Famous Quotes & Sayings

Geoffrey Moore

When I go meet with a company that's No. 1--a Microsoft or Cisco or SAP--one of the things I hear a lot is how mean it is out there. Being No. 1 these days means you become the natural target.

Right now, e-commerce is a little stripling. But if you could pick up a small part of every transaction a company would be doing well.

Retirement - Because you've given so much of yourself to the company that you don't have anything left we can use.

Ed Slott

Retirees are much too loyal to the company that employed them, ... When it comes to retirement savings, your first loyalty must be to yourself.

Michael Eisner

Peter has delivered outstanding performances in every endeavor he has undertaken since joining the company in 1985,

Politicians can flip in no time, depending on where the political wind is blowing. The company is concerned and doing the right thing by educating the public.

Potentially, you're looking at a company that has very little revenue growth for the next few years because of patent expirations,

Only half goes directly from the manufacturers to the end users (such as pharmacies). The other half goes through a very complex distribution chain, from one company to another to another, two or three times, before it gets to the end user,

Nissan isn't the only company putting out conservative estimates.

Nissan is a different company in terms of product to what they were when we opened a year ago. There is real interest in the renewed line-up of Nissan products.

Nearly everyone I talk to thinks it's a good idea. The thing is that neither company needs to do a deal.

O. J. Simpson

NDS was a large company and our company is small and local. Their sales will run about $120 million a year total; our sales were probably between $3 (million) and $5 million per year.

Only the degree of severity of the decline will vary from one company to the next.

On the other hand, losing her would be costly. She's been very good for the company before all this began. She could be vital to rebuilding the brand.

One of the real risks with tech stocks is a company that doesn't recognize it's no longer a rapid-growth business. But many have recognized that and are being more share shareholder-friendly with their cash.

Claire Coffee

I was five when I did my first show with the Mountain Play Theatre company in Marin County. I started young, and since no one in my family was involved in the industry in any way shape or form, I think everyone thought I'd do a few plays and that would be it. But then I kept doing it.

I was struck by how many people responded to just one tiny store and one tiny company that they probably never heard of before. It makes you realize that people really do want to help if they can; sometimes all you need to do is ask.

Adoniram Judson

I was seized on the 8th of June, 1824, in consequence of the war with Bengal and, in company with Dr. Price, three Englishmen, one American, and one Greek, was thrown into the death prison at Ava, where we lay eleven months - nine months in three pairs and two months in five pairs of fetters.

Motorola would have to give up 20 percent of their entire company to do it. I can't see that happening.

May we 'lead' in the company of kings and amass wealth by our efforts.

Eric Ross

Maybe you can make another 50 percent from here, but people are skittish, ... The problem in this market is that everyone's looking for the momentum play. Any sort of fear that a company isn't going to be able to sustain a momentum ends up a reason to dump shares.

Mendocino is definitely a company to watch. With an established pedigree of enterprise storage domain expertise, and a distribution model that delivers application and data recovery solutions to enterprises through trusted supplier partners, Mendocino is well positioned to provide solutions that can meet the most stringent recovery requirements.

Mendocino is definitely a company to watch, ... With an established pedigree of enterprise storage domain expertise, and a distribution model that delivers application and data recovery solutions to enterprises through trusted supplier partners, Mendocino is well positioned to provide solutions that can meet the most stringent recovery requirements.

My job is to reaffirm the core vision and values that have made this company great and resolve the issues that have recently come to light.

My initial reaction when I heard that Kent was hired, 'Thank God he's a company man,'

Ryan Holmes

My first real venture was a paintball company I started in Grade 10, when I was 16. After hearing about it from a friend, I realized my town didn't have a playing field. I did some research, spoke with other paintball company owners, and I started my own field the following summer.

One should always seek company of intelligent and the person with purity of thought.

One may view the past record very innocently -- as mistakes made, sloppiness, management problems on the part of the company, ... Or one may look take it much differently, and see a more sinister trend.

Samuel Barnett

Obviously we had to study Shakespeare at school, but to be honest, I was not a fan. I found the language very difficult, and I didn't enjoy watching it or studying it. I auditioned five times for the Royal Shakespeare Company early on in my career, and I didn't even get past the first rounds.

Michael Eisner

Of course, economic downturns are never good news, but historically, our company has always emerged from them stronger than ever, ... With this in mind, we remain confident in meeting or exceeding our fiscal goals for this year and about the long-term prospects for The Walt Disney Company.

No one company can do it all by itself.

One thing the company loses by not being part of J&J is not having more money for market development education and training

Susan Wojcicki

My first job after college was at Magic Quest, an educational software startup company where I was responsible for writing the content. I found that job somewhat accidentally but after working there a few weeks and loving my job, I decided to pursue a career in technology.