Famous Quotes & Sayings

The primary objective is to build membership. It's not fair to employees.

The primary concern was certainly are we going to keep Norrie open. We don't want to spend money to improve a building just to turn around and close it before the ink dries on the check.

The price of gas is our most immediate problem, ... We pretty well know that it could drive up the costs on everything including building materials.

To preserve and build on the credibility we already enjoy, we will need to continue to respond to changing economic conditions in a way that confirms our commitment to low inflation,

Eric Roberts

Top-notch kid, top-notch citizen. He works hard, and when you work that hard it builds confidence.

We need at least 14 to 16 sheets to build a roof but each family has been given only six.

Billy Donovan

When you can start something from scratch and build it up to win a championship, that's something special.

When you build a tradition like this one, it's always the kids that fill roles that put you over the top. Take Cooper, he's picked up some huge wins for us this year.

When we started seven years ago, we thought it would take 12 to 15 years to build the project out.

When we saw this building, we said, 'Oh, a New York City loft building in Bangor. That's the one,'

When trash builds up in front, hopefully they'll be understanding, ... But this isn't like Christmas presents, where you hand them out and forget about them the rest of the year.

When this whole thing started, the city was saying that it would take about $7 million to build a civic center and an aquatic center, ... I am now hearing that they have upped that to $9 million.

Stephen Smith

When this building goes, they'll never build another like it.

William Jones

Leon is connected to our community in ways that very few elected officials are. He will leave a sense of fairness and a vision that encourages all of us to find the good in each other and build up on that, as opposed to what divides us.

John Gardner

Lenox Township has 1,300 homes right now. We think some time in the next 10 years we'll build about 4,000 homes. We should see a 400-home increase in just the next few years.

Lehman has been working to work away from fixed-income and build up the equity business. We're seeing a payoff.

John Hume

Let's work together and build together, and as we do that, the real solution will begin, ... The real healing process will begin, and we will erode the distrust of the past.

Lower rates should stimulate other consumer areas. We think building materials, as a result of continuing housing demand going forward, should do well. We actually think we'll see more demand for autos.

Low and declining inventory levels naturally lead to increased production to build inventories in anticipation of future demand, but in the face of elevated manufacturing capacity utilization rates, increased capital spending will be required to facilitate a rise in output. Since our last capital spending forecast in December 2005, significant increases in spending for 2006 have been announced, suggesting growth in capital expenditures of about 10 percent this year.

Tanith Belbin

Lots of teams feel better staying at home and just taking it easy and building up themselves in training. But for us, it's definitely better to come here. These are the same international judges who will judge us at the Olympics and we want their feedback.

Leadership at the building level is critical for pulling the team together. The principal pulls the team together and implements the positions of the school.

Last year we did 35 indoor gyms. We've worked with lots of builders on the North Shore.

Last year, we came into the season with no expectations. This year, the expectations got higher and next year they will get even higher. We're trying to build a program here, not just a team.

Last year was part of a building phase for us. We had a lot of potential, but not a lot of experience.

Last year was our first winning record, and now we are over the hump. Now we can start to compete for a region championship. Now people are going to have to take us seriously. We are trying to get something established here, trying to get things going. Hopefully, we can build a tradition here, and this will only be the beginning.

Jonathan Papelbon

Last year was a huge stepping-stone for me. Playoff experience, starting experience, relief experience, pressure situations -- I'm just trying to build on that, just keep building and take it into this year.

Mike Sweeney

Last year was a building year, and a painful one at that. But we got to see how our young guys could perform over a long, 162-game season. The ones who fared well still fit into our future plans.

Last year's team relied mostly on two kids (Randy Wilson and Rick Cadell), and this year it's been a building of a team, not just one person, right down to the end of the bench.

Leaving Pittsburgh was very hard, but he felt it was a great opportunity. He's the kind of guy they want to build the program around.

Let's build something big enough to keep us from having to go through this again, in a few years.

Let's build on this, let's build on this.

Leading the effort in representing our country in Fed Cup is a great responsibility and an opportunity for which I am very grateful. Being a part of the U.S. Fed Cup team as a player and coach provides a perspective on what it takes to build a championship caliber team and I am looking forward to the challenge.

David Bach

Many of the success stories people have shared with me over the years focus on how homeownership has been the key to their financial security. I'm confident these essays will inspire millions of renters to work toward their first home and millions of current homeowners to consider second homes or investment properties as a road to building financial freedom.