Famous Quotes & Sayings

Through the public survey and also views expressed by council members, we have a list of types of businesses people would like to see located in downtown Alexandria.

There's so many businesses that are vulnerable right now.

There's going to be a lot of businesses going under if that ever happens here. You'll be looking at thousands of people put out of work.

There's nothing out there that's going to lead the recovery. Businesses don't want to spend -- they're more focused on paying down debt than on buying things.

Michael Gregory

The trend is improving in manufacturing as businesses pick up the pace of spending on equipment, so we're looking for continued expansion in the factory sector.

The .travel Registry is now open and we are inviting all the world's travel-related businesses to claim their space on the Internet.

We will now use competitive strategies everywhere possible placing priority on the use of local and small disadvantaged businesses as we move into the long-term recovery phase.

We go to the guy who already has the contract and can deliver the product. I know that's hard for some businesses to hear. But we really don't have the luxury to wait.

Canning Fok

We expect continued high coal and natural gas prices to provide challenges for our generating businesses going forward.

We certainly see a lot of people coming to us with Internet businesses to sell, ... But the deals are not getting done because these companies have no revenue and no tangible assets.

We think it dramatically changes the industry, dramatically changes the marketplace, dramatically changes the way businesses communicate and impacts on customer satisfaction, their revenues and profitability.

We're very keen on what they're doing and feel our businesses will complement each other.

The message is clear about the impact of energy. If by some chance the cost of oil were to reach $100 per barrel, the future for many small businesses would be uncertain.

The merger news today is impacting the sentiment in a positive way, as it often does, because it shows businesses are feeling more confident.

The microprocessor and flash businesses are on track, while the networking silicon market is slower than we anticipated.

David Crosby

Their homes are gone; their businesses swamped. They wonder what the future holds,

The federal government can't play favorites to certain businesses one over another,

The continued rise in economic crime poses a serious threat to UK businesses . . Many companies have a false sense of security.

The corporate coffee house isn't necessarily evil, but I think supporting local businesses is inherently good.

Michael Kirby

Increasing Korean travel to the United States is an important initiative of the embassy, ... and we are pleased that we were able to enlist the help and support of the state of Hawaii and private businesses to create and implement the Aloha Korean Honeymooners Travel Program.

Independently owned businesses drive Charlotte's economy. And for too long this so-called small-business sector has been an afterthought in the financial scheme of things. The needs of independently owned companies and professional firms are at the heart of everything we do.

I'm much more interested in raising revenues for businesses than for the government.

Georgia Smith

Dates of the big July weekend are printed on the back; however, that doesn't mean they need to come down after that weekend. We encourage businesses to display them until the celebration officially ends with the re-sealing of the time capsule.

Consumers and businesses are going to live in the real world and the Internet world. The lesson is: Traditional companies that are tied into the Internet ought to have more growth and Internet companies that are tied into more traditional companies should have more profitability and stability.

The notoriety of that type of company and the spin-off potential of the businesses that follow them is a great thing.

The numbers show that cars, trucks and small businesses tend to be responsible for much more of the air's toxicity than is generally recognized.

The numbers looked good. American Express is benefiting from the longer-term trend of consumers and small businesses switching from cash and checks to credit cards.

Jacqueline Novogratz

Even when early innovations start to succeed, it is not uncommon to see growing businesses sabotaged for threatening the status quo.

Stocks usually lead us out of a recession, but not this time. That throws in a whole new level of uncertainty about how businesses are going to behave. We don't know if there will be enough business confidence without stocks coming back.

Taxpayers who are already stretched to their limit by our highest-in-the-nation property taxes may be forced to pick up and leave the state. Businesses that have already rated this as one of the worst business climates in the nation will move operations elsewhere or forgo plans to expand.

Zach Nelson

Taking products designed for large companies and then retrofitting them to work for smaller businesses is a recipe for failure. It would be like a bus manufacturer changing the color of the bus from yellow to black, and then calling it a car.

Strong lending results, respectable deposit growth, well-behaved credit trends and excellent results from some of our fee businesses have not been enough to overcome the performance in spread-based revenues.

Supervisor Gross has done an excellent job engaging businesses and the community in conversation about the issue.