Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

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.

I would be surprised if there were significant appreciation. Whatever the premium is, three or four points ... because 85 percent of the company is still going to be coming, there is not much they can do to please the public on the upside.

I would be foolish to say there aren't people who are booking away because of the rhetoric. As it gets louder, it hurts the company more.

John King

I work for a place that's been great to me over the years, and when you make a mistake, you're hurting your company as well.

If we get the right talent into the company, we can provide the rest. It's not the systems, it's not the materials, it's the people. And that's why we're basing so much importance on it.

Kenneth Lay

If we do that, then Enron will become the leading company in the world.

If we don't change, the company will not survive.

If the situation runs smoothly for the next three or four days, there may be no incentive for the company to end the strike. If it doesn't run smoothly, they might be back at the table at some point.

If there were something that were shutting down companies, of course it is vital that our company continues to run and produce vaccine.

I got the registered letter the day after this happened. You know, they should have hand-delivered the letter beforehand. We didn't have an opportunity to sit down with the company to find out what happened.

I grant you many more sleepless nights so you might make better decisions for this company in the future.

If we can find a company with accelerating growth potential and a decent valuation then we're happy,

If this was a level playing field and if the company hadn't sent out veiled threats, things would be different.

If this particular company and this particular country does not join the modern economy, it stands every risk of being left behind. But clearly, if it did it in a thoughtless way and tried to meet this demand of the market immediately, it would have created chaos.

I have every confidence that these new leaders will help guide Koch Industries and its subsidiaries to an even more successful future. Collectively, Jim and Mark have spent more than 27 years of service in various Koch company roles. As individuals, they have consistently helped their respective teams perform successfully.

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.

He was a natural leader who was enormously well liked. The way he treated people and how he ran the company set an exceptionally high standard of personal decency.