Mr. Parsons has laid out a very good strategy. The film unit created the upside surprise. It's really a motion picture story in the quarter.
Quotes about parsons (16 Quotes)
Monday is parson's holiday.
It is likely that the biggest contributor is popular culture. A show like 'Project Runway' brands Parsons all the time, and that has had an impact on the number of people who want to become fashion designers. It's been largely good for the school.
Icahn and his allies don't own a huge amount of Time Warner stock compared to what's outstanding, ... And this isn't a classic Carl Icahn story, where you're dealing with sluggish management, an unknown stock and a situation where asset sales won't result in tax problems. Parsons has gone in the right direction.
If Case and Parsons sold stock knowing there was bad news coming out of the company, that would be ugly.
It is after much deliberation that I have decided not to stand for re-election at the annual meeting. I have enjoyed working with (TW chairman and CEO) Dick Parsons, as well as the other board members and the management team. I wish Dick and the company every success.
While the cause of the American Airlines crash is unknown, it would be a mistake to assume it had to do with an act of terror, Parsons said. Crashes due to mechanical failure are a fact of airline travel. It's not uncommon through a normal year to lose a plane, ... John Q Public needs to understand that we do have accidents. It's usually in the first eight minutes up and in the last eight minutes down.
I don't know if guidance is going to get much lower for AOL, but it still looks like it's kind of in a death spiral, ... If things are still deteriorating at AOL by late this summer, people are going to wonder whether or not Parsons can fix it as well.
For 2002, they may indeed come in and assume more conservative estimates because Dick Parsons is running the show, ... It will be his watch and so the company will have to make the numbers.
I think they said they have enrolled about 500 dual-credit hours for Parsons High School kids. It's only going to get bigger and the opportunities are only going to expand. And, the more students take advantage of it, the better it will be. Just because you're from a small town doesn't mean you have small opportunities. Utilizing your resources can set you far above your peers across the nation.
I found the rules absurd, and I didn't attend the thing with those rules in mind, ... This was something Dick Parsons announced by fiat, ex post facto, and no one paid attention to it.
Normally, you buy back a lot of stock when you don't think there's any reason to invest in your own company, ... Parsons hasn't ruled out Icahn's suggestions, but it's clear he wants his flexibility.
I'm not sure that in this case he brings a whole lot to the party. The businesses are not mismanaged. There's not an awful lot to fix. We are very happy to see Icahn stirring the pot, but the way things are going and the way this company is being managed, it's a day late and a dollar short. The things that are being done to fix the stock have already been done. I don't think anybody can have any qualms, as a shareholder, with Dick Parsons.
Our dourest parsons, who followed the nonconformist fashion of long extemporary prayers, always seemed to me to be bent on bullying God.
I think the Street's probably a little surprised that Dick Parsons is going to be the CEO. Bob Pitman is very well respected. But when you drill down, Dick really runs all their content operations. Content will become more important to AOL Time Warner going forward.
When all aloud the wind doe blow,
And coughing drowns the parson's saw,
And birds sit brooding in the snow,
And Marian's nose looks red and raw,
When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl,
Then nightly sings the staring owl,
To-whit!