Famous Quotes & Sayings

George Zimmer

Instead of fostering the kind of dialogue in the boardroom that has in part contributed to our success, the board has inappropriately chosen to silence my concerns through termination as an executive officer.

Tony Stewart

All my life I've been that way - ever since I was a kid. It doesn't matter whether we played video games or even before that when we had board games when you played with your sister and mom and dad - I didn't like losing then and didn't want to do anything but win when we played.

John Breaux

I would put myself and all of those who have served in Congress in the same boat if you will, as to things that could have been done better,

Terry Stotts

I was pleased with the way we played. Seattle's a dangerous team, the way they can put points on the board quickly, because they can create turnovers and their three-point shot is effective. It was good to get it -- we had a couple moments -- but to hang onto a double-digit lead for most of the game, it's good we kept that margin.

I was pleased with the way the kids played in the first half. We made too many mistakes. First-and-goal and it turned into fourth down. I thought to get something on the board would be positive but it didn't work out.

I was pleased with our effort. LaMarr came in and played great for us so that was a big plus. Tyler was a man on the boards for us and hopefully this week we'll get back in the winning side of the column.

If we don't make the finals, I will understand if the board comes to me and says any future contract is terminated.

Kathleen Sebelius

If we're going to continue to bring high-tech jobs to Kansas and move our state forward, we need to strengthen science standards, not weaken them, ... Stronger public schools ought to be the mission of the Board of Education, and it's time they got down to the real business of strengthening Kansas schools.

Brian Roberts

If we didn't have a new product to sell right now, we could just sit here and be doom and gloom. There's never been more new products to sell, and that's lifting our boat big time ... it's a great time for this business.

If we keep putting up zeros up on the board like that, you're going to see us out there in that order a lot.

If they know they have to get elected, that it's not a foregone conclusion, then boards become better-functioning entities.

We're on board with the governor's reform plan, but it's hard to get people motivated when you're not fighting back. He has to step it up.

We're not willing to strap a future school board with an unreasonable clause, and the me-too is unreasonable over a long period of time because we don't know what the future is going to hold.

We're pleased to have Mike on board with us for '06. He certainly gave us all a thrill last July at Daytona. We're hoping for more of the same.

Darryl Sutter

We're playing really well up to that point. We make a play up the boards to our winger and we turn the puck over. You can't do that. It's playoff hockey, you can't do it. You've got to pay a price, get the puck out or protect it.

We've been working a long time and have gone back to the drawing board several times, so we feel that it's very comprehensive.

We've got to keep them off the boards. They're good at crashing the boards for second and third shot attempts. So we've got to keep them off the offensive glass, and we also have to minimize our turnovers.

Vince Carter

We've got to go back to the drawing board and get some home cooking.

John McDonald

We've given the School Board numerous chances to participate in this process.

We switched to a different type of paper for our boarding passes, which resulted in over $700,000 savings annually.

We suspect the new Boston Scientific offer was developed with input from the Guidant board, so it's likely that the Guidant board will declare it superior to J&J's latest offer.

Ken Hitchcock

We thought with maintenance we could keep him healthy through the season. Then he got banged hard into the boards and we looked at the recovery time. The specialist in Nashville recommended immediate surgery.

We thought we would be able to come in here and be more representative of what we were as far as the game was concerned, but we took a step back today. And now we have to go to the drawing board and start over and try to dig ourselves out of a hole.

We are faced with a situation in which the United States is not prepared to get on board Kyoto, so taking it forward from there is difficult.

We are extremely pleased to have these two distinguished individuals as members of our Board of Directors.

Our guess is, it means the board of Time Warner has decided definitively to sell a piece of AOL, and that has upset Steve Case.

Pakistan's view is clear, we don't support this tournament and from our talks with the Indians we know they share our views. We will be conveying our views clearly at the ICC executive board meeting next month.

Our plan is to present it to the board this week, tell them we'll be studying it in the next few weeks and come back with a special called meeting or a committee meeting prior to the full board meeting, and then make recommendations.

Pat Summitt

Our philosophy has always been you better pack your defense and your board work on the road. Because those ugly nights and those poor shooting nights you just have to grind games out. Today, we just had to grind it out.

Rose Schneiderman

Our people were very restive, saying that they could not sit under that notice, and that if the National Board did not call them out soon they would go out of themselves.

Our team at the end of the day dug out just enough stops and boards to stop San Francisco.

Our School Board is so wonderful in making accommodations for us in anticipation for problems.

David Wilkerson

Our school board is committed to ongoing professional growth and development for staff,