Mark V. Hurd quote: "It's counterproductive to lower my price, because I have to sell more units to make up for that lost revenue. Generating brand-new products can take a long time. Improving service is typically the quickest way that I can take market share. So aligning technology strategy to better service customers becomes an essential path to revenue growth."

CIOs have earned a strategic seat at the table, but now they've got to hold that seat - and the ...
MARK V. HURD

Processes break in two ways. They break because they don't have the right checks and balances an...
MARK V. HURD

I'm old, I'm used to crummy service, I'm trained to get crummy service. To me, the fact ...
MARK V. HURD

I have been competing against IBM my whole career. It's a good company, with good management and...
MARK V. HURD

Without execution, 'vision' is just another word for hallucination.
MARK V. HURD

I know only a few ways to take market share and drive new revenue. I can engineer better products an...
MARK V. HURD

There's money in the old stuff, but there's more wealth created in the new growth areas.
MARK V. HURD

Most tech companies do one trick and die. If you can do two or three or four, that's where wealt...
MARK V. HURD

My day starts at 4:30 A.M., and I sort of have two speeds: fast and stop.
MARK V. HURD

CIOs have to be able to lay out a clear path in concert with the business leader - I used to make th...
MARK V. HURD

He was a natural leader who was enormously well-liked and made an enduring impression on those he en...
MARK HURD

Receiving, gratitude, and generosity all grow together.
MARK V. EWERT

It seems to be a good idea to use targeted co-pays rather than a flat across-the-board approach, if ...
MARK V. PAULY

Prison is an expensive way of making bad people worse.
DOUGLAS HURD

It is not helpful to help a friend by putting coins in his pockets when he has got holes in his pock...
DOUGLAS HURD

Margaret Thatcher, growing up in a bombed and battered Britain, derived a distrust which has grown w...
DOUGLAS HURD

No military timetable should compel war when a successful outcome, namely a disarmed Iraq may be fea...
DOUGLAS HURD

A genuinely democratic Iraq might well act as a fresh spur.
DOUGLAS HURD

People are very interested in politics, they just don't like it labelled politics.
DOUGLAS HURD

Looks like they're transforming themselves into an E&P company. But refining should continue to be a...
DAVID HURD

Margaret Thatcher was fearful of German unification because she believed that this would bring an im...
DOUGLAS HURD

The money's a nice bonus, too.
ANDREW HURD

I was really pleased with my race.
ANDREW HURD

History provides no precise guidelines.
DOUGLAS HURD

On the surface it's curious, but I think there are good reasons for it.
RICHARD HURD

We have seen the images of children, the elderly and other people suffering-even dying, for lack of ...
MAUDE HURD

But Germany will always suffer, I fear, from the intensely dramatic character of the crimes of the T...
DOUGLAS HURD

In a swamp, as in meditation, you begin to glimpse how elusive, how inherently insubstantial, how fl...
BARBARA HURD

While hard work remains ahead of us, our efforts are starting to show results.
DOUGLAS HURD

They have to weigh the undoubted benefits of ... (Iraqi President Saddam) Hussein's overthrow agains...
DOUGLAS HURD

I do not envy the British Cabinet or the Bush administration their choice,
DOUGLAS HURD

Our motives (for war against Iraq) are becoming mixed as extra motives are thrown into the pot.
DOUGLAS HURD

Wisely used history can give pleasure and provide us with a useful tool; but we should not become it...
DOUGLAS HURD

There are thus great swathes of the past where understanding is more important and reputable than ju...
DOUGLAS HURD

They seem to raise capital at appropriate times, so it's not a huge surprise.
DAVID HURD

I wonder why that's so low, given the imports of crude that are just booming. Maybe it's going into ...
DAVID HURD

It's hard to believe that this is it, after all the speculation. The market is going to be very disa...
DAVID HURD

We should be wary of politicians who profess to follow history while only noticing those signposts o...
DOUGLAS HURD

It depends on how it is done but what we are drifting into, which is that people grow up without any...
DOUGLAS HURD

To love a swamp, however, is to love what is muted and marginal, what exists in the shadows, what sh...
BARBARA HURD

This is a great way to end the day. It's a fun-loving day and everyone was happy at school. There we...
LOU HURD

That was a crucial point. I thought I had it, but it rolled around and didn't go down.
LOU HURD

We, Britain and Germany, can neither of us be happy about our handling of the Iraq war.
DOUGLAS HURD

The tragedy of 9/11 galvanised the American superpower into action, leaving us in Europe divided in ...
DOUGLAS HURD

There is nothing false or arrogant about German pride in German technical and business skills.
DOUGLAS HURD

Despite this lamentable lack of balance in our education I do not believe that either children or ad...
DOUGLAS HURD

There is no consensus even today on the merits of Napoleon - and certainly no agreement on the right...
DOUGLAS HURD

It is normal for politicians in all countries to profess themselves the pupils of history, anxious t...
DOUGLAS HURD

It was essentially for self defence that we went to war in Afghanistan and would go to war in Iraq.
DOUGLAS HURD

But it cannot follow that because weapons and troops are now being deployed we are bound to go to wa...
DOUGLAS HURD

Men like Hitler and Stalin and their immediate lieutenants cannot plead in defence of their actions ...
DOUGLAS HURD

I may be wrong in that, but not I think in putting the questions. In our modern democracy the govern...
DOUGLAS HURD

We must admit that history is enjoyable to a large extent because it enables us to pass judgement on...
DOUGLAS HURD

People know they are lacking something, they are constantly wanting some kind of spiritual guidance.
DOUGLAS HURD

The meeting was more formal than what we'd hoped for. This is a busy time of year for everybody, and...
LISA HURD

This is not showing good faith, if the intent is to drag it out.
LISA HURD

I just want to get back on the court one more time. If that's for 10 seconds or 10 minutes, then tha...
LAMAR HURD

I think for the most part we are ready. We are Pac-10 home ready, that's for sure. It's going to be ...
LAMAR HURD

The timing is about as bad is it can get. I was playing pretty decent, our team is playing well, (an...
LAMAR HURD

It's looking pretty bad right now. I can't do anything much more than a moderate walk without it pul...
LAMAR HURD

They went right through us for a while. They made some big shots and all of a sudden we have to come...
LAMAR HURD

We are playing good basketball right now. It's hard to not be part of it. I felt like I was playing ...
LAMAR HURD

It's looking pretty bad right now. I can't do much more than a moderate walk. I've never had this ty...
LAMAR HURD

That's a game that has the most implications for the most importance in the state. We know what it m...
LAMAR HURD

Coaches are just making a conscious effort to get him the ball. It's just Chris being Chris. Chris h...
LAMAR HURD

ACORN members around the country who have been fighting Wells Fargo's predatory lending practices ar...
MAUDE HURD

The Federal Reserve shouldn't take advice from predatory lenders. Our report shows that Wells Fargo ...
MAUDE HURD

There is no limit to the rate of inflation in health care costs relative to the cost of other things...
MICHAEL HURD

My friends have always said that I'm a stockpile of useless knowledge, so hopefully it will amount t...
NICK HURD

ارق بنفسك لتصل للنجوم العالية المختبأة في روحك ، واحلم ...
JACK CANFIELD,MARK V. HANSEN

المقصود بالحقيقي / الموثوق به / الأصيل : هو كل ما يستحق ا�...
JACK CANFIELD,MARK V. HANSEN

As a kid at school, I had a lot of really good teachers and I had a lot of really bad teachers, and ...
RACHEL HURD-WOOD

I'm not dark; I'm not. The main thing I consider in accepting a role is less the tone of the...
RACHEL HURD-WOOD

I've always liked drama; I've always found it really fun, like, I did go to drama club and t...
RACHEL HURD-WOOD

'English Rose' - what does that actually mean? That I am pale? That I am English, maybe? The...
RACHEL HURD-WOOD

It was never my goal to be an actor.
RACHEL HURD-WOOD

A really irritating thing when you're watching a film is if somebody's accent isn't bang...
RACHEL HURD-WOOD

I'm uncomfortable with the limelight. I'm not the type to go to the places where I know I...
RACHEL HURD-WOOD

I don't believe in ghosts.
RACHEL HURD-WOOD

I live in Surrey, but up until the age of eight I lived in London. And the way I heard about this &#...
RACHEL HURD-WOOD

I love comedy, but it has to be hysterical and really amusing; I'm not really a big fan of roman...
RACHEL HURD-WOOD

I've been a victim in every film I have done so far. It would be nice to play someone who doesn&...
RACHEL HURD-WOOD

I'm sick of having red hair, but people seem to like that aesthetic.
RACHEL HURD-WOOD

I've always been a fan of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. I like working with larger-than-life char...
GALE ANNE HURD

I just like the comic book sensibility. If I can turn them into films and TV series, that's just...
GALE ANNE HURD

A lot of producers now are people who stay in their office and never go to the set. I don't know...
GALE ANNE HURD

I'm just attracted to the action element of science fiction. It's great to sit in the editin...
GALE ANNE HURD

What's so wonderful about 'The Walking Dead' is that we're able to explore human nat...
GALE ANNE HURD

I also love the zombie genre, my zombie fandom going way back to 'Night of the Living Dead.'...
GALE ANNE HURD

I'm a huge historical fiction and non-fiction fan.
GALE ANNE HURD

I've always loved comic books, which is why I've done films like 'Hulk' and 'The...
GALE ANNE HURD

A lot of my films have dealt with the dark side of technology and stress that you have to examine th...
GALE ANNE HURD

Filmmaking is a business and at the bottom line people who don't make fiscally responsible decis...
GALE ANNE HURD

We tend to be more environmental at home than at work, regardless of the industry we're in.
GALE ANNE HURD

Handle them carefully, for words have more power than atom bombs.
PEARL STRACHAN HURD

I would really like to play someone contemporary, as I've done lots of period pieces. I would lo...
RACHEL HURD-WOOD

'Magdalena' is exactly the kind of project we love: a strong female lead character, a story with ric...
GALE ANNE HURD

To my mind, a family house felt lived-in, not brand-new, with a patina of age and history that a mod...
GALE ANNE HURD

I'm just attracted to the action element of science fiction. It's great to sit in the editing room w...
GALE ANNE HURD

I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse.
CHARLES V

Iron hand in a velvet glove.
CHARLES V

A tattoo is a true poetic creation, and is always more than meets the eye. As a tattoo is grounded o...
V. VALE

Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed, she commonly goes the...
CHARLES V

I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men and German to my horse.
CHARLES V

What irritated me most in that entire situation was the fact that I
wasn’t feeling humiliated...
DANKA V.

My cousin Francis and I are in perfect accord - he wants Milan, and so do I.
CHARLES V

To endeavor to domineer over conscience, is to invade the citadel of heaven.
CHARLES V

Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed, she commonly goes th...
CHARLES V

Name me an emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball.
CHARLES V

Name me an emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball
CHARLES V

I came, I saw, God conquered.
CHARLES V

To endeavor to domineer over conscience, is to invade the citadel of heaven
CHARLES V

A single friar who goes counter to all Christianity for a thousand years must be wrong.
CHARLES V

We're now taking some steps to better align our business with the needs and focus of our customers a...
CHARLES V

Jesus fuck. I’m sitting right fucking here, Prez. Maybe shelve the porn a little, yeah?
V. THEIA

Hope was a weak rebellion not meant for the likes of him.
V. THEIA

He got the deviant joke loud and clear, the one about the biggest head case craving the taste of a p...
V. THEIA

His own personal siren nightmare. What else could it be when his body only sparked alive when it was...
V. THEIA

There was some biblical irony in that somewhere only Mary Magdalene would understand hitting above h...
V. THEIA

He felt at peace knowing his little bit of a thing was safe and recovering inside.
V. THEIA

Hawk's belly sunk hollow, black and empty, much like his chest that corroded desire into something n...
V. THEIA

He was a mortal man with more flaws than bones, shackled to a fantasy of his own nightmare making.
V. THEIA

Hawk was a fucking selfless savior, practically a saint. Where were his wings?
V. THEIA

She infested his mind, thoughts of worshipping her in dark ways, her laugh would be his reward, her ...
V. THEIA

He wasn’t good. He was a goddamn cruel bastard.
V. THEIA

His little bit of a thing was an addiction he shared with no one.
V. THEIA

For what it was worth he already knew he resembled a pissed off serial killer most of the time, he w...
V. THEIA

He watched with his predator eyes.
The hunger in them unmasked.
He was addicted.
H...
V. THEIA

A man once said the definition of insanity was doing the same thing over and over and expecting diff...
V. THEIA

A passionate look, touch or a hug on a plant is enough to open your inner eyes than going for a seri...
KARTHIKEYAN V

Divorce is like a death but with intent
KATHIEY V.

While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while t...
EUGENE V. DEBS

I actually have an ice-skating background. I skated until I was 15, for about eight years. It was ha...
T. V. CARPIO

As an actor, I'm always up for exploring and trying new things.
T. V. CARPIO

How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.
V. S. PRITCHETT

Life - how curious is that habit that makes us think it is not here, but elsewhere.
V. S. PRITCHETT

The secret of happiness is to find a congenial monotony.
V. S. PRITCHETT

If ever you wish to meet intellectual frauds in quantity, go to Paris.
V. S. NAIPAUL

The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place ...
V. S. NAIPAUL

The world outside existed in a kind of darkness; and we inquired about nothing.
V. S. NAIPAUL

I read many things. I read to fill in my knowledge of the world.
V. S. NAIPAUL

One isn't born one's self. One is born with a mass of expectations, a mass of other people&#...
V. S. NAIPAUL

Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who knows it, it is a simple, colonial, philistine society.
V. S. NAIPAUL

It's very attractive to people to be a victim. Instead of having to think out the whole situatio...
V. S. NAIPAUL

In England I am not English, in India I am not Indian. I am chained to the 1,000 square miles that i...
V. S. NAIPAUL

The first 50 years of the cinema were absolutely great years. Original minds were at work establishi...
V. S. NAIPAUL

The reason is that they define how I have gone about my business. I have trusted to intuition. I did...
V. S. NAIPAUL

It was a good place for getting lost in, a city no one ever knew, a city explored from the neutral h...
V. S. NAIPAUL

It is important not to trust people too much.
V. S. NAIPAUL

We made no inquiries about India or about the families people had left behind. When our ways of thin...
V. S. NAIPAUL

Some writers can only deal with childhood experience, because it's complete. For another kind of...
V. S. NAIPAUL

All the details of the life and the quirks and the friendships can be laid out for us, but the myste...
V. S. NAIPAUL

Home is, I suppose just a child's idea. A house at night, and a lamp in the house. A place to fe...
V. S. NAIPAUL

The world is always in movement.
V. S. NAIPAUL

In England people are very proud of being very stupid.
V. S. NAIPAUL

Judgment is contained in the act of trying to understand.
V. S. NAIPAUL

A cat only has itself.
V. S. NAIPAUL

My life is short. I can't listen to banality.
V. S. NAIPAUL

Young people like to think they're invincible. They don't like to face any situation where t...
V. E. SCHWAB

I was fourteen, watching 'The Princess Bride' for the 254321th time, captivated by Wesley an...
V. E. SCHWAB

I think a lot of writers are tempted to add complexity by over-complicating things, but always remem...
V. E. SCHWAB

I like to play with tropes.
V. E. SCHWAB

I'd grown up an athletic child, a competitive soccer player since age 4, with stints ranging fro...
V. E. SCHWAB

I still get rejections - frequently - and my goal isn't to never fail, to never be turned down, ...
V. E. SCHWAB

As for advice for aspiring authors, the best I can give is to be brave. It sounds like a simple enou...
V. E. SCHWAB

I'm pagan.
V. E. SCHWAB

It's always hard, when introducing readers to a new world/set of rules, not to lay it all out ma...
V. E. SCHWAB

It's not what people do that matters, it's why they do it.
V. E. SCHWAB

I am a firm believer that a good plot makes for a fun enough read, but it's not what binds us. I...
V. E. SCHWAB

I almost always start with setting! I have to know the world before I know how to populate it. I hav...
V. E. SCHWAB

So many people think that if you're writing fantasy, it means you can just make everything up as...
V. E. SCHWAB

I venture to allude to the impression which seemed generally to prevail among their brethren across ...
KING GEORGE V

Nothing is wasted.
E. V. LUCAS

Americans are people who prefer the Continent to their own country, but refuse to learn its language...
E. V. LUCAS

The French never allow a distinguished son of France to lack a statue.
E. V. LUCAS

You may lose by it now and then, but it will be a loss well gained if you do.
E. V. LUCAS

The art of life is to show your hand.
E. V. LUCAS

There are two words for everything.
E. V. LUCAS

There is no diplomacy like candor.
E. V. LUCAS

There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
E. V. LUCAS

Nothing is so boring as having to keep up a deception.
E. V. LUCAS

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.
E V LUCAS

Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.
ANDREW V. MASON

Politics is a choice of enemas. You're gonna get it up the ass, no matter what you do.
GEORGE V. HIGGINS

Evolution is all about passing on the genome to the next generation, adapting and surviving through ...
HARVEY V. FINEBERG

My grief is that the publishing world, the book writing world is an extraordinary shoddy, dirty, din...
V. S. NAIPAUL

Youth today must be strong, unafraid, and a better taxpayer than its father.
H. V. WADE

In the history of science, we often find that the study of some natural phenomenon has been the star...
C. V. RAMAN

Life -- how curious is that habit that makes us think it is not here, but elsewhere.
V. S. PRITCHETT

We come and go just like ripples in a stream.
JOHN V. POLITIS

The only place you find success before work is in the dictionary.
MAY V. SMITH

I'm the kind of writer that people think other people are reading.
V. S. NAIPAUL

I remembered my little brother, Allyn, had appeared so innocent and angelic when he slept--similar t...
MARIA V. SNYDER

I am opposing a social order in which it is possible for one man who does absolutely nothing that is...
EUGENE V. DEBS

There is always a double meaning in life...
NADEEM V ABDU

How is the Empire?
KING GEORGE V

It's a dirty way to fight, but I'm late for lunch."
- Valek to Yelena
MARIA V. SNYDER

Sometimes you can write about a character's day in under a minute and sometimes it takes a day just ...
JENNIFER V. CLANCY

The Canadian spirit is cautious, observant and critical where the American is assertive.
V. S. PRITCHETT

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.
E. V. LUCAS

Mark V. Hurd

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