Famous Quotes & Sayings

We're seeking orders that will prevent any dissipation of assets or payouts to senior corporate officers past or present, and preventing any destruction of documents.

We're looking at selling public assets to fund something that the government should be doing.

Vagit Alekperov

We're constantly on the look-out for new projects and monitoring the market. We'd like to bolster our core assets, including exploration, refining, processing and retailing assets in the regions where we have a strong presence.

Mark E. Smith

We're concerned that we will get more, and we want to make sure that the assets are ready and available to take care of those people should they call.

Make sure the distribution of your assets is right for your particular goals, that your risk versus return is an appropriate tradeoff, and that the same people are managing your mutual funds.

Rich people tend to live on the coast. We all like to live at the beach. The bottom line is that we formed a lot of attitudes based on good luck. Now, damage has gone up because fixed assets have increased exponentially.

PG&E did have assets they could've used to subsidize.

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.

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

Robert Zoellick

One of the most important assets for the SLM is the support of countries around the world. But to maintain that support, they have to respect the ceasefire. They can't follow a path of violence, and they have to come up with a common negotiating position,

I believe that with my background, the assets that I bring to the table through my life experiences are very valuable to the town. I think having someone of my qualifications is important for a council to have whether it's me of someone with a background of mine.

Cerberus is traditionally a long-term investor. What they do is look for undervalued assets that they can acquire, then turn around and help them grow.

Budapest is right in line with our international strategy, and we have won it at a fair price, reflecting the true value to BAA of the assets involved, rather than any wider strategic benefits.

Building assets is very, very challenging unless you have a good story to tell. There are a lot of funds out there with mediocre stories to tell.

Because we do not have generation assets to ?hedge? the impact of the rate hike, Maine consumers take the hit worse than any other state in New England.

China and India have rapidly growing economies and a great challenge for them going forward will be finding energy assets to keep their economies growing.

Kathleen Blanco

Obviously it is a lot easier this time because the assets have not left Louisiana, ... So I believe that what we are preparing for will give us the strength to take care of the situation, however it works itself out.

Carl Icahn

Given the fact that, despite its exceptional assets and a generally favorable operating environment, the company's stock price has underperformed significantly since 2002, we believe the time for steps to make the board and management more accountable are long overdue,

Alan Johnson

Getting a client who has built up liquid assets of, say, one million dollars to pay an annual, upfront fee of $10,000 is a much harder sell than the $400- to $500-per-trade transaction. The client has to be convinced of the value-added.

Newt Gingrich

Frankly I believe that there's too little funding for intelligence, we have too few assets and too few analysts. And I think if the Congress and others are going to demand a greater capacity in intelligence we're going to have to be prepared to pay for a more sophisticated and a more intense structure of intelligence capabilities, and I think its wrong for some members of Congress to vote to cut intelligence spending, to vote to cut the number of intelligence analysts and then to set unrealistically high demands on the intelligence community.

Funds are looking for places to put money and they feel that fundamentals are still very there. There is a movement towards diversification, away from paper assets and back into hard assets (such as metals)... as a part of a portfolio you just have to have.

John Howard

If any military assets are needed, they will be readily available.

If a lending institution is faced with bids for a package of toxic assets that are less than the carrying value of those assets, the sale of those assets would trigger a further loss and reduce the underlying capital of the institution.

I encourage them to interview other financial planners during the process. I give them names of other planners in town and I continue to manage their assets only for the short term until they have found that new relationship with a financial planner. I find it a conflict of interest to represent both.

Mark Thompson

I don't have the assets to back up one these homes.

Jane Greer

I'd always wanted to be an actress, and suddenly I knew that learning to control my facial muscles was one of the best assets I could have as a performer.

My impression is that Mr. Murdoch has been in a phase of building assets for most of his career, 25 years or so, and he has reached the point where most of the key pieces are in place,

One of my assets is my fitness. My fitness around the net and my movement: that's my defense to the power.

Jean Chatzky

One way to make sure you don't lose assets in the future is to streamline your accounts. Consider using one bank for all your banking needs and one brokerage firm for all your investments.

With borrowing costs on the rise and the wealth effect from real estate assets diminishing, something has to give.