Famous Quotes & Sayings

The real loser in the election tonight was not Jim Leininger but the parents of inner-city children trapped in failing schools who will now have more legislators aligned with teachers unions instead of children who need help.

Bruce Wilkinson

Most of us don't think about miracles that we could possibly do. We don't have a vocabulary of how God works with the specific things that He does, and we don't know how to align ourselves with what He is doing so that we can be His vehicle on the earth to deliver a miracle.

We always use the transition to cut costs and align our teams to the new priorities. We've been in this place before.

We need to do a better job of understanding who it is we seek to serve, what their particular needs are -- and if we do that well, we can align our resources more appropriately,

Michael Chertoff

We've certainly learned a lot of lessons from Katrina, from Rita. Rita was better than Katrina. We're doing a better job planning. We're closer - more closely aligned with the Department of Defense. These things would be positive things if we were to have another attack.

Matt Wagner

This transaction makes a lot of sense for First Community and for Pacific Western. Cedars' size, business focus and loan portfolio align with our existing operations and enhance our footprint in Southern California.

This transaction is significant because it completes the divestiture of assets ... that did not align with our strong domestic utility operations. The divestitures leave us with an improved balance sheet and a strategic focus on our core utility business.

Sarah Clarke

We don't always select the cheapest alignment because it may be the most environmentally harmful. Cost drives most everything we do.

We would only encourage all sides to really understand the dimensions of this historic opportunity and that it should not be missed -- and that is the alignment of these two democracies because this underpins this relationship and partnership of trust between the two countries.

When Jon went down at that particular time, it created a different alignment than we would normally use in that situation.

Financial consultants like stability. Merrill needs to make sure its brokers are convinced that management's interests are aligned with theirs.

But their alignment with Port Melbourne broke down, so you've got to look at that and be wary.

We invest millions of dollars every year, and now more than half is being aligned through vertical marketing efforts for partners. This is a significant shift for us, because two years ago we weren't doing that at all." ()

We intend to supply more than simple investment, by bringing to bear the experience and perspective that's put Sun in a leadership position on the Internet, ... We're looking forward to promoting the success of companies aligned with Sun's vision, and broadening our strategic portfolio.

We've made much progress in this past quarter, especially in getting our inventory more closely aligned with sales, restructuring our organization into functional operating units and putting people in key leadership roles,

We have some people this year who bought a Fan Forward for George Mason. They may have bought ticket rights for $5, thinking that this was the year the stars were aligned in their favor. By purchasing this reservation early, they now have the chance to buy Final Four tickets to see their team at face value.

We do that as another part of making sure director interests are aligned with shareholders. The best way to do that is to make sure they are shareholders.

Performance and Process Management: Driving Business IT Innovation and Alignment

James Morgan

Unfortunately, the continuing downturn requires us to make some tough decisions to align our operations with current levels of demand for semiconductor equipment,

When you sponsor a bowl game, you get your name in lights. College football fans are the most passionate fans in the world. Bowl games are 90 years old. There is such tradition. You align yourself with that.

Tony George

I suppose if all of the stars, moons and planets align it could be possible, but what are the chances of that? There's reason to be hopeful, but I would caution everyone from getting their hopes set too high.

Overall we enable the alignment between business processes, systems, data and infrastructure which in the long term helps ensure a continuous level of security throughout the network.

Over the years, our investments in the Caribbean and Latin America have been a source of solid financial performance, but they represent a small part of our revenue base that is less aligned with our core business focus and future growth.

John Scott

Matt is a versatile player who can either play down as a conventional tight end or align in the slot. He has good speed and is developing strength this winter. He will compete in the spring for one of our two tight-end positions.

The convergence of the two economies is as much about the alignment of our two democracies, as about the dollars and cents associated with India as an emerging economic opportunity.

Adam Schlesinger

We take the concept of corporate responsibility seriously and think it deserves more than lip service. For Audubon Condominium at Feather Sound we chose to align with the Make-A-Wish-Foundation because they do such a remarkable job in making wishes come true for children with life-threatening medical conditions.

To get a big fire, you need high temperatures, low relative humidity, dry fuels and winds all aligned on the same day. We haven't seen that much this year, yet our overall acreage burned is much higher than in the past.

to ensure that our costs are more closely aligned with our business strategy.

What you have is an alignment of cases -- of the stars, if you will -- in favor of a dramatic shift in the U.S. Supreme Court that certainly holds great promise for the preservation of life.

Ed Stoppard

It was inevitable at some point that I would bump into one of my father's plays. The reality of the situation is that I'm a jobbing actor, and any actor would give their eye-teeth to have one of those roles. It's a no-brainer! I'm pleased the stars have aligned around 'Arcadia.'

Lykke Li

It's in every person's life, around 27 to 29 years old, the stars and the planets align themselves to exactly the way they were when you were born. You're faced with yourself. There's no running away.

Elizabeth Warren

We need to align the incentives so that colleges have an incentive to keep down their costs... to graduate students on time with degrees in areas where they're going to be able to get jobs and going to be able to pay back those loans.

We're extending our strategic alliance with IBM in order to drive innovation deeper into the marketplace. We think with this alliance our organizations will be more tightly aligned and in an optimal position to help our customers succeed with their business-intelligence and performance-management initiatives.