Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Davidson

But ultimately, rate cuts are not going to help the crisis of confidence. This is a process that is going to take a lot of time. We need to see CEOs signing off on the earnings. We need to see people getting prosecuted.

He sounds to me like the kind of person Nortel needs. A new Nortel CEO should be top-line, sales oriented to sell to people who may be reluctant to use Nortel because of their reputation.

He's saying, 'The CEO is not the only one that contributes to the success of the organization.'

The turmoil in the boardroom and the goings-on with the CEO succession should dominate the agenda.

For a CEO to be told when to get up, when to eat, where to stand and what to wear, this is a significant punishment,

It is time for you to step down from your role as CEO and director so that you can do what you do best: retreat to your waterfront mansion in the Hamptons, where you can play tennis and hobnob with your fellow socialites,

John Katzman

I hated being a public company CEO.

John Kasich

They have a new CEO in Wells Fargo . I don't know much about him. The lady who was involved to some degree in the shenanigans along with the CEO are gone. So I need to see where things stand before we go any farther at this point.

Martha Stewart

It is within everyone's grasp to be a CEO.

I picked up the phone and called Herbert Hainer, the CEO of Adidas, and said, 'Well, it's Peace Day coming up. I think it's about time after 60 years to end this feud. How about doing something together?'

Ted Kennedy

The CEOs who do this are people who have never failed at anything.

The CEO succession process from me to Ken has gone smoothly, and we have been able to move even more quickly than I anticipated, ... Ken has put in place the new organization structure and senior leadership team.

David Hawkins

The CEOs that don't sign, their stock price will see an immediate fallout, ... Some of my hedge fund friends are already trying to find out who will not be able to sign by Aug. 14.

The company is not for sale. But having been the CEO of two other companies that were sold, it is always a possibility.

The event was more of a marketing event than a product launch, as a lot of the details were predictably vague. Further, CEO Ballmer conceded offstage that it likely would be several years before the .NET platform has any material impact on Microsoft's financials.

The indictment of Enron's CEO shows that we will follow the evidence wherever it leads -- even to the top of the corporate ladder.

Gordon Bethune

The fun part is, the same talk I would give gratis as CEO of Continental, I get paid handsomely for now.

Jeffrey R. Immelt

You can stay too long in a job, that's for sure. But by the same token, in the 12 years I have been CEO of GE, there have been four CEOs of Toshiba. So there's too short a time to do it, and there's too long a time to do it.

Felix Sabates

You can't have Gomer Pyle any more driving a race car, Those days are over. You've got to have somebody that at least looks good and can talk in front of a TV camera, and can sit down and talk to the CEO of a Fortune 500 company.

Paul Graham

Empirically the way you get a product visionary as CEO is for him to found the company and not get fired.

This is not likely to be a company with a Jack Welch type of CEO and a cult of personality for 20 years.