Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sherrod Brown

We must know which foreign countries own U.S. assets such as ports, and if any of those deals pose a threat to homeland security.

When you're talking about people whose assets are taxable, ... You're talking about just about every small business owner in this country.

We're very tickled about this whole Players Am deal -- these are all guys making names for themselves. It's so great for us, because we're getting to know all those guys. Without question, it's one of the biggest assets that the foundation has right now.

We're using the assets we have - our television equipment and studios - to serve the community in a different way.

We went up a long way quickly. This is some healthy profit-taking in what I would suggest is still very much an ongoing bull market in hard assets -- oil, gas and base and precious minerals. A healthy correction is a healthy thing.

We're definitely interested in the exciting Turkish market and we are looking at available assets in that market.

Understanding climate change and its consequences is critical to protect lives and assets upon which India's economy is dependent.

Ben Horowitz

When the value of the company clearly has fallen below what its assets are worth, having a shareholder who says, 'Let's get a better board' can be helpful.

The president had multiple conversations, phone calls and briefings both big and small throughout this process, and his whole priority was making sure that the federal assets were brought to bear to help the people of New Orleans.

The problems with Elf are that its historic returns on assets have been appalling.

Suze Orman

There is no law saying you have to die before your assets can be passed to loved ones. In fact, gifting earlier can be a lovely way to witness how your money helps your family thrive.

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,

We know the assets are there. Now it's just a matter of getting the product to the people,

Unfortunately today, software and failure are too frequently linked, and we as an industry need to start tackling the software problem with the urgency it deserves. The root cause of this problem is often the complex and inefficient way that software is delivered. To reduce the complexity and increase the predictability of software delivery, we are offering customers a series of packaged, maturity-based solutions that leverage our global process expertise, our comprehensive library of process assets and templates, and our award-winning ALM technology.

Mike Smith

We'll look to where the money went -- that is still ongoing -- and try to identify any assets that she may have that's attributable to that money.

Michael Bennett

I say we have not even had the decency to maintain the assets that our parents and grandparents built for us - our roads, our bridges, our wastewater systems, our sewer systems; by the way, those weren't Bolsheviks, those weren't socialists that built those things for us - much less build the infrastructure we need for the 21st century.

People are assuming that as an oil exporter, they're going to be diversifying away from the dollar. They may be positioning in case any foreign assets are frozen.

Our goals of utilizing our global assets to maximize international growth can only be fully realized with this exciting new structure.

Manuel Pangilinan

Our impression is that it requires a lot of investments in infrastructure. We're not certain if it's best to just buy the assets rather than the company itself, given the history of these companies.

Overseas Chinese control, by my estimate, $2 trillion of liquid assets that can be mobilized instantly to punt on anything from European football games to Shanghai property. This source of money is both the boon and the bane of China's economic development.

P. A. M. was able to produce more revenue with fewer assets in an asset-intensive business such as trucking.

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.

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.

We expect to appoint more advisers for the other non-core assets earmarked as the process unfolds.