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Gail Wilensky

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GEORGE J. MITCHELL It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end.
URSULA K. LE GUIN Since joining the Company in 2001, Bill has done tremendous work strengthening our corporate governa...
JOE PLUMERI Enterprise 9.0 - Compliance Edition spans both worlds. It enables our customers not only to meet the...
BILL LYONS This is a very good wake-up call for Chinese companies. They will now learn to adhere to internation...
DAVID GERALD Tight cost controls remain in effect, and our actions in 2005 resulted in a 5% year-over-year staff ...
DENNIS FITZSIMONS This is very significant because this is one of the final steps in IBM transforming itself from a ha...
SAM ALBERT If you are eager to invest in countries that have good corporate governance, don't invest in emergin...
MARC FABER Most of the big banks were shot through with short-termism, deceptive practices and self-dealing. We...
EDMUND PHELPS Obviously people have become more confident (in) Chinese banking. People are expecting corporate gov...
AGNES DENG There's no evidence that size matters in terms of better governance.
DENNIS DRESANG In keeping with good Corporate Governance practices and our commitment to create a more independent ...
DR. RANDALL YATSCOFF In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best.
ROBERT HALL It's a sensitive topic now in Japan. The whole issue of corporate governance and shareholder rights ...
HUGH PATRICK Our preliminary findings indicate that certain conduct at UAP circumvented generally accepted accoun...
BRUCE ROHDE Surrounding yourself with people who are actively and enthusiastically working toward their best fut...
LEAH BUSQUE Walter Forbes's decision and the corporate governance changes approved today end any uncertainty abo...
HENRY SILVERMAN We really feel there was a lack of oversight and failed responsibility for disclosure of compensatio...
BRAD PACHECO The company is committed to ethical and legal promotion practices and are confident in our strict st...
CAROLINE PECQUET In today's organization, there's an emphasis on the entire executive team working together to deal w...
MADHAVI MANTHA I will not hesitate to lodge a formal complaint in the absence of fair and significant compensation.
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SUSAN C. YOUNG The Chinese are getting very focused on corporate governance. If you're looking around the region, g...
MICHAEL NOCK DRAWS The talks with Exxon are still on. We are focusing on three matters, operator-ship, sunk costs and c...
MUSTIKO SALEH Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.
TRYON EDWARDS She was intimidating and all I could do was sit back on the couch as she paced back and forth, slowl...
IN THE MAKING Steady growth in the South African economy and a determination by many countries in Africa to transf...
CLAAS KUEHNEMANN When we are in competition with ourselves, and match our todays against our yesterdays, we derive en...
ERIC HOFFER This is a significant step in the development of the Seahawk athletic program. It's also an intermed...
BILL WORSHAM We are moving toward recognition of the first Australians in the Australian constitution.
KEVIN RUDD Corporate governance should be done more through principles than rules.
ADI GODREJ Enron also focused debates concerning corporate governance and corporate social performance to the f...
DEREK HONG Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over.
RICHARD CARLSON This is an important step toward moving the company back into a normal cycle of reporting and paymen...
JACK BOVENDER This is an important step toward moving the company back into a normal cycle of reporting and paymen...
JACK BOVENDER The real mechanism for corporate governance is the active involvement of the owners.
LOUIS V. GERSTNER, JR. We think it's just not good corporate governance to have a system where a person who owns less than ...
CANDICE JOHNSON will include a significant reduction in Bell's corporate support structure.
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KELLY JONES That's the good thing about it. Nothing counts except what's goin' on around you.
H.L. DAVIS My gymnasts are always the best-prepared in the world. And they win. In the end, that's what mat...
BELA KAROLYI After the fact, we will look back on the Enron episode as a period when we put corporate governance ...
ALAN GREENSPAN When a man takes one step toward God, God takes more steps toward that man than there are sands in t...
THE WORK OF THE CHARIOT Shareholders have made clear they like this change, and we are glad to oblige. By amending its bylaw...
CRAIG A. DUBOW Innovation and corporate governance are extremely important to improve the profitability of Japanese...
SHINZO ABE I believe good corporate governance is critical in enhancing competitiveness and creating industry -...
SHIV NADAR It has been almost 30 years since significant steps were taken to improve the mutual fund governance...
ARTHUR LEVITT Progress Energy has long been recognized as a leader in the areas of corporate governance, transpare...
BOB MCGEHEE Dignity and Respect has to do with what you are ready, willing, and able to accept within yourself a...
GAIL PURSELL ELLIOTT The people he met, the places he passed, were all steps in his journey, and he kept a place inside h...
RACHEL JOYCE Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.
THOMAS MANN This code is a fundamental move for the Italian market because there is an impression abroad that It...
ALESSANDRO PROFUMO We are taking significant steps to reduce our cost structure and sharpen our focus on the products a...
WILLIAM ESREY Medicare is growing at a rate of 8.5 percent per year, the federal budget at 5.2 percent and the gro...
GAIL WILENSKY Gov. Bush also does not want to undo what states have done. Texas and others have been active in thi...
GAIL WILENSKY You will get a lot more pressure to understand the comparative effectiveness of technologies and med...
GAIL WILENSKY Under Gov. Bush, traditional Medicare will remain an option, including the ability to get a prescrip...
GAIL WILENSKY I have the impression the American public does not understand the magnitude of the problem,
GAIL WILENSKY Economics matters a great deal, and American companies are often torn when they consider their actio...
SONIA ARRISON What matters most in this case was the effective steps taken by the university.
GENE MARSH Turn your actions into concentrated practices.
BELSEBUUB Unprecedented in its size and scope, Higher Expectations Week unifies concerned citizens to highligh...
ANDREW GROSSMAN At the end of the day, each company should make its own decision. If they are uncomfortable, they sh...
ANDY KU Good corporate governance dictates that he will then be retiring from the Liberty Life board.
DEREK COOPER We are seeking a conference call to discuss our issues. Meanwhile, we're leaning toward voting again...
CLARK MCKINLEY Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over.
RICHARD CARLSON Learn from your Yesterdays. Do your best Todays. Plan for your ideal Tomorrows.
LORRIN L. LEE Get pass your past, be a presence in your present, and let no one refute your future.
JOHNNIE DENT JR. The todays are the sum of our lives.
CALE CHEW The executives really took a huge hit. That's typical in a bankruptcy, where executives lose a signi...
DAVID COLE The line between corporate governance and strategy is a fine one. Increasingly, strategy is a legiti...
NELL MINOW The concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has long been used as an effective lens through...
KLAUS SCHWAB In addition, during the quarter we have taken significant actions to strengthen our management team ...
DAVID GARTZKE We are moving toward an overall agreement.
FUKUSHIRO NUKAGA So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY For the record, we've never had anyone call and say I wish you did more on the corporate governance ...
MICHAEL ROSE Hip-hop is the people. What the people are moving toward is what hip-hop is. I think people are movi...
ERYKAH BADU The problem in todays world is that people lack trust in goodness.
AMIT ABRAHAM In politics, it often pays to be ahead of the curve. That holds true for corporate governance too, e...
MMANTI UMOH It's just part of an ongoing effort to maintain a high level of corporate governance.
DAVE JACKSON We believe the right to vote is a fundamental right of shareowners and a pillar of good corporate go...
ANNE STAUSBOLL We think the right to vote is a fundamental right of shareowners and a pillar of good corporate gove...
ANNE STAUSBOLL As far as further steps toward solvency, the question is, how much further action are we going to se...
ERIC CANTOR What's scary to me is that in the wake of Enron there has been this focus on corporate governance in...
BETHANY MCLEAN We are trying to move toward a universal log-in. Instead of everyone having to have ten different ac...
GEORGE SULLIVAN We'll be looking at the budget, our governance structure and seed contracts. We've made significant ...
GREG VLAMING As I've progressed in my career, I've come to appreciate - and really value - the other attr...
URSULA BURNS Visa is focused on demonstrating at trial that our practices are legal, appropriate and in the best ...
DANIEL TARMAN It was frustrating to still be in the dark about something and be given only so little light.
LAUREN LOLA Most shares in listed companies in China are State-owned and individual managers, no matter how well...
LU XINGQIAN The NYSE board has taken steps to further strengthen the independence of the governance structure of...
SCOTT PETERSON Peter has extensive international auditing experience and is highly regarded as an expert in risk ma...
DEAN MILLER The more the analysts are familiar with German corporate governance, the less of a problem they have...
BERND PISCHETSRIEDER I suggest that if those gentleman had had the (right) governance practices, we wouldn't be having a ...
GEOFF REID In the beginning, there was nothing and from nothing came our species then behold the dawn of music....
GARY F EVANS... Everyone I know who used to be in the intelligence community is moving into the corporate world.
TONY GILROY We are moving the company away from its traditional mentality and approach.
ABHI TALWALKAR The people aren't moving toward the coast, the coast is moving toward the people. People have been p...
ROBERT TWILLEY Moving to a truly flexible exchange rate requires a lot of preparatory steps. China is seriously eng...
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GAIL SHEEHY The delights of self-discovery are always available.
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GAIL COLLINS You are educated when you have the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper o...
GAIL GODWIN Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.
GAIL GODWIN Even with the best of maps and instruments, we can never fully chart our journeys.
GAIL POOL If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
GAIL SHEEHY Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.
GAIL SHEEHY Changes are not only possible and predictable, but to deny them is to be an accomplice to one's own ...
GAIL SHEEHY Sarah Palin is treated like a bimbo sometimes, but she has never given the public the respect they d...
GAIL COLLINS