Tom Williams Quotes (45 Quotes)

Super funds and venture capital funds are in the business of picking winners all the time,

We've been really pushing very hard at being in stock. In retail, execution is the trick.

I think the one thing you can say about Christmas is that it always comes, ... We think it will be a good Christmas.

Brian, Josh and Elliot (Mattingly) had a good meet.

This week really marks the first days of summer, especially in the eastern part of the country. People will be more tempted to buy those products, and also summer clothing. The hot weather is definitely a good thing for us.

We've never really had someone of her magnitude before, ... The crowd outdoes what we drew for Harry Potter by far.

Our gift cards are used as Christmas gifts and are especially popular as gifts from parents to students.

It's the conflict that makes you write in the first place. The publishing process itself is an obstacle. Editors come and hold your work hostage for five or six months and sometimes your own ego can get in the way. You need a thick skin because rejection is commonplace.

At the present time, to bring a horse into the state of Idaho, it needs a health certificate and an entry permit. If they are coming from within 10 miles of an infected premises they're not going to issue a permit for import into the state of Idaho.

People are very value-conscious, ... buying close to the need.

I'm not out to ticket everybody. For people to be responsible pet owners, that's all I want.

I think it's a horrible thing that somebody put this horse through and this family through. Anyone who would do this cruel of thing to an animal should be put in jail, that's my thought.

I agree, ... In rural Kansas, in the event of an emergency, people aren't going to look to an emergency management coordinator. They're going to look to the sheriff's department for help.

He had some nice times. He's flirting with 50 seconds in the 400. He's going to break the school record.

We're very glad to have a partner like EPRI move into our back yard. EPRI jobs are very good jobs, and this may lead to other spin-off job opportunities.

I was approached by the press itself. I know the publisher, and they came to me to see if I was interested in doing something like this. Some of the poems are kind of inflammatory, but this press is pretty open minded about letting the writer control the work.

People still sneak across here all the time, ... They may not come in the hundreds, or in the thousands, but they still do come, and any one of them could be carrying a suitcase bomb for all we know.

We are asking you to not approve this plea. It is completely inappropriate for the nature of the crime and for the lack of remorse Daniel Robbins has shown since Jeffrey Harris died.

I think if you take care of the customer, they are going to take care of you no matter what the economy is doing.

There's a lot of interest in toys, electronics and small appliances, and we are busy, that's for sure.

The county has a number of teams that will be in the hunt for a state championship in May. Walton is looking to continue to build on the success that we have had so far this spring.

If you look at what percentage motivates changes in behavior, we hear it's 5 to 10 percent. If you ask doctors to change their practices, the reward has to be worth it.

We did the same thing when people received tax rebate checks back in 2001, and we saw them using the money to shop at Wal-Mart.

Don't misunderstand, I'm not a Dean 'freak' ... Blue collar, that's me. It's just that I've grown to love the setting here, so quiet, with a view across the fields.

We have no plans to release a Wal-Mart-branded PC at this time.

There are a lot of people worried about it when it gets this deep. We haven't seen snow like this in 10 to 15 years.

They will be battling and I hope they cut each other up.

We've had a great relationship with Gifford, but times and demand change. Wal-Mart is in the process of phasing in new products all the time,

We noted a slower start to the back to school season than in prior years, but it may be due to the exceptionally warm weather and is consistent with consumer trend of buying very close to the need.

We're each given 5 allowance, so it's not going to be a late one. It's 5 or 630 p.m., whichever comes first.

I've been doing this for a long time. It was just time to sell.

He rose to the occasion. It's the second time he's run it.

We swam extremely well. We had 44 personal best times and raced competitively. A number of kids really stepped up. We did some good things.

Changes in weather are welcome, ... We usually see a spike in shoppers right before a storm when people shop for essential items and afterwards. Wal-Mart can get through this.

We've seen a lot of houses built in the last five years, and they are finding out that the seal isn't as good as they thought it would be.

The real change will be the plume. It will be a very different kind of plume, mainly water vapor. It will still be visible but much cleaner than the plume there today.

There was a lot of anger earlier in the month. I can very much feel badly for elderly people, because elderly people are going to have a tough time this year. It's going to be a tough year for everybody.

That's all we are it's just a neighborhood watch on the border.

We will try to exploit our depth. We would like to send two kids (to state) in five to six events that can score. That's one factor we can control.

We're not here predominantly to call attention to the Canadian border. We're here predominantly to call attention to the U. S. border patrol.

I'm not aware that Playboy put out something like this (referring to the press release). But this is not a ballpark that Wal-Mart wants to play in.

He was incredibly generous. That business supports Denver big- time.

We've not expressed anything. Our key thing we're doing right now is being in stock, ... When you have times like these, we have many people who are shopping with us who don't normally shop with us. We want them to keep coming back. We emphasize that at every meeting.

Where we really want to spend money is in creating a great organization and getting great people. We are not holding back in that department.

We're proceeding as normal with our logistics and planning for the Christmas inventory. SARS has caused no interruptions.