Famous Quotes & Sayings

I think Disney is realizing that some of their businesses are under-performing and are not going to be a component of their long-term revenue or profit-stream.

I think for any small business that's bootstrapped, the overwhelming challenge initially is getting to positive cash flow.

John Banville

I suppose it's possible that a writer would have feeling for his characters, but I can't see how, because writing is such a meticulous, intricate, technical business. I wish I could say that I love my characters and that frequently they take over the book and run away with the plot and so on. But they don't exist.

John Caudwell

I suppose I have very undesirable traits. I am very critical, which is very undesirable. But it is good from a business point of view.

I support the decision made by the administration. We're still in the business of helping kids and Chauncey is fulfilling his requirements.

I saw Jaromir down, so I wanted to take care of business. That's how it is. You just have to go in and do what you do.

Larry Diamond

I see developments on the constitutional side as potentially disastrous. I think the Bush administration has miscalculated profoundly by trying to get this constitution done by Aug. 15 at any price.

Larry Diamond

I see developments on the constitutional side as potentially disastrous, ... I think the Bush administration has miscalculated profoundly by trying to get this constitution done by Aug. 15 at any price.

Hugh Johnson

I see business spending recovering, but not in telecommunications or telecommunications equipment.

David Lee

I see a lot of Hispanic workers being promoted by Korean business owners. This morning, I joked with my Latino workers that I only saw two of them marching.

I saw the opportunity to create a business that really has an impact into the next century,

Is eBay diverting from its core business? ... Nothing could be further from the truth.

ISDA is committed to working with public policymakers and market practitioners to further encourage the prudent and efficient development of the privately negotiated derivatives business in China. A fundamental part of that commitment involves educating constituencies on the importance of sound risk management practices. The Glossary will enhance understanding of collateral arrangements and their value as credit risk mitigation tools.

Mitch Daniels

I said, 'You can't be here having lunch with me, man!' ... But I told him that could be one heck of a story. The kid could be saying later on, 'While I was born, my dad was busy because he was having lunch with the governor.'

Recep Erdogan

I said to (President) Bush if there is time, then a referendum can be carried out,

Douglas Leone

I routinely make trips to China and India where we have offices to continue to maintain the linkages that are necessary to run a successful business.

Steve Erickson

I rode the buses in L.A. until I was in my early 30s, and there's something about driving or riding through L.A. after sundown, when the Utopian city goes into hiding and another city comes out, more Doors and less Byrds.

I retired so I would have more time. Now I'm even busier than I was before.

People need to realize the Supreme Court does most of its business in a written format. People submit written papers, which he can take with him and the oral arguments are recorded. So if you miss something, you are not really missing something.

People needed to evacuate the city. That was the message the mayor was sending, ... Our people could have hampered the rescue effort. We were meeting buses of evacuees when they would come to different areas. What the Red Cross does during a national response is feeding and sheltering, and we were positioned well for that.

People have to understand that the wine business is not something you do for the money, ... You do it because you want to create great wine.

People in that business are in it because they have learned to live with the instability.

Such changes in the business environment have created limitations to our clothing sector, it is perhaps also a timely call on the need to move up the value chain.

William Shakespeare

Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; the thief doth fear each bush an officer.

Survey data shows a further deterioration in business optimism and retail demand.

Sure, some investors would love to see us have no charity care, but in this business that is something that we need to do. We need to set the standard.

Succession, use of outside boards, managing communication -- all of those are related to family businesses as well as private businesses.

Matt Morris

Sure, I'd love to come back, ... It's a business decision so we'll see what happens.

Steve has a good reputation for turning businesses around and creating value for shareholders. His short tenure is surprising and cannot bode well for the share price in the short term.

Martha Washington

. . . steady as a clock, busy as a bee, and cheerful as a cricket. . . .

Harry Reid

Staying the course is not an option, ... President Bush has failed to provide either a strategy for success or a convincing record of political and military progress.

Eliot Spitzer

State and local regulators are the officials with the closest contact with the regulated community, ... Given their close intimate knowledge of the business they regulate, they are in a much better position than Congress to judge whether a particular small business is deserving of leniency for a first-time violation.

Steve Wozniak

Steve and I ran the business into 1977 with just a few hundred bucks.