Never. I said that last year. Once you lose it's over, it's done. It's not going to make you feel any better to win this year. Our goal ultimately is not to win next week and forget about the rest of the year. It's to go to the Super Bowl and win the Super Bowl. They're just the next step. |
New order activity has remained weak throughout the quarter and our overall backlog has declined. The magnitude of this downturn is greater than we, or our customers anticipated, and the progress in reducing excess inventory in the channel appears to be slower than they originally thought. |
New Orleans had devastation prior to the hurricane. We were warning them that the city was heading to catastrophe, but we got the hurricane instead. There is no economic base for black folks. They're supposed to wait tables for $5 an hour. And people are surprised there's poverty and rage? |
New-car buyers can consider hybrids because they reduce pollution and save the environment, but they shouldn't expect to save money in the short-term. Our poll data uncovered false expectations. Forty-four percent said a hybrid would cost less than a conventional car to drive and maintain. |
Next time, a cleansing Katrina-type storm will not leave anything for us to argue about, ... The Bible says, 'If my people, who are called by my name, will turn from their wicked ways, then I, their God in heaven, will hear their pleas and heal their land.' Let's pray and humble ourselves. |
No company in modern history has come back from the dead like Smith & Wesson. In the dark days for Smith & Wesson, you'd go to a trade show and there would be an invisible cone of silence around the Smith & Wesson booth. Now you have to get into a fist fight to get close to their displays. |
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No question this is a big game because, according to the preseason poll, this is one of the teams were supposed to be close to. This is probably going to be a game that's decided in the fourth quarter. If we can win, it will set us up with some momentum for the tough stretch we have ahead. |
Nobody knows how serious the economic decline actually is or how long it's going to last or whether [Federal Reserve Chairman Alan] Greenspan's efforts [to cut interest rates and stimulate the economy] will be successful or if the Bush administration's tax cut will really fire the economy, |
Nobody knows how serious the economic decline actually is or how long it's going to last or whether [Federal Reserve Chairman Alan] Greenspan's efforts [to cut interest rates and stimulate the economy] will be successful or if the Bush administration's tax cut will really fire the economy. |
Nobody remembers who loses the Super Bowl. Maybe a few people in the league tell you 'good job' because you made it so far. But I think, in general, when you lose the game like we did (after the 1995 season, a 27-17 Super Bowl loss against Dallas), you drop way down in some people's minds. |
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Not everyone asks for the reward. They are not necessarily even seeking the reward. I think that is very interesting. It goes to show that people call for a lot of reasons, but what ultimately motivates them to pick up the phone really is the information that they have in their possession. |
Not only are our markets getting better and our internal cost-cutting programs succeeding, we are also seeing the benefits of our merger with Union Camp reflected in our earnings. Going forward, we will continue to manage production in line with our customer orders and not build inventory. |
Nothing good will come out of the conference, nothing good will come out of it for the Palestinians. Iran is only offering the Palestinians more blood and despair. The future is only in peace and in reconciliation and regional cooperation and Tehran is fundamentally opposed to those goals. |