William Johnson Quotes (12 Quotes)

This divestiture continues the execution of our strategic plan, which is aimed at making Heinz a more focused, faster-growing and higher-margin company.

The arts and music in schools is very important these days when so much on television has nothing to do with the fine arts. These kind of programs really broaden the horizon of our students and is better than having them just sitting in front of the TV.

I think he laid forth a very strong message, a great plan, and I think we should all work together to help him accomplish that. He certainly can count on my support.

Our sales force will become strategic partners with customers, thereby building greater trust and influence. We will tailor the location and composition of our account teams to fit our customers' differing requirements. We will devote more resources toward our customers and broaden our sales capabilities and influence beyond merchandising to assortment, pricing and shelving.

I love watching NFL Films and ESPN Classic.

Heinz is becoming an even more attractive investment opportunity as we focus on three strong categories where we have the consumer expertise, the leading brands and operational capabilities to generate stronger and higher quality growth in profits and sales.

Ninety percent of our 12th-graders said alcohol was easy to get a hold of, and two-thirds of them said they knew where they could buy it.

The third-quarter results reflect the success of our growth plans, and margins continue to show improvement.

If it is to be, it is up to me.

They heard us loud and clear, and did what they had to do to help Long Island. I would say that this is going to ... increase significantly the possibility of getting budgets passed.

We've had some students who enjoyed these types of programs so much they've made the pursuit of music a big part of their lives. We've even had some go on to perform with the marching and concert bands at Westmoreland High School.

Excluding restructuring and the other non-recurring items we discussed, I expect to see strong second- half performance with solid double-digit earnings growth from our core businesses.