Famous Quotes & Sayings

The increase is to attract and retain employees. As we try to do recruitment we are not getting the right number of qualified candidates, and then we have to take a look at our salaries to find out what's at issue.

The impression is that Compaq couldn't attract a heavy hitter from the outside.

John Browning

The industry has not been an attractive place for people to work,

The idea of the research campus is to put us in a position to attract some of the best faculty in the country. Couple that with private companies that will be our private partners. These people won't just do research; they will be in the classroom too.

(Agreeing to) take an idea, raise all the money, find the land, convince the administration that this is doable, convince the business community and let me run free ... that's an adventurous man that can do all that, ... So he's going to attract adventurous students, and the creativity that comes with that kind of personality is exactly the kind you need to succeed in entrepreneurship.

Adam Hughes

A great comic-book cover occurs when it gets a potential reader to pick the book up and start thumbing through it. That's a comic cover's job: Attract someone's attention, and persuade them to try the issue out.

You will see a larger number of competitors in this market going forward. It's an attractive market. The growth opportunities are strong.

Lana Wood

No, I never ever considered myself attractive.

John Updike

Appealingness is inversely proportional to attainability.

Peter Diamandis

All of a sudden, something that was dangerous was attractive to potential sponsors who saw it as a highly visible thing, like race cars. Or it was attractive to wealthy individuals who were looking to do something fun.

The gaming industry is very attractive sponsor and we hope it grows.

The goal in economic development is diversification. If you're doing this right, the big companies will attract the medium-sized companies. In the main, the park is much stronger because of the diversification we have.

The GLFC has the goal of controlling lamprey with a new and better technique by 2010. This could be it. Also, lamprey are important to native peoples on the West Coast, who value it for food. This pheromone could help restore lamprey runs by attracting lamprey to suitable spawning beds.

Kevin Whately

The ghost of Morse in the script was one of the things that attracted me to it.

The economic piece is still missing, since it's so hard to attract industry to reservations, but spiritually and educationally, they're doing just fine. Each tribe has a community college now, and they teach the language, they teach the traditions.

The Dow is still going to attract because investors still want to diversify away from a purely tech portfolio and find value.

The early valentines are handmade, attractive and great folk art.

The dynamics of the industry are quite attractive at the moment with expanding commodity production, and they are also exposed to construction and quarrying which has been growing in North America.

The ECB is determined to raise rates and the stronger economic data is helping to confirm those plans. European bonds are not the most attractive market at the moment.

The development of the pure vegetable oil sector could be an incredible opportunity to attract young people to the farming profession at a time of depopulation of the countryside.

The format is new not only to polo but to women's polo. Basically, it's an opportunity for the top women from around the world to play. By having them qualify from all over, we are able to attract the best players in the world. We can start building this and it will only get better.

Brad Jones

The franchise tax is probably one of the stupidest taxes that we've ever come up with. It's nothing more than a tax in order to do business in Missouri. It runs counter to every economic development initiative that's been used to try to attract businesses to Missouri.

The further that the Fed takes fed funds and the front end of the curve, the more attractive US-dollar-denominated debt will become to Japanese retail investors.

Thomas Mitchell

The closer I get to graduation, the more attractive of a candidate I am.

The first thing that's going to attract people to this phone is the form factor. We think its going to start with the design and consumers will double-click to look deeper at the features.

The first step is to find out what your credit score is and be aware of how attractive you are to a lender. That gives you an idea of how a lender views you.

The carry is so attractive -- we are talking about yields that are the highest in the world. It's still a very attractive trade to be in.

The Cardinals gave us a chance to attract new talent and unique talent from around the country. It opened up doors. We have one opportunity to seize this, to do it right, to do it well.

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.