Jim Thompson Quotes (22 Quotes)

You give it up by not staying on top of it, growing it and by not being competitive, or you simply give up. We didn't lose the businesses. We gave them up. These people are willing to come in, bite the bullet and do whatever's necessary to get the business up to where it's successful. They understand the rewards for what they do.

We're definitely making progress. Just the reaction to that guy is progress. Ten years ago his behavior wouldn't have even been noticed.

We think it's very important we work through the proper channels in this case, ... because of the massive amount of individuals affected by this disaster. We want to make sure those individuals receive all the aid that they're entitled to and in the proper fashion.

Young people by the time they get to high school today are expected to have some kind of focus. The age of exploration is filtering down to the middle school level, and Franklin has an opportunity to take advantage of that.

They gave him nine months to a year to live.

Even a late starter can do 5,000 a year. In five years, he or she can have a decent balance.

Obviously, the gas prices are going to affect our budget some, ... It will probably cost us a few thousand dollars more than was originally anticipated, but with us cutting back, hopefully we can still make budget.

Parents often feel that they don't have a lot of control over their coaches.

Hong Kong companies are basically saying, 'Don't tell us how to run a business if you have these problems back in the United States.

Its the same thing as insurance companies dragging their feet in paying physicians.

I'd like to get a couple of our girls in (districts) as individuals. It should be a good, fast meet and real good competition. Division I and Division II are getting closer and closer. It raises the bar a little bit and pushes everybody to do their best.

We are cutting back on gas consumption and mileage, ... We are anticipating it will get worse and we may have to cut back even more.

We're on a wait-and-see approach as far as I'm concerned. We're just waiting to hear back from them.

It is a crapshoot. When you get a good coach for your kid, you feel like you are in heaven. When you get a bad one, it is hell.

We used to have to run somebody down there and do a manual test of the water. Now we can instantly see what the conditions are from the office while we're working on other things.

The American Red Cross, Salvation Army and FEMA may ask for additional support from our city,

He grabbed hold of the snake by the tail, picked it up. They found a water jug close by and they put him inside that.

It always feels good to win a conference match away from home. The girls played well on a golf course that we had not played well on before.

made it clear that they were only accepting monetary contributions and therefore that was our first efforts was city staff in support of it.

We were really pleased. We were happy with all our times. This is the most we've ever had make it to district.

COLUMBIA CITY - Brittney Kyler finished with a round of 41 and Natosha Wood finished the day right behind her with with a 42 as the Columbia City High School Lady Eagles' golf team edged Leo at Eagle Glen Golf Course, 180-184. We escaped with a victory in this match, ... This was a match where they had the lead, we caught up and went ahead, and then we tried to give away.

The question is, when someone acts like that, what do people do We say you have more power than you think. Having a parent or a group of parents speak to a coach is a good thing.