Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carlos Slim

How can you be on top of the things you do? I think when you are involved in a business, first of all you need to know the business. After that you know the business, you can - the numbers tell you what is happening. You can read with the numbers.

Carlos Slim

Profitability is coming from productivity, efficiency, management, austerity, and the way to manage the business.

Bob Parsons

What I learned from Rockefeller that's off-the-hook important is: You need to know exactly where you stand in a business at all times. Measure everything, because everything that is measured and watched improves.

Bob McNair

Sometimes, in order to be successful, a business must reset.

We have got into Indian railways and are trying to get into the railway locomotive business in Europe and the United States.

I am a very hands-on person, and I like to be involved in driving my business.

I don't really read 'business books,' and I didn't think 'The Paradox of Choice' was a business book. I'm very surprised and gratified that the business world thought it was one.

Barbara Mandrell

I've always been one for show business. I like performing, and I used to get criticized for having production value. But now it's all that! People need to get what they pay for! Otherwise, just listen to recorded music.

Anthony Carmona

Globalisation must have, as a critical component, international dispensation in the locality of U.N. institutions. It cannot be, and must not be, business as usual in the establishment and location of international institutions, especially of the United Nations.

We have seven seniors on this team and we talked about keeping our composure at halftime. For us, this was a business trip, and tonight we took care of business.

This settlement should not have a significant effect on our business going forward.

This settlement serves as a wake-up call for Congress to ensure that all businesses that buy and sell our most personal information are held accountable, and that they protect vulnerable consumers from having their sensitive information stolen.

This series of applications and some of the underlying network technology that's being tested in the NTON is the precursor for what all networks will be like in five to 10 years. Its goal is to hook people up at about 1,000 times the data rate that most businesses are hooked up today.

This sends a clear message to the highest levels at Westchester that we can't do business like this anymore. Every obligation they had, they breached.

This will let people understand how to integrate Fusion applications in the same way they've integrated Oracle e-business applications. They'll know how to model their business processes to support Fusion applications.

David Bennett

This will help us gain credibility with the business community, this is going to draw new faculty members and this is going to draw more students. There is no question about it.

This will have a significant impact on the cost and waste in the supply chain. We have a problem in terms of the business model in this industry. It is not working effectively for our suppliers. It is not working effectively for us.

This will encourage businesses to come in and fix these problems, and right now there's some hesitancy to do that,

This will create a clearer line of sight on how our financial services businesses operate and enhance growth, ... Our external reporting will mirror this organizational structure, providing greater clarity for investors.

Don Siegelman

This was a huge, devastating impact for the state of Alabama, ... We're going to do everything we can to help get their lives, and their homes, and their businesses back together.

Daniel Kahneman

There is research on the effects of 9/11, and you know, compared to the enormity of it, it didn't have a huge effect on people's mood. They were going about their business, mostly.

Andrea Jung

The part that loses out at the end of the day is just doing things for myself. Sometimes when I go on a business trip, it's those five hours on the plane or that night in the hotel room which are the only moments when I have time for myself. Only then can I read magazines or a novel.

The participation of the business and civic groups was overwhelming. The parade route was lined with spectators who weren't disappointed.

Oscar Wilde

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

The only thing that's perhaps different is that Ford and GM did not go through the route of increased pricing and incentives whereas with Jeep, it's continued business as usual.

Lesley Visser

There are hundreds of good men in this business and hundreds of good women and there are some who are equally bad,

This relationship is not going to grow by drifting, ... It's only going to grow by being very energetic on the deals that are there for business and people.

This reinforces the role of business investment and exports as underpinning the recovering economy. Looking ahead, the oil price presents a clear negative for the consumer and we're likely to see only a moderate pace of growth being sustained.

This recognition validates the success we're experiencing in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) market, as well as our strategy to provide consumer goods companies with the most comprehensive solutions and targeted BI platform in the industry. As the use of business intelligence in the CPG industry continues to increase, Business Objects has become the vendor of choice for companies looking to improve margins, sales, marketing, and trade promotion management, as well as for optimizing supply chain and category management functions. The CPG industry is a key market for Business Objects, and we are excited that the readers of Consumer Goods Technology have recognized our leadership for the second straight year.

This really upsets me. I paid them all this money. No one at the county said one word about zoning when I got my business license.

Jacob Tamme

To be able to come back to my hometown and be a part of showing these kids they can be a part of what Terry is doing is very, very special. Whether it is sports or business or something else in life, they can press those limits and excel. Terry is proof of that and I'm just glad I got to share in this day with all these students.

Daryl Hall

The Philadelphia/New York world of the music business is a tough place to be.

Alex Gibney

Every film may not be appropriate for a theatrical release, and the theatrical business is not a very good business for anybody except the distributor.