Brian Johnson Quotes (46 Quotes)

It's a combination of customers demanding price concessions at the same time materials costs are abnormally high. The same customers that are demanding price concessions are sending them less volume.

To be honest, at first some of the guys had the mindset that they didn't want to play in the NIT. But this is another opportunity to play basketball again. We're trying to win a championship. It's not the Final Four, but it's the next best thing.

It does have some ability to create incremental value by getting to non-GM customers and dealers.

What that means is higher growth, captive clients and bigger synergies. And the more you diversify, the less risk there is.

You give him a job and he's going to do it.

This company has a long way to go before it can return to its old levels of profitability.

They are bringing more horsepower to fix North America. His background seems to be in line with what is needed in the U.S., which is getting people off the payroll.

A lot of people never see themselves running. Most of us know what good running form is when we see it.

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Anyone who assumes any kind of rebound for GM assumes some level of capacity reduction and health-care cuts. It's been a bit surprising they didn't have a report already.

The biggest thing was last time they tore off their jerseys and gave us some ammunition.

Typically private clubs around the country are struggling a bit, and we just wanted to be progressive about it. With all the growth Downtown and the new condos, we just want to make sure they've heard about us.

We jumped at the opportunity to do something to help a fellow officer.

Banks are sacrificing margins to win volume. At some point, interest rates will move up and loan losses will rise because banks are under-pricing risk.

The revenue side is going better than it was six months ago. But they need to address the costs in order to live with a new lower revenue amount. Even while revenue stabilized, it stabilized at a lower level.

We had people at the luau tell us this initiative was long overdue.

The way we're being treated, it feels like we're celebrities. I've never been religious. I used to go to church off and on, but I promised myself if my fiancee and I got through this that I would start going to church from now on. We were saved by the grace of God.

The combination of double-digit housing loan growth and above average business loan growth supports St. George's earnings outlook.

We see this as a test of their ability to face reality.

As a coach, I can really appreciate having a group of kids like this. There are a lot of kids out there who are obsessed by distance, and all they want to do is pound their drivers. Our kids aren't like that. They understand the game. They get it. They re

I think his work ethic is unmatched. When he first came into the league he was more of a winger who would just get forward, get forward and get forward, and never come back. I think he's really developed a lot of defensive abilities.

There were those saying they had difficulty acclimating themselves to the community. With this first event they already feel more comfortable.

The auto industry is a relatively unattractive place to allocate capital. So the bottom line is, if you're running a business that can span two or three industrial sectors, there are more attractive sectors to be in.

It's been a long time coming and I'm glad the school put financial resources up to do this. We also appreciate what Mr. Krause so generously donated. Without his generous donation, I don't think we could have done it.

It's almost embarrassing what we pay substitutes. The bad part about 37 a day is that it's not even minimum wage and these are high quality people and we need to pay them more.

When I moved here, there was no Blue Knights. When I arrived, I went to the international organization and received permission to start a new chapter.

I brought a cooler, comforter, pillow and snacks, ... I watched the game last night, and decided I'd get here as soon as possible. It's been 12 years since we've been in the playoffs, and I didn't want to miss the opportunity.

They don't have a lot of height, but they have a lot of heart.

Once you go out and start making plays, they don't say that anymore, ... You just have to play and show people what you can do.

We had no other choice. There's good people in the world. This really is all we have. We have friends here. We have our lives here.

All I really wanted to do when I came here was to get back to the way I used to be. I'm getting there. I'm still not able to do what I used to do, my knee keeps getting better and my jumping ability has gotten a whole lot better over the season.

The UAW is worried about being sued by retirees for changing benefits, ... They're seeking to make sure they don't.

These kids never quit. That was the difference from a couple of our losses. Once they got down, they would give up the game. But at the end tonight, they never stopped going hard, and they took over at the end.

I went to a presentation by the American Civil Liberties Union about the Patriot Act really wanting to hear a clear argument against the Patriot Act, but the woman who introduced the speaker was a complete leftist who said we got hit on September 11 and then we got hit again by John Ashcroft, ... That kind of hyperbole and rhetoric just doesn't make sense.

In those times, even the good people watched the lynching, there won't be change until the good people do something. Who will take charge now, who is committed today

We've had a good season. The seniors have led us and I have a number of freshman and sophomores on the team who are equally contributing.

We hope that other towns can see this being done. If they see it doesn't take that long, we might get everybody a home.

Union leaders are in an uncomfortable political position, ... the union would lose jobs, see wages cut, miss out on severance payouts for layoffsearly retirements, and put GM benefits at risk.

I think the result will be you'll have a shareholder activist with a significant but not controlling interest who will lobby for a restructuring. For the first time, we could have someone who could look out for shareholders.

It's embarrassing and it does highlight the fact that there seem to be some real operational risk issues in NAB. Every time they write a loan, they code what sector it should be and they've been misallocating some of those codes.

In any open society, there is going to be a continuum between freedom and security, and I think any debate about how to strike that balance is a good debate, ... I do believe the Patriot Act strikes a good balance, but I'm also a Libertarian at heart. I want to hear good arguments on both sides.

At first, the mindset of some of the guys was not to play in the NIT. The way they looked at it was, 'Oh, it's just the NIT.' But that was no big deal to me. I just looked at is as another opportunity to play basketball and it's been real valuable for me.

I don't think about leaving anymore I love it too much here. But I have so many friends who are leaving. Not because they want to, but because the city is not taking care of them. The people making the decisions are the ones who held onto the steel industry for too long. They don't want to let go of how Pittsburgh used to be.

You're a product. Teams say they care about their players, but it's only true until you stop producing. So it's hard to see a motivation for having your players stop using steroids if it's working for them.

The main thing (about the organization) is to enjoy motorcycles, ... and have a good relationship with the community.

It's a step forward in the culture of Ford. Whether it translates into increased profits remains to be seen.