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“I've been a strong financial and political supporter of, first, President Bush Sr. when he was running for president, and even when he ran for president a time or two and failed.”

Firsts Two Running Political Strong President Economy Financial Ran Supporter President Bush

Author:Kenneth Lay

“In the case of Enron, we balance our positions all the time.”

Cases Economy Position Balance Enron

Author:Kenneth Lay

“There are absolutely no problems that had anything to do with Jeff's departure.”

Problem Economy No Problem Departure

Author:Kenneth Lay

“They can't do without electricity. They can do with less electricity.”

Can Do Economy Electricity

Author:Kenneth Lay

“Today, there are also buyers and sellers of all these energy commodities, just like there are buyers and sellers of food commodities and many other commodities.”

Today Energy Economy Commodity Sellers Buyers

Author:Kenneth Lay

“We see ourselves as first helping to open up markets to competition.”

Firsts Helping Economy Competition

Author:Kenneth Lay

“We use competitive markets to arrange for delivery of our food supply.”

Use Economy Delivery Food Supply

Author:Kenneth Lay

“Well, rates would go up whether you deregulate or not, and of course, the rates that are going up right now on the electricity side are still within the regulated framework.”

Wells Stills Courses Sides Economy Right Now Rate Electricity Framework

Author:Kenneth Lay

“You'd rather have a surplus versus a shortage in your position.”

Economy Position Versus Shortage Surplus

Author:Kenneth Lay

“And our size: The company this year is going to be close to $50 billion, so if that's the case and you can continue to grow that fast, I would rather put my energies to solving customer problems and growing our business than worrying about integrating and laying people off.”

People Ifs Years Problem Energy Grows Company Cases Worry Economy Growing Size Customers Billions Integrating

Author:Kevin B. Rollins

“Our goal is to leverage what is already out in the field in terms of partners, but then hire in project management capability and a bit of technical capability.”

Bits Goal Term Economy Fields Projects Management Partners Capability Project Management

Author:Kevin B. Rollins

“Over the last several quarters we have been growing faster in Asia and Europe than any other place on the planet. We have 18 percent of the global PC share, about 12 percent in Europe, and 8 percent in Asia.”

Has Beens Lasts Economy Growing Share Planets Percent Europe Faster Quarters Asia

Author:Kevin B. Rollins

“We think we have a responsibility. And I think it's important for all of us in the Western world to realize that we've all been blessed a lot and if you go to these parts they don't have a lot, even before the tsunami.”

Ifs Thinking World Important Realizing Responsibility Economy Blessed Western Western World Tsunami

Author:Kevin B. Rollins

“What we learned several years ago was that one of our weaknesses would be if we didn't develop enough people with the know-how to run our company, it would come to the point where we would just stop.”

People Ifs Knows Years Enough Would Be Running Company Know How Economy Weakness Years Ago

Author:Kevin B. Rollins

“The ultimate search engine... would understand exactly what you mean and give back exactly what you want.”

Want Giving Mean Economy Ultimate What You Want Engines Giving Back Search Engine

Author:Larry Page

“In some of the countries where we operate, there is a tradition of corruption, in which the political elites work with business in the framework of unsavory relationships.”

Country Political Economy Tradition Corruption Elites Framework

Author:Lee R. Raymond

“We obviously want to produce things that people want. We are going to continue to do that in an environmentally responsible way, while still being aware of the physical, scientific, and practical issues that we have to deal with.”

People Way Want Stills Deals Economy Issues Produce Responsible Practicals

Author:Lee R. Raymond

“So George Burns and my grandpa took me to my first baseball game.”

Firsts Games Economy Baseball Grandpa Baseball Games

Author:Leigh Steinberg

“We live in a niche world.”

World Economy Niche

Author:Leigh Steinberg

“Too many ads that try not to go over the reader's head end up beneath his notice.”

Trying Ends Economy Reader Ads

Book:Communications of an Advertising Man: Selections from the Speeches, Articles, Memoranda, and Miscellaneous Writings of Leo Burnett

Source: Communications of an Advertising Man: Selections from the Speeches, Articles, Memoranda, and Miscellaneous Writings of Leo Burnett

“What this means is that the first week of every new series of ads will continue to yield softer results than you can expect to see in weeks two and three.”

Firsts Mean Two Three Results Economy Week Series Yield Ads

Author:Roy H. Williams

“I try to keep in touch with the details... I also look at the product daily. That doesn't mean you interfere, but it's important occasionally to show the ability to be involved. It shows you understand what's happening.”

Trying Looks Mean Important Shows Ability Economy Products Involved Happenings Details Interfere

Author:Rupert Murdoch

“And when we used to play and fight in the streets in Brooklyn and I would get hurt or something, my mother would always come out and save me. So that sort of postponed the inevitable about getting a good beating, without having somebody to come and save you.”

Play Used Mother Fighting Hurt Economy Streets Inevitable Brooklyn Save Me

Author:Sanford I. Weill

“I've had a terrific life, from building one company to be the second largest company in the securities industry and merging that into American Express, and becoming president of that company.”

President Company Economy Security Building Industry Becoming Terrific Merging American Express Becoming President

Author:Sanford I. Weill

“I come back to the same thing: We've got the greatest pipeline in the company's history in the next 12 months, and we've had the most amazing financial results possible over the last five years, and we're predicting being back at double-digit revenue growth in fiscal year '06.”

Years Lasts Next Growth Results Company Economy Five Months Financial Five Years Revenue Most Amazing Predicting Pipeline Last Five Years Financial Results

Author:Steve Ballmer

“I have lots of sources of information about what's going on at the company. I think I have a pretty good pulse on where we are and what people are thinking.”

People Thinking Company Economy Information Source Pulse

Author:Steve Ballmer

“Our people, our shareholders, me, Bill Gates, we expect to change the world in every way, to succeed wildly at everything we touch, to have the broadest impact of any company in the world.”

People World Way Company Economy Succeed Impact Bills Changing The World Gates Shareholders

Author:Steve Ballmer

“So, I think the output of our innovation is great. We have a culture of self-improvement. I know we can continue to improve. There is no issue. But at the same time, our absolute level of output is fantastic.”

Thinking Knows Self Culture Levels Economy Issues Self Improvement Absolutes Innovation Improvement Fantastic Output

Author:Steve Ballmer

“Because I do think - not just in building AOL - but just the world in which we live is a very confusing, rapidly changing world where technology has accelerated.”

Thinking World Technology Economy Building Confusing Accelerate

Author:Steve Case

“I think it took us nine years to get one million subscribers to AOL, and then in the next nine years we went from one million to 35 million.”

Thinking Years Next Millions Economy Nine Nine Years

Author:Steve Case

“I think the support of the other team at AOL and everybody's really shared passion and belief about this and - saying that some day everybody was going to be on line.”

Thinking Passion Belief Lines Support Economy Team

Author:Steve Case

“Most of the people who had PCs did not have modems and could not use those PCs as communicating devices. They really were using them for spreadsheets or word processing or storing recipes or playing games or what have you.”

People Use Games Economy Communicate Devices Recipes Processing Playing Games

Author:Steve Case

“One of the biggest challenges we had in the first decade was not that many people had personal computers. There weren't that many people to sell to, and it was hard to identify them.”

People Firsts Hard Challenges Economy Computer Sells Decades Personal Computers

Author:Steve Case

“So we believed that strategic alliances and partnerships were critical, and we did that for five years.”

Years Economy Five Critical Five Years Partnership Strategic Alliances

Author:Steve Case

“So you have to force yourself out of a comfort zone and really try to figure out what are the key ingredients, the key skill sets, the key perspectives that are necessary, and then figure out a way to attract the very best people to fill those particular roles.”

People Way Trying Force Roles Economy Figures Particular Perspective Keys Comfort Skills Zone Ingredients Comfort Zone

Author:Steve Case

“The more we thought, the more they all sounded boring compared to Apple. You didn't have to have a real specific reason for choosing a name when you were a little tiny company of two people; you choose any name you want.”

People Want Littles Two Real Reason Names Company Economy Boring Tiny Apples You Choose

Author:Steve Wozniak

“But we also think that we've got more quite alot more support than any new format has ever had.”

Thinking Support Economy Format

Author:Trip Hawkins

“So the guy that we're really targeting our system at this year is one of the guys who brought a 16bit system three or four years ago and has pretty much had it with that, and he's ready to buy something new.”

Years Guy Three Economy Four Ready Years Ago Something New Four Years

Author:Trip Hawkins

“The U.S. team has swept all the medals in the skeet shooting event. So despite our bad economy, it's nice to know our country has never been safer from an attack of skeets.”

Knows Country Funny Economy Nice Team Events Despite Our Country Shooting Olympics Medal London Olympics

Author:Conan O'Brien

“Monogamy, or restrictions by law to one wife, is no part of the economy of heaven among men. Such a system was commenced by the founders of the Roman Empire... Rome became the mistress of the world, and introduced this order of monogamy wherever her sway was acknowledged. Thus this monogamic order of marriage, so esteemed by modern Christians as a hold sacrament and divine institution, is nothing but a system established by a set of robbers.”

Men World Christian Law Order Heaven Economy Wife Modern Divine Institutions Empires Rome Founders Sacraments Mistress Restriction Roman Empire Polygamy Robbers Monogamy

Author:Brigham Young

“Everyone understands that in a modern economy - transparency, accountability, a working justice system are part of having a functioning, modern society.”

Justice Economy Modern Accountability Transparency Justice System Modern Society

Author:Alexander Stille

“You're always as good as your last movie and that's the same with politics. If you are successful with a certain policy, then you're hot; if you're successful with the economy, or bringing down the unemployment rate, then you're hot. But if you're not successful, then things go south very quickly.”

Ifs Lasts Certain Economy Successful Policy Hot South Rate Unemployment Unemployment Rate

Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger

“I understand why society, especially American society, is gravitating toward fairy tales, given our economy. We've been exploring the world of witches and wizards for years. We've been exploring the world of vampires for years. Clearly the public - I mean, I feel like all of this was ushered in by 'Harry Potter' - in my own fannish beliefs.”

World Feels Years Mean Belief Given My Own Economy Tales Vampire Fairy Witch Fairy Tale Harry Potter Exploring Wizards Potters American Society Exploring The World

Author:Ginnifer Goodwin

“Greed is good to most economists. It's greed that makes people work harder, be more productive and helps the economy grow.”

People Helping Grows Economy Hard Work Harder Greed Productive Economist Work Harder Greed Is Good

Author:Rebecca M. Blank

“We love a world in which the people in the white hats get rewarded and the people in the black hats pay the price. And that I have to say doesn't happen very often, particularly in a very complex economy. We're in a time of panic where people have lost trust in what the banks are doing, what the investment firms are doing - lost trust beyond a level of reasonableness, to be honest. And, it's got to be stopped.”

People World Happens Lost Black White Levels Pay Economy Honest Investment Complexes Being Honest Firm Hats Panic Pay The Price Reasonableness Black Hats Lost Trust

Author:Rebecca M. Blank

“The things that led me to run for office - trying to figure out how we create an economy where everybody's got a fair shot and if you work hard, you can achieve your dreams.”

Ifs Trying Hard Dream Running Economy Achieve Figures Hard Work Office Shots Fairs Your Dreams Achieving Your Dreams

Author:Barack Obama

“We are going through historic times, and my vision is a world, first of all, in which America continues to be that one indispensable nation. Because we're taking care of our own people, because our economy is strong and our middle class is growing, and people feel like hard work is rewarded, and we are continuing to expand opportunity and diversity and tolerance and respect.”

“I think the time has changed. Because of 9/11, because of the economy, it is more and more now. There is a darker awareness, although it would seem to reason that because life is so much tougher now people would seek entertainment to just totally escape.”

People Thinking Reason Seems Life Is Economy Awareness Changed Entertainment Times Have Changed

Author:Lauren Shuler Donner

“That is the job of the Catholic Church, to be a balance to the materialistic drives of our culture and of economy.”

Jobs Culture Church Economy Balance Catholic Catholic Church Materialistic

Author:David Brooks

“We are facing incredible challenges in the economy of the U.S. and the economy of the globe, but the stock market, we never know whether it's over-discounted or under-discounted or got exactly right its anticipation.”

Knows Challenges Economy Incredibles Anticipation Globes

Author:John C. Bogle

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