Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joe Roth

There's an old saw in the business: If you're not conflicted, you're not wired enough.

There's an internal conflict as Bush tries to satisfy two different constituencies. The public finds reassurance in government taking a harsher stance, but big business is a little conflicted in that it traditionally doesn't want government putting too many regulations on it.

There's always this preconceived notion that paying for sports with tax dollars is frivolous. It's the business that Florida's in, where I always like to say we're kind of the glamour business.

There's always something happening in the world that creates an opportunity to try to fix a business and build a business.

Clint Howard

There's always gonna be people with a lot of money making film, and the goal is to make profit and carry on. It is a business. The goal is to make a living doing it and to be comfortable.

Eddie Murphy

There was a lot of stuff where we were doing scenes, and (we would) bust out laughing, ... more on this movie than ever, where you can't finish scenes. I hope we didn't (mess up) up the movie.

There was a lot of interest from the business community.

At HBO, my leadership had to inspire and gain the respect of employees in a large company with over 100 external business relationships in dozens of countries.

At first, our evacuation orders were just for the low-lying areas, but now it's the entire Calcasieu Parish. We've got buses running continuously to get residents out. We're trying to learn from other areas, not to repeat their mistakes.

At first, I was looking for any business that pertains to food.

Atlanta's fast growing business market and diverse population provide the ideal location for this venture, ... The economic potential of the community continues to grow and creates the perfect climate for launching a community bank.

At labor market turning points, the household survey does better because it picks up self-employed workers and others not reflected in the business survey. But I'm still not convinced the labor market is quite as strong as the household data say it is.

At a time when we are trying to keep countries such as Iran from expanding their nuclear programs, it is irresponsible for the Bush administration to push this dangerous technology worldwide. We have better, cleaner, and cheaper energy solutions that can be used to meet our energy needs and protect the environment.

Richard Anderson

At a time when I had very little business being called an actor, he made things so easy for me. It was a learning experience that was very warm and loving for all seven years.

AT&T Yellow Pages and RR Donnelley have been doing business together for more than 100 years.

AT&T Yellow Pages and R.R. Donnelley have been doing business together for more than 100 years.

At a group level we expect a strong operating performance and growth in market shares from the majority of our business lines, however increases in underlying profit will be slower if the general insurance trading margin reverts to its long-term sustainable range and if loan losses increase from current historic lows.

Jen Kirkman

Asking questions about why I don't want kids is really none of your business, but at least it's a dialogue.

A teacher for over 25 years, I have seldom found administrative leadership as effective as that of Mr. Griffin. He has a knack for working well with everyone whether it is the bus drivers, teachers or other administrators.

At Business Objects, we are looking forward to having Mark lead our team to transition from product enablement services to business intelligence consultancy.

As we've transitioned from a business company into the consumer space, we had to look at how we talk to our home and small business consumers in a different way.

As we've been saying since last year, the company plans to spend approximately $130 million in 2000 developing a number of new businesses. We think each of these businesses is highly promising, though all are riskier than our traditional businesses.

Steve Miller

As we shrink our business and become more productive, we might have fewer salaried workers going forward,

As we sell these assets, we will scale back our related corporate and shared services infrastructure to ensure that it is the right size for our businesses going forward. We expect a number of people directly involved in these operations to be employed by the new owners or offered other jobs within ConAgra Foods.

John Todd

As we move into our strongest selling season of the year, we're planning to continue leveraging our beyond-the-box business model and distribution strategy to meet our goal of delivering consistent earnings results, better- than-industry growth rates and a more diverse and profitable revenue stream,

As we continue to execute on our business strategy, the current business environment requires us to be cautious and make some pragmatic, yet difficult decisions.

As we celebrate this 50-year milestone, I'm proud to say that our U.S. business continues to be very strong.

A strong public education system is just essential to business and economic growth. We've been focused on desegregation for 41 years. Now, we get to focus on the next step. It's up to us to do it. No one has a big stick standing over us. I always find that voluntary efforts are the most fruitful - plus, we have no excuses.

As President Bush said, we fight to spread freedom so the freedoms of Americans will be made more secure.

As you know, this business comes in big chunks, and the world stood still on September 11, and two big chunks pushed into the fourth quarter.

A SOBA is a client/server application done right. It is a business application that is centered on Web services standards.

A SOBA is a client/server application done right, ... It is a business application that is centered on Web services standards.

Chevy Stevens

As much as writing is an emotional experience, it is a business as well. Coming from a business background, I treat it as such.