Famous Quotes & Sayings

Pete's leadership skills, combined with his expertise in operations, marketing, repositioning and re-branding, will be tremendous assets to this strategically located hotel.

People without a lot of assets should consider not buying it.

Kathleen Sebelius

Policyholders can rest assured knowing that the insurance industry in the United States is a $1 trillion industry with assets of more than $3 trillion, ... Therefore, preliminary loss estimates of $20 billion represent only 2 percent of the premiums written in 2000.

My understanding of Nokia's management makes it unlikely that they would want to do this. Nokia has been doing well with organic growth and not doing large acquisitions. On the other hand, Lucent has a lot of assets that might be valuable, and some of those assets might match up well with Nokia. Lucent needs strong management, and Nokia definitely has that.

NFL coaches are the masters of coach-speak. In baseball, I think we get some solid information. I think it's an asset to get clarifications on in-game situations. I think it's very effective.

Ninety-six percent of law enforcement assets in this country are at the state and local level,

Given the volatility of some regions, who is to guarantee that your assets might not be worthless one day?

Global trade, settlements and reserve assets are heavily reliant on a single currency. The fund should give priority to establishing a surveillance and check-balance mechanism of the major reserve currency countries.

Brian Reynolds

For me to get worried about the stock market, you have to show me signs that corporate bonds are getting weak and all this debt coming due isn't going to be rolled over. If you can't roll the debt over, you have to start valuing stocks on an asset basis. If you can roll it over, you have to start valuing it on an operating earnings basis. There's a huge difference in price between those two.

If the child is the direct beneficiary, then all of the IRA assets go to the child upon the mother's death and are subject to income tax.

The deal is based on a 50-50 valuation of the two assets, and there will be no cash payment, ... We have combined our assets with Sony's because we believe music will remain one of our core businesses.

What is surprising is the language used by the RBI to focus on potential issues on the horizon, such as inflationary pressure, asset bubbles and credit risk.

Harold Washington

That fallacy flies in the face of studies that show, every day, in every way, things are getting a little worse for America's minorities relative to the progress made by those in the top percentiles of assets and income.

What we're trying to do is make sense of this rash of standards. We're constantly being audited from all sides. We do our best to set priorities. The message, though, is that ROI has nothing to do with perceived value of assets. It's about protecting assets and maintaining consumer confidence.

Don DeLillo

Time is a corporate asset now. It belongs to the free market system. The present is harder to find... The future becomes insistent.

We're encouraged with how strong the quarter finished for our radio stations, which outperformed their markets for the sixth straight quarter, ... As we continue to focus on operations, the disposition of our TV assets continues. The sale of 9 of our 16 stations will result in proceeds that exceed expectations.

The rapid growth in loans and prices of assets such as real estate and stocks is a concern. The central bank may raise interest rates. It's better to err on the side of caution.

There are assets here that do exist, and we remain hopeful.

Harry Markowitz

If the investor doesn't have enough time and skill to investigate individual stocks or enough money to diversify a portfolio, the right thing to do is to invest in exchange-traded funds that give you exposure to asset classes. It does make sense for the individual investor to think in terms of holding individual asset classes.

Our funding currently is project finance which is only 12 years and we are building an asset which will last 55, 75 or possibly even 100 years and we would like to match that tenure.

Our automation tools will be utilized, so if we're doing mapping, for example, it will create precise maps of the roadways -- if we're doing asset management, where trying to find road signs in imagery, we have software to do that ? if we're utilizing imagery to find 3D models, we have patented tools that can do that with imagery.

Our assets are run to (match) the Lehman Bros. Long Liabilities Index. The new bonds will be part of the index. We will have to buy them at some point.

Our Asset Management Services division is an important part of our Group. Over the last decade, we have built a significant international distribution capability, which delivers investment solutions to institutional investors and their consultants. Our strategy is to harness this capability to provide an enhanced range of investment solutions in the future.

Our borrowing capacity has been completely exhausted. We have no more assets to pledge.

Our bookstore is merging with Barnes and Noble and also brining Starbucks Coffee on campus as well. That will be a great asset to the students as well as the community. We hope to begin construction on the new bookstore sometime this fall.

Our 2005 result was a record; this reflects the quality of our asset base and operations.

David Brown

Right now the emphasis seems to be on asset price deflation. The key questions concern just how far these markets can correct and whether there will be a domino effect as other markets are affected.

Rising Bird, Inc. was a great asset and help for us in completing the funding needed to take our company to the next level of expansion.

Chad Knaus

Robbie has been a huge asset to me more so than anything else with the race car. He's a very calming individual and he has a good sense about him and he has been through a championship chase.

Rio wants assets on a world class basis, and the sale is a reflection of the quality and scale of assets it wants. It has a track record of selling assets and getting good prices at the top of the market.

Retail investors are value-hunting now. The asset managers and any institutions with money are starting to come back in.

Refiners are very popular on Wall Street now. If you bought refining (capacity) before the summer of 2005, you suddenly got one of the hottest assets on Wall Street.

Real might need to look for a merger partner and I think the assets are valuable.