Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Sims

E. B. White had a romantic tenderness toward nature in a capital R, 19th-century way. He was knowledgeable, a part-time farmer, and a hardheaded realistic person.

But generally I am fine with a capital F; probably in extraordinary shape for a man of my age.

Hines Ward

To me, it's like you put in all this hard work, and we didn't capitalize on it. When you look at it, we had a great year.

This was a big game for us, and we had a lead again, and we weren't able to capitalize on it, and it's something that we are really going to have to work through.

Today most open-source-related companies, whether they seek venture capital or not, need to define their market and objectives in the context of technical maturity, commercial support and partnerships with system vendors and independent software vendors, licensing, and the vibrancy of their respective open-source communities,

With scandal-ridden capital markets, a mediocre recovery and still high valuations, a lengthy bottoming and healing period is needed before we get a substantial upturn in equities.

We wanted this opportunity. Now we have to capitalize on it.

We've had so many of those kind of innings that went the other way, it was nice to finally capitalize on one of our own. We've had trouble coming up with innings like this, and we've given away too many of them to the other team.

The running capital of the world is also a hippie haven. The home of the University of Oregon is a gorgeous place, great for those who love the outdoors.

The running capital of the world is also a hippie haven,

Sean Casey

It was the same kind of game as the one last night, but they won that one. They had opportunities, we had opportunities, we couldn't capitalize until the 11th.

It was very hard fought - we did have opportunities we didn't capitalize on.

The share reform is the primary task for the capital market reform and development in 2006.

The stock market's strong and capital is readily available, and that's obviously driving activity.

I understand the skepticism that people may have because of other major capital projects. But this project is so different because of the private financial commitment.

Ned Yost

The whole inning was self-inflicted. They don't stop putting on the pressure, they keep coming, they capitalize on mistakes.

The wild card is capital gains distributions. So you have to be very careful when you're changing your portfolio.

The very fact that this kind of climate can exist in the capital of the United States is unacceptable.

The risk of a further slump of Hong Kong stocks is not great, as there is no evidence there are capital outflows in the region. Strong support remains at the mid-February low of 15,241.

The risk is that the baht depreciates because capital flows to Thailand may slow, particularly to the stock market. We're having a problem related to how elections are going to pan out.

We've been talking for a long time about capital spending growth being a key component of the sustainability of this recovery. You have to be encouraged about what we've seen.

Christopher Wood

The problem has been building, ... Given the history of capital flight in Indonesia, it's more important to be decisive.

We showed up in Bradford unprepared to play, and the result was due to that. We had some early power-play opportunities that we did not capitalize on, and never really were able to get any momentum going.

When I started, we had no money at all, ... We charged what we needed to make our expenses. There was never a reserve or any effort to capitalize on the asset, which is the single most important reason why we struggled all these years.

We felt we played good enough to win. We had some opportunities that we didn't capitalize on. We should have, and it comes back to get you.

Chris Harris

We got our turnovers too but we didn't capitalize like they did.

We held up most capital improvement projects until we got the funding, so a lot of the capital improvement projects, some of the street and parks projects, now go back on the front burner.

The Street was expecting $4 billion, so on the capital spending front it was a disappointment.

The third quarter results demonstrate the continuing competitive challenge we face and the vital importance of securing a consensual restructuring which will enable us to move forward with our strategic capital program,

The thing that happened tonight was that they carried out all of their assignments, skated hard for three periods and forced the other team to make mistakes and capitalize on them.

Ben Taylor

I've always played with a chip on my shoulder, ... People always said I'm not that fast, I haven't been that strong, I haven't been that big. But I'm standing here today. A lot of players have that story. I've been able to capitalize on my opportunities.

Saul Alinsky

The organized labor movement as it is constituted today is as much a concomitant of a capitalist economy as is capital. Organized labor is predicated upon the basic premise of collective bargaining between employers and employees. This premise can obtain only for an employer-employee type of society. If the labor movement is to maintain its own identity and security, it must of necessity protect that kind of society.

Human capital is a core corporate asset, just like financial and physical assets. As such, it must be managed the way companies manage other assets. This requires thinking strategically about how to invest in human capital, and figuring out how to optimize and measure its return.