johnson is something from a Wizards standpoint that goes a long way to solidifying our offense, creating a team that's dangerous and comes through in the clutch.

I hope to continue acquiring companies, not so much for the accumulation of wealth but because it's what I do well, and you always like to do what you do well.

In general, consolidation will probably happen. The question is when and how. We have been acquiring as well.

They are just acquiring knowledge about swimming and getting a feel for the water. Their attitudes are awesome and they are just absorbing everything.

There's no question that prices are higher for these companies, but we are sometimes best served acquiring technologies no matter what the price. Unfortunately, we can't know if we've overpaid until later.

Sathya Baba

In the matter of acquiring food, different kinds of strength, abilities and skills are used by us but these very same skills are used by animals and birds as well.

George Steinbrenner

In acquiring Alex Rodriguez, we are bringing to New York one of the premier players in the history of the game,

Janet Reno

It has been so effective. Its passage has stopped felons and fugitives from acquiring guns from licensed dealers, ... ... Jim and Sarah Brady have been such an inspiration. I think they should be our inspiration to try harder today and renew our efforts.

Felipe Alou

I'm not used to this thing -- acquiring players. So now I'm waiting for more.

I just thought it would be good to make myself available, to assist them in finding and acquiring what they might need.

Before they started acquiring companies, Oracle's E-Business suite was number three behind SAP and PeopleSoft, and if you want to be competitive you cannot be satisfied with number three.

Cardinal is gaining a lot of market share, increasing margins and acquiring proprietary products that they can sell at a higher profit.

The HMT acquisition aligns with the Corporation's cash deployment strategy of acquiring companies that enhance our core focus areas and position us for future growth.

As far as transportation goes, we need to work on acquiring funding and getting projects done at a reasonable pace. For economic development, we need new businesses with new jobs.

Property investing is one of the best method for acquiring wealth.

Our thesis is that children love learning, naturally, but if they're not educated right, they'll come to dislike it. We use a 'classical' model of education which focuses on the love of learning as opposed to just acquiring a body of knowledge.

Acquiring student aid has become more competitive. It's a triple whammy. You have more students who are eligible and looking to apply. You have less aid coming from the states. And you have tuition, room and board going up.

Acquiring sole ownership gives us the opportunity to further develop and grow the CNBC product and brand globally,

Acquiring knowledge is one thing but if it is not translated into action then there is no use of such knowledge.

Acquiring grants has been difficult lately, ... However, community groups are beginning to help us out. Lester Johnson, chief executive officer for Douglass National Bank is giving money to help run the clubs, such as the Greater Pentecostal Community Family Club in the area.

Larry Brown

Acquiring a player of Steve's level and talent is very exciting for this team. In Steve, we have added a veteran that could help us in many areas, and assist with our young players' development.

Larry Brown

Acquiring a player of Steve's level and talent is very exciting for this team.

Acquiring a controlling interest in MSNBC will allow us to fully integrate the channel into our news operations and our overall cable platform.

A lot of the genre divisions are acquiring and releasing movies with black stars and black movies and most of them seem to be working. It's a very attractive audience, very large and loyal and they come out and spend money on good films. It doesn't matter what color the people are if they come out and spend the green, that's what movie companies care about.

Richard Anderson

They have been acquiring smaller assets, which the larger competitors are not seeking, and moving their growth needle.

This is significantly less for equipment than earlier reports had suggested, which may reflect Congressional concern that the supplemental was being inappropriately used to by-pass the standard procedures required for acquiring hardware.

This acquisition is a logical step in continuing our effort to build out our mortgage business and its increase fee income without acquiring additional mortgage servicing rights,

Mike Malone

They had anticipated this transaction when they initially purchased shares of KTM in August. KTM recently increased its outstanding capital stock as part of a transaction that resulted in it acquiring the interests of a minority shareholder in one of its subsidiaries. The purpose of the additional share purchase announced today is to maintain Polaris' 24.9% interest in the capital stock of KTM,

They are taking time to build their SOA middleware platform. They are acquiring companies that have good technology, and they are trying to capture the 'day-after-tomorrow' market.

The Republicans are good at acquiring power. They're even better at maintaining power. I think they are going to rally up here, particularly financially, and they'll be willing to throw anything in, including the kitchen sink, to win these elections. We just can't take this wind at our backs for granted.

The Rep has long been interested in acquiring a smaller, more intimate theatre in which we could produce smaller shows. Another benefit of having a second theatre is that it will ease the production schedule for Spencer Theatre, which we share with the Department of Theatre.