Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bobby Hatfield

My wife was diagnosed with lupus 16 or 17 years ago, and that's how I kinda got involved in it. I just finished my fifth annual Bobby Hatfield Classic Golf Tournament, and happily I can report that we raised over $52,000. Through the years we've raised not only through the golf tournament, but through other charitable concerts, we've raised over $600,000.

Rick Ross

I think it's through the same provider. We (Peninsula College) pay an annual premium for insurance. The moment students sign up to be on a sports team they are automatically covered.

I think that making the benefit concert an annual event would be a superb idea for the future, as it will permanently attach our name to something good.

Ann Davis

It is, I think, a little sobering to look at those job growth numbers year over year. The annual numbers are showing a significant decrease throughout the region, and that tends to suggest a slowing economy.

It becomes an annual family reunion ... a gathering point for musicians from all over the country.

It amounts to an annual tax cut. Taxes are never low enough.

It could jeopardize their annual permit (to serve food and alcohol).

Martin Mayer

It changed from a semi-secret occupation without government regulation to something that is transparent, with annual reports and public disclosure. That's a very large change. In the trading area, especially, there was a lot of secrecy.

It comes down to liability. Two things have to happen to make this work. One is, Scripps has to have assets to back $100 million. Then, it is possible they are looking to the local governments to help make the annual premiums.

Ted Turner

It is after much deliberation that I have decided not to stand for re-election at the annual meeting. I have enjoyed working with (TW chairman and CEO) Dick Parsons, as well as the other board members and the management team. I wish Dick and the company every success.

I think the central bank looks at the long range, and annual inflation has moved from the bottom of the bank's ideal range, to the middle and toward the top,

President Bush's pledge to halve the budget deficit by 2009 distracts policymakers from the real issue of unsustainable trends in long-term entitlement spending. The president's proposal to slow Medicare's 9% annual growth rate is a good fiscal step, but the budget does not propose enough immediate and bold reforms to the quickly growing entitlement programs that threaten to overwhelm the budget.

PDF annual reports are principally useful only for printing, and sometimes for offline reference for experienced users. But they are not usable for online browsing, which is how most individual investors want to view online annual report information. Firms that post their reports only in PDF ignore the needs and preferences of most of their report users and put people off reading the report.

Eric Hyman

Our objective is to try to do this on an annual basis. We want to reconnect with our past. Our past is very important to us.

It is good competition and all six teams are good quality baseball teams. We always have wanted to do something like this and hope it can be an annual thing.

Last year annual spending on video conferencing was estimated to be $4.3 billion. By 2005, it is projected to grow to $7.7 billion,

Large-cap, low-priced issues are under the spotlight now that long-term bond yields are falling. That made Tokyo Gas's annual yield of 1.3 percent and Tokyo Electric's 2.0 percent yield look relatively attractive,

Irish is entitled to parity of esteem. But that does not mean parity of print runs. Semi-state companies were forced to print equal numbers of Irish and English versions of annual reports, when there was only a tiny demand for the Irish-language version.

For us that was Dec. 8, when we do our annual 20 percent off sale. For the big presents, folks don't like to wait to the last minute.

The 38th Annual Scenic Drive welcomes the world to enjoy its villages, parks, apple orchards, bridges, and more during the event,

The annual percentage increase in house prices nationally in 2005 was the smallest for 10 years.

The annual meeting used to last eight hours. I think we've come up with a pretty elegant solution. Now we can get to the grass-roots shareholders without a lot of contrived filibustering.

The annual general meeting May 4 is a date where the things will be resolved, one way or the other.

The annual demand for new homes in California continues to be in the 240,000 range, but the home building industry is able to provide only 80 percent of the total need.

The annual country study program, called the 'Year of ...,' has attracted regional and national attention. Over the last 20 years, the number of international faculty and students has soared, as have the numbers of our faculty and students who have had international experiences. Similarly, the campus community has become much more diverse in its racial and cultural representation.

The annual Congress is also an opportunity to renew the friendship that we, ACI members worldwide, have built through the years.

The annual change can't stay this high. Maybe for another year, but it will have to slow.

Jeremy Siegel

That's very frustrating, but earnings are still what it's all about. Investors look at annual performance, and they're not always patient to sit with a company for a long time.

When the annual FISMA grades are released -- which could be imminently -- you have to ask yourself, what do those grades really mean? The high grades could mean a lot of compliance, but not a lot of security. The low grades could mean that there's plenty of security in place, but it just wasn't verified on paper properly.

It is economically if not physically obsolete. When you have a special event like Sugar Bowl or Super Bowl, people care less about how far away the field is or a bathroom in the luxury box. But for annual ticket buyers, it's a big deal to them.

Howard Schultz

Management's proposal to declassify the Board demonstrates Starbucks Board of Directors commitment to good corporate governance practices. The Board believes that the annual election of directors is a primary means for shareholders to influence corporate governance policies and hold management accountable for implementing those policies.

I wish we had the staff for annual inspections. The (latest UI power plant) inspection was precipitated by a complaint from an employee there.

I wish we had the staff for annual inspections, ... The (latest UI power plant) inspection was precipitated by a complaint from an employee there.