Steve Miller Quotes (79 Quotes)

Big situations call for players that are called upon to make big plays and we didn't get it done with our bats today. This is a game Calvert Hall had to have, but one we wanted just as bad.

China has a promising and fast-growing auto market. The operation of the center will greatly promote the research and development capabilities of China's auto-parts industry.

We hooked up with the military. They're the only people that know what they're doing. We rescued about 25 people that day.

It's a situation where it could churn up a lot of waves. And if we don't get the high wind or any of the rain from it, then it could be a good situation for wave-watching or surfing. But it doesn't look right now like there'll be any impact on land areas for Atlantic Canada,

If Rick didn't have bad luck, he wouldn't have luck at all.

If we can keep the energy level up for these police and firefighters and rescue teams, they will be able to do a better job,

No, we have to sit down and do a business plan. We have to get back to Detroit and get to work.

We have friends who live in the country. They take their kids down to the city to see the chickens.

It will be individualized around each and every student within the first hour. There are enough different levels of difficulty and content that by the end of the day, no student is going to be working on exactly the same program.

The sizable loss in this quarter only underscores the urgent need to address our U.S. labor cost issues,

Our first year we were 21st in the nation, and our robot was primarily made out of wood. Now it's full-on aluminum. Seven years ago, if you had your robot running at one speed, that was great. Now you've got robots running at multiple speeds and shifting on the fly.

The cost of the bus ride is about 13 a day (round trip) to St. Paul and 14.50 a day to Minneapolis.

Unfortunately, over the past few days, we have had a very small number of students who have chosen to express openly some very racist views. We are working diligently to identify all students who have had any involvement in these incidents, and any student who is found to have contributed to these problems will be disciplined appropriately.

Like I said in the beginning, I wanted five years to build the PBA business and we've done that. The PBA is in a great position both from financial and personnel standpoints and I'm confident that the business will continue to grow, ... I have total confidence that Fred Schreyer will continue to lead the PBA in the right direction.

That is such chaos, ... Nobody wants to go there. And that is why things get settled. ... Both sides have huge motivation to get to an agreement.

We're trying to be responsible and at the same time proactive,

I think our pride was stung last night, whether that was a ranked team or not. The boys responded big time.

We're broke, ... What we have presented them is what we think is required in order to operate and attract capital and bid for business in the auto parts sector.

Any plant that wants to be at the top of our plant closure list should engage in industrial action as a way of sending that message,

These songs still get played so much on the radio, young kids make up the majority of our audiences,

Les taught me my first chords on guitar when I was about four-and-a-half... and he's been my mentor for my entire life. I was light years ahead of everybody else because I was right there when this guy was inventing most of the stuff.

It's been a very difficult decision for me. Ellensburg is a great community and the Daily Record staff can't be beat.

We're not like a nostalgia act, or the normal classic rock act -- we're a really good musical organization, ... You're going to hear some blues, some jazz, a little of everything. The guys in the band are great musicians. When we play, we're there for real. It's not about posing, strutting in tights, that kind of stuff. It's all about music, and I've always respected my audience that way.

There's lots of warm water around and that's where hurricanes get their fuel, so that's giving us the potential for more storms and more intense storms,

A few years ago, I had a fairly large team -20 students - and a number of them have gone on to fields in engineering and computer science.

Emergence from Chapter 11 requires that we make difficult decisions.

I have given the subject of executive compensation a great deal of thought and planned to announce a reduction in my own compensation, as I had previously suggested,

I really hope, with all my heart, to avoid a Chapter 11 filing,

As we shrink our business and become more productive, we might have fewer salaried workers going forward,

If we are not going to file for Chapter 11 by that time we would have to have a pretty firm understanding of what the transaction will look like,

We're trying to increase the efficiency of students to learn from current instruction.

Music has always been an integral part of our lives regardless of the subject matter. Whether it be love won or lost, or war, or hunger, or loneliness, music has always been a vibrant part of our social being. Sometimes it's for emotional release. Sometimes it's just plain fun.

People fail to realize that I effectively found a way to keep my management team intact without spending a nickel,

The world pays knowledge workers far more than it pays manual, industrial workers. And that's what's sweeping over here,

The question to everyone's answer is usually asked from within.

We strongly desire to achieve a workable agreement in the next month,

After giving the difficult decision much thought, I decided I needed to move closer to my family in the Chicago area and pursue other opportunities,

I do not blame these people (union workers). They are being hurt, their expectations are being dashed, ... Globalization has swept over them and they are extremely angry and they need to lash out at someone and they lash out at me. I understand it. I forgive them.

It was just time to move on. I'm just ready to head in another direction.

I am confident resolutions will be found, since all sides recognize that the status quo is not an option. The three companies and the unions have capable, experienced and realistic leadership that will find a way through this mess.

Right now there's lots of warm water out there, especially in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico,

This certification demonstrates what we believe to be true about our customer service. PEMCO is all about excellence in our relationships and service. The survey results give us a good benchmark, and that helps create new opportunities for us to enhance our customer service and become even better.

We simply cannot compete and cannot survive long term unless we reduce our (U.S. labor) costs,

In 1998, we incorporated and developed a suite of Web-based collaborative tools.

We've been looking at it for a couple years now.

We have an exciting group of inductees It includes two very successful coaches and three outstanding athletes from four decades. A broad history of athletic and academic excellence is represented by this group.

They fundamentally understand that absolutely nothing could be gained by a strike at any Delphi facility other than to hasten and expand the number of plants that might have to close and further jeopardize any chance for salvaging plants and pensions,

I'm going to miss the camaraderie with the other athletic directors and the coaches. And I'll miss the kids.

The forecasts that we're seeing are calling for numbers that are about double the average of the past 50 years,

I think it's going to be a major rainfall event for parts of Canada,