Famous Quotes & Sayings

Paul Watson

Sustainable fishing is a fraud. It's a marketing term that really means 'business as usual.'

Peter O'Toole

My plumbing is no one's business but my own.

Paul Merton

I read every book about Buster Keaton and Chaplin to see how they worked - it's all about dedication, tunnel vision, pursuit of perfection, getting the gag right.

Paul Merton

The economics favour one-man comedy shows: all you need is one person, a microphone and a PA system. But I'm pleased so many people are making a living out of comedy - it's a wonderful business to be in.

Takafumi Horie

We are cooperating with prosecutors in their investigation. We are continuing our efforts to expand our operations and conduct business as normal.

Andrew Card

We are convinced that President Bush has won re-election with at least 286 electoral votes.

We are convinced that President Bush has won re-election,

We are constantly evaluating the needs of our customers as well as our business needs and feel that offering customers a variety of computing experiences further enhances and helps with their online protection. Trend has a proven track record and made technical and business sense for us to work with them.

This says businesses are gradually, grudgingly putting money to work. They're still being cautious, but not as cautious as the data before this morning would have suggested.

Brian Williams

This saves us a lot of money and is a good business decision and we can better control things from here.

We actually save the school district a little money by playing these games. There are no bus transportation costs and no umpires to pay.

Gregory Smith

Tomorrow's successful technology professionals and leaders will be power users of technology, have a strong grasp of technology topics, and will integrate and work closely with other business executives and staff.

Dick Cheney

Tomorrow, I will be traveling to Crawford, Texas, with General Colin Powell and our wives to spend the day with Governor Bush and Laura Bush. This will give us an opportunity for an extended discussion on the transition between General Powell, myself and Governor Bush,

Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.

Tomorrow is more unfinished business for us. We are very happy to be in the final, but we aren't satisfied. We will need a couple guys to play the match of their lives, but we know they are capable of it. This team takes its cue from Yasser. He'll be ready, and so will they.

John Schuerholz

Tommy went through a purgatory of second thoughts, To me that was a private business discussion and should have stayed that way.

Tom Golisano is a smart business guy, and as a business guy, he's going to do things to keep all his options open,

Yeah, I have a lot of things going on. I've worked on trying to do one thing at a time. ... I try to focus on one thing at a time and put things in perspective, and it's helped. It's been busy and hectic, but for the most part it's been all right.

Jamie Moyer

Yeah. He's going to be busy this spring.

Jeff Green

We are giving the European authorities our full cooperation in this matter. United conducts its business in full compliance with European rules and regulations.

We are looking for protection. We try to work out how well-equipped a company is to protect the business model and the market position it has now.

We are looking at internal growth opportunities, ... We're also looking externally at things that fit with our business and that would be complementary to our core business.

We are looking at every piece of our business and saying how are we going to improve the impact that we make, to move this organization forward?

We are leaving our fiscal 2001 estimates and $87 12-month price objective for Microsoft materially unchanged, following fourth-quarter results that were largely devoid of the drama of the past two quarters. Nonetheless, 'caution' remains the operative word from Microsoft management, as continued choppy monthly unit demand from business PCs and a deliberate, gradual ramp from Windows 2000 platforms and related applications hinders near-term growth.

We are learning about Hong Kong's laws, regulations, and company operating practices. Only after we are familiar with these can we do business there.

We are laser-light focused on this expense issue, and we've been able to get a much, much clearer view in terms of sizing our business and finding out exactly who we want to have on the A-team,

We're at the stage of the business cycle where statisticians can't keep up with rapidly changing developments, especially new businesses. That's where the greatest potential for an upward revision is.

We're at the point where we can't overlook anybody. We need to take care of business this weekend.

We're at less than 10 percent done with this trans (sic) planning when you consider the buses and the people.

We're at less than 10 percent done with this ... planning when you consider the buses and the people.

We're just going to try to proceed with business as usual.

We're coming along. I remember the days when we would go to P-O, get off the bus and be getting right back on the bus. Our goal is to compete with the other teams in the county and we're getting to that point.

Matt Ryan

We recognize the importance of the state and regional transportation networks and the role they play in supporting the economy of Northern Arizona. Whether it's residents or visitors making trips for business or pleasure, they rely on a dependable system to meet their needs. Recently there have been many examples when system reliability has simply failed.