Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mick Cornett

Cities have to realize that whatever the federal government is going to do, it's not going to be enough. And cities that proactively take control of their own quality of life initiatives are going to be the cities that ultimately attract the highly talented young people and create the jobs.

Richard Florida

Cities have realized that they can attract educated people and they don't need good schools to do it.

Beijing was such a different city. There were so few cars, I could walk in the middle of the road. In the summer, the streetlamps attracted swirling bugs. I loved those bugs: crickets, praying mantis, all kinds of beetles. I also have a vivid memory of dazzling sunlight coming out of the sky.

Be-bop of the '50s vintage as played by all the old-timers is great, but it's old and none of the new younger musicians are aware of it, really. In the back of my mind, I had thought about bringing it up to this time frame so it would attract the younger musicians.

If MCI can take its brand, which is still substantial, and gain more customers, it would be more attractive to a larger telecom.

I hadn't seen George Mason a lot, didn't know much about them like everybody else. I didn't even know where it was. It attracted me as soon as I saw them play.

I hadn't really worked in an office before Shutterstock, so I didn't have the experience of building a culture, nor did I understand how important that is for attracting and retaining the best talent.

In 1998 we sacrificed short-term growth, but we built the foundation for an exciting and financially attractive long-term business.

The city has become a serious menace to our civilization... It has a peculiar attraction for the immigrant.

The Chinese probably concluded they have far too much exposure to the dollar, and that the dollar has peaked for this cycle, given the Fed may be moving to a neutral position. Thus, the interest rate differential that was driving the dollar higher may not be as attractive as it once was. The risk is now the dollar may begin to depreciate. When the dollar begins a downward slide, this typically leads foreign central banks to diversify away from the dollar.

The changes that have been made actually make Kentucky less attractive to business investment.

The chancellor has long supported and made clear that we need to use pay differentials to attract highly qualified teachers for our most challenging schools, where our best teachers are needed most,

The carwash will pull from a five-mile radius around Cool Springs, but we think the accessories and garage components will attract car lovers from all around Middle Tennessee. With Nissan moving from California, I hope this can be the beginning of a 'car culture' here.

The chamber trip serves as an opportunity for the governor to reiterate his commitment to growing New Jersey's economy. He understands that to solve the state's financial troubles we must not only cut spending but also attract private-sector investment.

Michael Gallagher

The challenge to the developing world is now to make sure they have the infrastructure, rules, legal processes and the market systems to attract the investment of the technologies that we see on display at the summit,

The challenge is to keep them. In the aquarium industry, once you become a director, you become quite attractive to other institutions with higher salaries.

The central message used to attract new recruits to the Marine Corps has not changed significantly since the inception of the all-volunteer force. Each tells the story of the grueling challenge one goes through to transform into a U.S. marine.

The company considered several attractive sites in other countries, but chose Ireland due to its thriving biotechnology community, infrastructure to support biologics manufacturing and attractive business climate.

The company considered several attractive sites in other countries and chose Ireland due to its thriving biotechnology community, infrastructure to support biologics manufacturing, emphasis on education, and attractive business climate, as well as the support we received from the Irish Government and IDA Ireland.

The company is clearly operating in a really attractive market right now, but the valuation fully recognizes that,

The common thread here is that we're concerned that people who are being attracted to this endeavor understand the risks as well as the potential rewards.

Nancy Reagan

The completion of this project is the realization of Ronnie's dream: to attract individuals from all walks of life to his library so they might learn about the presidency and American leadership in the world.

The concern (about ECB rates) is that the firmness we've been seeing in the dollar is because they were raising rates and the Europeans weren't, ... If they start raising rates, that firmness evaporates, and our investments don't look as attractive as they did last week.

The concepts and the models that are displayed at the show will attract more customers.

Terry Hall

The concept involved is giving that remedial training needed to hold a position to people to put them in a position to be more attractive to the industry, and give them some specific knowledge.

The city and the county were investing money, and that attracted him. We've gone a lot farther than his vision when he first landed.

Lana Wood

No, I never ever considered myself attractive.

John Updike

Appealingness is inversely proportional to attainability.

Stephen Colbert

an attractive vessel through which the river of truth can flow.

The event was born with the idea to attract families and expose them to their culture.

The end of quantitative easing will definitely be yen positive. Government bond yields are going to rise and that increases the attraction of the yen.

The equity market's strength is going to continue and that's proving a great attraction for foreign investors. That will help the currency somewhat and is indicative of an economy that is outperforming its peers.

The equity market is still undecided about the overall trend of stocks. All in all the earnings so far have not been well received by investors and it looks as if stocks have to come down in price to attract investors.