Famous Quotes & Sayings

But staying awake is not real exciting for people to watch.

Gerard Arpey

But the St. Louis experience, perhaps better than anything else, illustrates just how much our industry has changed during the past three years.

But change must always be balanced with some degree of consistency.

Jim Cantalupo

Because we only feed in the United States less than 1 per cent of the meals, most of them are eaten elsewhere. Most meals are eaten at home. So to make McDonald's the target is not going to solve the problem.

My dad was in the Army and we traveled all over the place and I never failed to win first prize.

More and more, more and more digital, in particular, I think you'll see in our stores next year, as we start combining these digital products and they interface with each other, you'll see that represented in Wal-Mart.

Henry Kravis

My father wanted me to go into the oil business. He was in the oil and gas business as a consulting petroleum engineer up in Tulsa.

Henry Kravis

Maybe its because my father was so successful in a totally different field, but I found working in a small environment just a great joy.

Jim Rogers

Get inside information from the president and you will probably lose half your money. If you get it from the chairman of the board, you will lose all of your money.

If anything, the negative press and the criticism take away the opportunity to feel as good as you can feel about your employment.

If a man use opium once he cannot stop it, and it becomes a life-long habit to use opium; hence the English want to introduce it into Japan.

Bernhard Goetz

I did not feel I had to carry a gun. However, I knew how to shoot a gun very proficiently. As a boy, I used to play cowboys and Indians all the time.

Bill Veeck

I did my best to look ashamed of myself.

Ruth Handler

I did not think this doll could ever be this huge.

I did tell security to make sure you stay and watch him pretty closely.

Arthur Rock

IBM decided they were going to enter the copying business in 1968.

W. Clement Stone

We have a problem. ''Congratulations.'' But it's a tough problem. ''Then double congratulations.''

Jim Rohn

When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.

Brian Lamb

From the beginning, we promised folks that they'll see whatever event we cover in its entirety, from gavel to gavel - whether it's the House of Representatives or the Senate. That's the whole reason for being.

Bob Iger

We really believe that Walt Disney is a very able company with great depth and a great set of franchises.

Bob Iger

The riskiest thing we can do is just maintain the status quo.

Art Modell

The quality of ownership is not what it was in yesteryear.

Give your clients the earliest delivery consistent with quality - whatever the inconvenience to us.

Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius.

You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

You have to risk failure to succeed. The important thing is not to make one single mistake that will jeopardize the future.

My theme for philanthropy is the same approach I used with technology: to find a need and fill it.

No matter how complicated a problem is, it usually can be reduced to a simple, comprehensible form which is often the best solution.

Markets change, tastes change, so the companies and the individuals who choose to compete in those markets must change.

Frank Perdue

If you do this, you're going to have some heartaches from it. You're going to have people yelling at you or maybe screaming at you or criticizing you, but I think it's the best way to sell a superior chicken.

Orville Redenbacher

We got to know the competition very well. In the '50s popcorn made a big growth in sales. Our main push was to produce the best quality and sell in quality retail outlets.

Edwin Arlington Robinson

She knows as well as anyone that pity, having played, soon tires.

Edwin Arlington Robinson

For when a woman is left too much alone, sooner or later she begins to think;- And no man knows what then she may discover.