Famous Quotes & Sayings

The 'paired share' company gives us a conflict-free environment in which to operate,

Under our current collective-bargaining contract there is an incentive program that our members are sharing in. Given the obscene level of profits the company is now enjoying, though, it should probably be more.

Nick Cannon

I've never been able to sky-dive, and I've always wanted to. I've probably done everything else, but for some reason the insurance company won't let me do it.

We look at the fourth-quarter as a solid one and a good end for the year for the company.

David Wong

We maintain our 'hold' rating on Sun, seeing little profitability and little growth unless the company undertakes a new major strategic initiative.

Jim Balsillie

We made sure the CIO was happy, ... The CIO has a veto and they don't hesitate to use it because they lose their jobs if the security and reliability of company data is compromised.

HP is not going to be cutting R&D or the innovation that the company is known for. What they are doing is prudent,

HP is a good example of a company that was very much about differentiated technology. With Dell competing with a very innovative supply chain, HP has had to remake its supply chain.

Hurricane Katrina has been a terrible natural disaster. Many of our employees and customers in the region have lost their homes and many of their possessions. Very few have escaped from the storm unscathed. We are determined to do everything that we can do as a company to help the region rebuild and help our employees return to their normal lives as quickly as possible.

I actually enjoy it so much that I hired another salesperson and had him join another BNI group in Bonita Springs, a market he'll be responsible for. I'm going to make it a company standard that every time I hire somebody they join a BNI group.

I thought she'd be small, but she was really big. She's beautiful. The nurses were wonderful. I can't say it was fun, but when you're in good company like this, it was easier.

I think we see the power of some of the decisions they've made to be a total liquid-refreshment company,

I think what the data will show, is that pay rose substantially, but maybe not quite as much in 2004. Executive pay goes up a lot when company performance goes up and that includes, but is not limited to, the stock price performance.

I think at first it was disbelief ? you've got to be kidding. But now that they've seen some of the legislative support we've put together, they see that the union is willing to put up some money, that the company is, that the state stepped right up ? they think there's a ray of hope.

It gives them the confidence that there is a foundation for documents that is not controlled by just one company but is a real consensus within the industry,

He has a great knowledge of the company and has the personality needed for the role.

He has a real conviction as to how the telecom market and technology are going to evolve, and a real conviction on what his company needs to do to remain competitive.

Rob Enderle

He has to expand market share. It's one thing to get the company into fighting weight; it's another thing to get into the fight.

Jerry Jones

He is a Wall Street guy, not a real estate guy, not a hospitality guy, but a stock guy. The connection with Wall Street is important to the company. And the familiarity with the company is a real asset.

Having BP is going to open a lot more doors for them and this company is going to be a lot bigger. I won't sell my shares.

He loved it. He would umpire during the season and he would deliver fuel oil for my company during the winter.

Given the sensitive regulatory position that Microsoft will still be facing, the company will not make a major series of acquisitions, which reduces the need for cash.

GM's new products are just not getting the job done and the company is losing market share, ... It's really a combination of three things going on. There's lower sales mixed with falling prices and higher input costs.

GM is such a bellwether, major company in the United States, and if they filed for bankruptcy, that just wouldn't be a good indication as to market conditions.

Seth Godin

Give up control and give it away, ... The more you give your idea away, the more your company is going to be worth.

If we strike, the company will be liquidated.

If the surviving company is French, it won't be eligible for the S&P 500 index.

If the strike continues through the end of October, the company will lose units of production that it can't replace in this quarter, and that will reduce the earnings outlook. The likelihood is that this strike will be settled soon, in the next three to four days, maybe in week.

If the company were to continue in the way it is going it is possible it could run into difficulties so we can't write that out -- but frankly it is unlikely,

If the company they're suing has even a remote tie to the Valley they want to come here, because they think they can get a better deal.

If the company said it was a one-quarter event, then I think the downside would have been limited. But given the guidance we received, which is that growth is likely to slow because the company is so large, that will ratchet down the numbers for fiscal 2001, and that's probably where the damage is going to come from.

If the company has to tell you every time your information is invaded, they are going to want to spend more money on preventing the problem in the first place.

If the generic doesn't get out there then the pharmaceutical company (with the patent) obviously benefits.