David Cole Quotes (100 Quotes)

That might kill two birds with one stone Getting rid of a dissident shareholder and raising the price of its stock.

When you look at the complexity of the business, it's not really a surprise. There's a lot of legacy practices that need to be fractured. What they have now with e-technology are the tools to really get at it.

We really want to figure out what the land wants to grow.

If they're successful at getting leaner and more flexible as they talk about, it gives them ability to adapt to the market.

I think Buzz is well aware of the situation in North America and globally. He's a very smart and reasonable guy. The last thing he wants to do is kill the company.

What they're really looking at is the long-term implications of this. In the past, there was a decidedly short-term mentality, and basically what (GM) would say is we'll settle so we can meet our quarterly profit projections. That's different today. The financial community is concerned about the short-term returnbut what they're focused on is the long-term profitability.

I think it's a very excellent move that Jerry will be joining GM's board. My only concern is that he may have had more influence from the outside than he will from the inside.

It's on the cusp of strong growth and becoming a mainstream part of gaming.

This is not a place for weaklings or the faint of heart. It's a rugged part of the business.

The average costs of an active employee is 130,000 a year, and the average cost for a retiree before Medicare is about 50,000. The savings are enormous.

The bad news certainly isn't going to end for a while.

You certainly wouldn't want to put the burden of this on someone who is new to the scene.

Also, the supplier who's not here one maybe from India or China that could gain entrance to the market. It's a competitive way to get access to the technology. There's also reason for the supplier here to buy, because they could keep the outside supplier away.

I think we haven't really connected this to quite the level we should with the sense of urgency to really begin to deal with this in a fundamental way,

We're in a time where the clock is moving much more quickly on GM. I think they're fortunate to have Jerry because this thing is going to be played out in the next six months, not the next five years.

There's a history of people commuting for good jobs in Maine, ... We're a mobile state because of our rural nature. To make it work as a car pooler, you need to be able to link up with people in similar situations. And the higher the price of energy, the more incentive there is to car pool. An organization like Go Maine helps find that needle in the haystack.

Parrish is rich in history. Part of the goal in creating a new community center is to have a shared history, so that everyone can feel a part of that story . . . it will be a place where everyone can come together.

There was the oil issue, a lot of different things going on with policy, safety, regulatory influence, but it was still a very profitable period for G.M.. If Hollywood were picking someone to play that role, Tom Murphy would have been it.

has heard your concerns and although we plan to move forward with the alternatives listed in my letter dated June 7, 2005, we will continue to consider your comments as we refine the routes.

This is the fundamental restructuring that they have needed for a very long time. I would say things are looking a lot better today than they were yesterday.

Rick might have through the end of next year to show the cost savings. If GM is viewed by the media and others as not having a competitive set of new products, that's going to be a big problem.

Despite Xbox's technological superiority, the PS2 built an insurmountable lead, ... This time (Microsoft) is thinking they are not going to fall behind.

The president is free to ask Congress to change the law, but he isn't free to order officials to break the law.

They were amazed. And they said if we could pull off that many releases, it would be monumental for the company and for our customers.

One thing they are better able to do is listen to buyers more accurately, ... If you can design it fast and build it quickly on a flexible production line, your risks of putting it in the market are greatly reduced.

It was remarkable at the time, but the world has changed.

I think their opinion is ludicrous. I think Congress expressly addressed whether the president could do this during war time and they said yes, but only for 15 days in an emergency situation. The president has now done it for four years.

Jerry is a very competent guy and somebody who has very deep knowledge in the business. He could be exactly the kind of board member GM needs.

Content is just starting to ramp up.

What everyone wants, the judge as well as GM and Delphi, what they want is to come to an agreement that is mutually acceptable. That is what's still in the cards.

The delay is a good thing it means there's room for a deal here.

Why should women from Rutgers and Livingston be denied the right to participate

Millions of people enjoy the programmed content that MSN.com offers and we will continue to deliver that experience, ... Users also want more flexibility in creating a personalized experience with access to customized content and communications. That's what Windows Live delivers.

The president was right. If Detroit has to wait around for Washington to act, they'll be dead and buried.

I'd welcome the opportunity to get together in the near future to speculate on methods for pre-empting MSFT (Microsoft) in our combined markets. What say

The environmental community has never been driven by economics.

Every one of the Big Three faces a problem right now of about 2,000 to 2,500 per vehicle produced cost disadvantage. If that plays out over time, they're all dead. It's change or die. Everything is driven by a profitable business. If you can't be profitable, you can't be in business. That is, I think, recognition that everybody is aware of.

They have moved from a rigid culture, to a much more lean and flexible company.

With that out there as uncertainties, it would be a mistake for them to put out any estimates.

They are much leaner than they were. But they are not as lean as they need to be in comparison to the market size they have.

I can't believe he'd make an announcement of that without labor being supportive of it. They (the union) are in a position where they are very vulnerable. Without strong employers, their job protections don't mean anything.

I hope that they will extend their investigation to include Rutgers and other state schools because the cases of conflict are shockingly similar.

Rob brings extensive and highly relevant experience to our Company at a critical stage in our turnaround.

Everyone was up in volume, but if some are up more, it means redistribution of the market, ... The real growth has come from the Koreans and Europeans while the Big Three (GM, Ford and DaimlerChrysler) really suffered loss in market share.

Rick has to walk a fine line of doing what needs to be done, but doing it in a positive, collaborative way with the union. Jerry could be very helpful in accelerating some of those changes.

He's different than Perot and Smale because he does know the business and he's been close to it for a long, long time. Jerry is a disciplined guy. His intent is not to blow the place up.

It's really an opportunity to refresh the organization,

(An agreement) is very complicated, but doable.

There is a increased realization that a green revolution is about to begin, ... This is a real shift in technology.

just as we did in the McCarthy era, we have offset the decline of traditional forms of repression with the development of new forms of repression. A historical comparison reveals not so much a repudiation as an evolution.