Famous Quotes & Sayings

Maurice Strong

It is perfectly proper for NGOs to seek corporate support. But it is also important that, in doing so, they not sell their soul for that support.

It's a double standard. They say these management guys are so valuable.... They are not. This is typical corporate greed.

It's just part of an ongoing effort to maintain a high level of corporate governance.

It's especially tasteless to exploit the death for corporate gain.

It's a terrible problem. I'm wondering if they would have to do a corporate reorganization.

It's an appropriate example of the new corporate governance since the stock has languished for so long.

It may not be a hidden dominant force today, but over the next several years, real-time collaborative services are going to flood into corporate networks,

It's an industry with strong growth. We thought that rising raw-material costs would reduce corporate investment in technology, but that didn't happen. Growth and investment are there.

It's going to be an interesting week for the markets with a slew of economic and corporate news on tap.

It's going to be a new level of quality: a corporate grade solution for consumers.

It's going to be the sort of year in which one or two shocks might well happen. But I think corporate news flow will get better, but the question is going to be how much is already discounted. We're optimistic, but not euphoric.

It's good news for the economy, it's good news for the Fed and it's good news for corporate profits,

It's for charity, and we love it. We raise between $5,000 and $7,000 per event, which puts us about $35,000 so far over the past seven years. Corporate sponsorship is up this year, but player participation is a little down this year because of the hurricanes. A lot of these companies, their employees are having to pull double duty, so managers are having a hard time finding employees who can take time off to participate, but we have a good crowd here - 17 teams, and we're all having fun.

Drew Pearson

It's got a very, very low-key family atmosphere. It's not very corporate and that's why people enjoy it so much.

Gary Roberts

Everyone knows New Orleans was a marginal major league market. More and more, the NFL has come to rely on corporate dollars and New Orleans doesn't have a very large corporate base.

Everyone at Progress Energy is focused on meeting the needs of our customers to provide them with reliable power today and in the future. Our corporate giving reflects the same dedication and pursuit of excellence.

As investors this year, we have to focus on the durability of corporate profit growth. Within that you can find a lot of opportunities in the stock market.

Even if there is an upturn in the U.S., there is no real sign of any recovery in corporate profit, ... There is too much supply and too little demand ? profits have got to come down.

It just made so much sense to expand this plant. We also feel that this cements our place as a corporate member of the community.

Governor Pataki, you've ruled Ground Zero with an iron fist for too long. You've let corporate elites and other special interest groups dominate what's done here.

For one, the arena's location is far superior to that of the Expo Center. Chaparral Ice is right on I-35, centrally located and accessible. It's a much newer facility. From a competitive standpoint, we'll no longer have to have to spend the last month of our season, our 'playoff drive,' playing on the road. And we'll be able to offer our corporate partners year-round display of their message, as opposed to a four-month window to reach our fans.

If I was a CIO or corporate IT manager, I would make sure my employees used them safely; they should all have a headset,

Liam Neeson

I do tend to gravitate toward what guiding light we have. . . . If I read something that's got those ethics in it, then I go towards it. We live in such a corporate world where everyone is passing the buck, it seems to me. Therefore I like stories where the individual takes responsibility for BEING the individual, and not just for himself, but for his comrades, his society and ultimately for his country. Ultimately, we can all learn a lesson from that and not be browbeaten by the corporate world which is taking over.

I don't think Dell will come out and pound the table on corporate spending, ... It's as if Dell is operating in a vacuum.

Eric Gale

I don't think the market is terribly worried about inflation but there is an expectation that corporate profits might just struggle a little more.

How much more evidence does the government need that across-the-board corporate tax-cuts are a drag on the economy?

If corporate profits do go down, it's highly likely that we could see the U.S. tumble into a recession.

Because of more corporate money, schools will get more general-scholarship money. And that's something we are excited about it.

The line between corporate governance and strategy is a fine one. Increasingly, strategy is a legitimate question for shareholders.

George Russell

The deterioration of the financial markets, particularly in the technology sector, and a worsening corporate earnings outlook, was particularly marked in the second half of the year.

America's technology has turned in upon itself; its corporate form makes it the servant of profits, not the servant of human needs

All of these corporate chieftains are saying new hiring is in the cards, around the corner, down the road -- but that doesn't mean March.

The emphasis is now more on corporate earnings,