Patrick McGurn
Related WARREN BUFFETT [Consultants say direct account shifts are more likely to be made by entrepreneurial companies or th... ARTHUR ANDERSON It's about getting the operator more closely aligned with the needs of customers. CLINT WHEELOCK It's a terrific move. It creates two businesses, each focused on their own area, and two investment ... PAUL SAGAWA This cost restructuring initiative is part of the comprehensive transformation of Novell's business ... JACK MESSMAN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES BARTON GELLMAN I'm pleased that we have been able to achieve this result for Patrick shareholders who may now choos... CHRIS CORRIGAN We worry about appearing awkward in a presentation. But up to a point, most people seem to feel more... JOHN P. KOTTER Sincere thought, real free thought, ready, in the name of superhuman authority or of humble common s... SAVITRI DEVI to ensure that our costs are more closely aligned with our business strategy. JACK MESSMAN To secure a Patrick board endorsement there may be one final bump to the bid on behalf of Toll. Patr... RICHARD WALLACE JONATHAN KOZOL The bonus system seems to be a lot more prevalent in the industry these days, rather than giving a r... GEORGE LEAMING There does seem to be a spate of scandals these days. It seems to be heavier than it's been for a wh... CHARLES LEWIS These groups are basically a family of people that have been traditionally supporters of, or closely... ED MURNANE JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER OSCAR WILDE OSCAR WILDE DAVID MITCHELL AFIS Internet is proud to bring together these NEC AFIS customers and, more broadly, of its continui... BARRY FISHER While they seem to be willing to pay the cost of housing hurricane victims, it is not clear that FEM... JEFF NEAL MARK ZANDI CHRISTINA ENGELA There may be less (to the deal) than meets the eye. DAVID ALBRIGHT SUSAN FALUDI HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW There is more of a risk this season that people will be less able to make payments on these offers. FRANK BADILLO Having activist shareholders out there really does embolden the aggressors because they know that wh... JIM STYNES We can leave a place behind, or we can stay in that place and leave our selfishness (often expressed... JOHN H. GROBERG EDGAR ALLAN POE PATRICK ROTHFUSS We're surprised at the number of people who seem to be moving into the district -- it's more than in... MARILYN KING PATRICIA BRIGGS Philip has served our shareholders with integrity, discipline, and skill over the past seven years. CEO DAVID KENNY The more you feel anger, the less likely you are to put your best effort into the job and the less l... DONALD GIBSON Embrace all that life has to offer, even the moments that
seem less than embraceable, and you will l... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE ROBERT GREENE DANIEL DAY-LEWIS RON PAUL President Obama wants to increase the size of government and raise taxes, while I support less gover... RALPH HALL The evidence supports the view that economic fundamentals have steadied in the U.S. and the dollar m... TETSU AIKAWA Though I've been shouting about it for years, the nature of these sites as actual monuments to our p... CHUCK BLANCHARD With consumers spending more time online, e-commerce will likely drive more holiday activity this se... GENE HUANG Remembering something from the past? you are creating it right now as evidence for who you are now. FREDERICK DODSON WARREN BUFFETT ELEANOR ROBSON BELMONT FAWN M. BRODIE People seem to lose all respect for the past; events succeed each other with such velocity that the ... MARGUERITE GARDINER I can't see why someone with their financial house in order would want one of those loans. People wh... DAVID MCKAY ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH It would be more valuable to Patrick and Toll shareholders if (chief executive) Paul Little focused ... CHRIS CORRIGAN The move is less appealing than it seems up front. We only need the compatibility information, nothi... CARLO PIANA PATRICK ROTHFUSS Happy people are more likely than their less happy peers to have fulfilling marriages and relationsh... SONJA LYUBOMIRSKY This may seem like stupid semantics on my part, but actors are so often misrepresented in the press,... WIL WHEATON The shortage of selling communities, coupled with some softening of demand in a number of markets, n... ROBERT TOLL Rita's impact appears less than initially feared. Gaming assets in Lake Charles were damaged but it ... CELESTE BROWN HUGH MACKAY Consumers reacted to what happened in the last few years by going out and spending more money than t... ALAN PURINTUN Over the past several years our team has executed a major restructuring of the company while simulta... LARRY JOHNSTON We've certainly learned a lot of lessons from Katrina, from Rita. Rita was better than Katrina. ... MICHAEL CHERTOFF The moons were aligned and the stars were aligned, ... It was probably one of our best quarters in m... ED ZANDER ERNST MAYR The water, sanitation and security seem far better than those over the past few years. ADIL AHMED This more than likely looked like great business and they may not have been looking at it as closely... ROBERT ROWE ELAINE N. ARON Patrick Henry aligned himself against ratification. So did Richard Henry Lee. DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN KINKY FRIEDMAN Other studies have shown that patients with diabetes are significantly less likely than those withou... DR. ROBIN GOLAND The bid is ill-conceived, poorly structured and offers Patrick shareholders a diluted interest in th... CHRIS CORRIGAN Criminals are less likely to steal marked tools that might raise eyebrows and suspicion. MARK SOLOMON 'Exculpatory' is in the eye of the beholder. ANDREW BREITBART MANDY HALE It seems like they have a fast line to the door because of the fact they were aligned with the gover... ELEANOR CHAVEZ MARYA MANNES MARYA MANNES BOB FILNER The situations today are less likely to warrant the Medal of Honor than in past conflicts. That does... NICHOLAS KEHOE T. BOONE PICKENS The yen is more likely to fall than rise. The BOJ probably won't raise rates anytime soon, keeping t... YASUNORI KURODA While it is a difficult decision to eliminate positions in our talented and dedicated work force, th... JACK MESSMAN While it may seem small, the ripple effects of small things is extraordinary. MATT BEVIN The gist of these proposals has been to extract some cash from the company. The more the better ... ... DAN POPOWICS PABLO SANDOVAL There's no sustenance in the past. VIOLETTE LEDUC Although there is a lot of money at stake, it seems most likely that Salman will go in appeal agains... KUMAR MOHAN While the world may love a love story, it seems safe to say that Lennon ultimately will be remembere... BEN BRANTLEY It just seems, to a degree, like the stars are aligned in our favor. LINCOLN SCHROCK MICHAEL GREGER PATRICK ROTHFUSS While it may seem amusing at first, this is really a very serious issue. The more people do their pa... JUDY DALY It still may turn out to be an accident, but it's looking less and less likely based on the facts. ANDREW JARVIS Wrestling is different to me. As I talk to other wrestlers, wrestling seems a little different to me... DANIEL BRYAN I had a best friend once 20 years down the line a friendship that you just do not get now, i regarde... GARY F EVANS... Our study, like others before it, does raise concerns about the performance of sleep deprived physic... J. TODD ARNEDT I am pleased that the public is more aware of them and open to seeing them than in years past. KAREN COOPER Indiana is definitely a better team than last year and it shows. I think they recruited a lot of gre... ANTHONY GONZALEZ The thing about Canadian women is that they seem less likely to bring up that they're Canadian. ... DUSTIN MILLIGAN One of the seats of emotion and memory in the brain is the amygdala, he explained. When something th... BURKHARD BILGER
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The '90s was the slippery slope from managing expectations to managing earnings to outright fraud. PATRICK MCGURN Just within the last six months, these policies have spread pretty quickly. It's almost a proxy now ... PATRICK MCGURN I think it's a morale killer when you see it disclosed at some of these companies. PATRICK MCGURN It's ridiculous. Part of being a citizen is paying taxes. PATRICK MCGURN Very few educational institutions have filed corporate governance or social responsibility proxy pro... PATRICK MCGURN There is still a lot of anger out there, but people have taken notice of what the board has already ... PATRICK MCGURN There were definitely some that went closer to saying, 'Don't blame me,' as opposed to saying, 'This... PATRICK MCGURN As ratios go, that's actually pretty low; we're talking in the less than 10 percent range, which is ... PATRICK MCGURN There's so many other founders — the main one being down the coast, with [Oracle founder] Larry El... PATRICK MCGURN The question is, have you simply allowed your ship to rise along with a rising tide and it's not the... PATRICK MCGURN SAINT PATRICK SAINT PATRICK SAINT PATRICK SAINT PATRICK SAINT PATRICK SAINT PATRICK SAINT PATRICK SAINT PATRICK SAINT PATRICK SAINT PATRICK SAINT PATRICK SAINT PATRICK SAINT PATRICK SAINT PATRICK SAINT PATRICK SAINT PATRICK SAINT PATRICK PATRICK HENRY PATRICK LENCIONI PATRICK LENCIONI How do you nurture a positive attitude when all the statistics say you're a dead man? You go to ... PATRICK SWAYZE PATRICK LENCIONI PATRICK HENRY PATRICK HENRY PATRICK HENRY PATRICK HENRY PATRICK HENRY PATRICK HENRY PATRICK HENRY PATRICK HENRY PATRICK HENRY PATRICK HENRY PATRICK HENRY PATRICK HENRY PATRICK HENRY PATRICK LEAHY PATRICK LEAHY PATRICK LEAHY PATRICK LEAHY PATRICK LEAHY PATRICK LEAHY PATRICK LEAHY PATRICK LEAHY PATRICK LEAHY Michael Landon was the biggest influence. As a child, I watched him write, direct, star, and produce... PATRICK LABYORTEAUX I love working! I'm a huge fan of TV and will be happy as long as I'm getting to be creative... PATRICK LABYORTEAUX David James Elliott and I keep in touch via phone. PATRICK LABYORTEAUX Lots of TV shows say that they are like doing a movie every week, but 'JAG' truly was a huge... PATRICK LABYORTEAUX PATRICK KAVANAGH PATRICK KAVANAGH PATRICK KAVANAGH PATRICK KAVANAGH PATRICK KAVANAGH PATRICK KAVANAGH PATRICK KAVANAGH PATRICK KAVANAGH PATRICK KAVANAGH PATRICK KAVANAGH PATRICK KAVANAGH PATRICK KAVANAGH PATRICK KAVANAGH PATRICK KAVANAGH PATRICK KAVANAGH PATRICK KAVANAGH PATRICK KAVANAGH I've noticed if you look too far ahead, it only works negatively on you. PATRICK KANE If I was bigger I might not have had the same skill set as I do, the speed. PATRICK KANE I wouldn't be face-washing anyone in real life. I'd be skating to the bench real fast to get... PATRICK KANE It's funny: when you're skating around during warm-ups, I'll see signs that say things l... PATRICK KANE I stickhandle a lot at practice. I watch a lot of hockey, so I try to either pick up something from ... PATRICK KANE When I go down the ice, I feel it, the wind in the side of my hair, and then I got the party in the ... PATRICK KANE If I score a goal on the road, I come home, and that's probably the first thing I'm doing, p... PATRICK KANE We're here to win. We're not here just for the experience. PATRICK KANE I think you grow up every year, every day. You learn something new and try to really worry about wha... PATRICK KANE Sometimes it's nice just being in your own room and having a quiet night and relaxing and gettin... PATRICK KANE I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be. PATRICK KANE There are some guys you definitely would not want dating your sister - especially hockey players. PATRICK KANE I always go home to Buffalo in the offseason. I really enjoy my home town. PATRICK KANE I want to be someone who can be a role model to kids - and to everyone, for that matter. PATRICK KANE I love scoring for the fans, for the team, for myself. That's not to say that I won't pass i... PATRICK KANE The little kids in the stands are going to give you a good cheer. Sometimes, that overrides the othe... PATRICK KANE I love to play the game, love to be around the rink, and love to joke around with my teammates and h... PATRICK KANE Anytime you hear different things - whether it's trade rumors or people saying you're not li... PATRICK KANE I love to score goals, and I love to plan my celebrations. PATRICK KANE I don't want to be satisfied with where I'm at or happy about what I've done. I want to ... PATRICK KANE Especially in the day and age now with social media and cameraphones and things like that, you alway... PATRICK KANE Understanding where to be in your own zone really takes some time and development to learn. PATRICK KANE My favorite thing to do in this world is to be on the ice playing hockey and try to entertain fans a... PATRICK KANE It has been a motto of mine my whole life - just be yourself. PATRICK KANE Each social formation, through each of its material activities, exerts its influence upon the civic ... PATRICK GEDDES Instead of isolating our school and our many subjects from the every day world, we intend to plant i... PATRICK GEDDES But a city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time. PATRICK GEDDES PATRICK FUGIT PATRICK FUGIT PATRICK FUGIT PATRICK FUGIT PATRICK FUGIT PATRICK FUGIT PATRICK FUGIT PATRICK FUGIT PATRICK FUGIT I totally respond to complex characters, and I'm not interested in anything too simple. PATRICK FISCHLER I would love to play a regular guy in a family drama. PATRICK FISCHLER 'Mad Men' still lives in my life as the best job that I've ever had because I thought th... PATRICK FISCHLER I love things that people hate. I hate middle-of-the-road stuff. It never really interests me. PATRICK FISCHLER I do a lot of shows I've actually never seen, and I hadn't seen 'Castle' or 'Sca... PATRICK FISCHLER I've always been interested in the gangster genre, so to play Mickey Cohen was a real thrill. It... PATRICK FISCHLER PATRICK EWING PATRICK EWING PATRICK EWING PATRICK EWING PATRICK EWING PATRICK EWING PATRICK EWING PATRICK EWING PATRICK EWING PATRICK EWING PATRICK EWING PATRICK EWING PATRICK EWING PATRICK EWING PATRICK EWING PATRICK EWING PATRICK EWING PATRICK EWING PATRICK EWING PATRICK EWING I had a lump on my face and had a big cancer thing removed. PATRICK DUFFY I quit it because at the end of seven years in an ensemble show with one leader, I thought: 'I w... PATRICK DUFFY I worked with my dad for 15 years. I apprenticed under him and decided I wanted to become an archite... PATRICK DUFFY Cooking and eating at home is made even better by the fact that you don't have to worry about dr... PATRICK DUFFY It's great to be able to do shows like 'Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door,' which ... PATRICK DUFFY I lead a normal life and I don't assume there is anything I can impart to people. The only reaso... PATRICK DUFFY I'm one of the lucky actors in television. I don't make a lot of big waves, but there's ... PATRICK DUFFY I come from an alcoholic Irish background - I know where I was going! But I met my wife and started ... PATRICK DUFFY I saw this thing years ago, where somebody filled a gymnasium with ping-pong balls and mousetraps. A... PATRICK DUFFY It's as simple as you can explain all of 'Dallas.' We're a dysfunctional family forc... PATRICK DUFFY I feel that marrying younger and being quite a young dad helped me with the stability of my career. PATRICK DUFFY Los Angeles is peopled by waiters and carpenters and drivers who are there to be actors. PATRICK DUFFY There's nothing I like more than picking fresh vegetables then putting them in the dinner you ma... PATRICK DUFFY The last episode of Dallas was in '1991.' Unfortunately, it was a terrible episode to end th... PATRICK DUFFY I do all the cooking in our family. I'm a utilitarian cook, rather than an adventurous one - I o... PATRICK DUFFY I'm an inherently happy person. It comes from the inside, which means you can achieve happiness ... PATRICK DUFFY Good luck happens to people who work hard for it. Sometimes people just fall into the honey pot, but... PATRICK DUFFY There is no such thing as a weekend for me when I'm at home on my ranch in Oregon. PATRICK DUFFY Every single unfortunate thing that happens, including, for instance, the murder of my parents, I am... PATRICK DUFFY The idea is this: It's important to upset one's work habits, to topple the cart for each pro... PATRICK DEWITT Many's the dead author whose body of work has been marred by overzealous publishers or family me... PATRICK DEWITT I don't consider Los Angeles home anymore; ultimately, it was pretty negative, but I did spend m... PATRICK DEWITT A lot of authors, judging by their list, will put anything out that they finish... That's the wo... PATRICK DEWITT When you meet someone you love, whether or not they love you back, something occurs in you that make... PATRICK DEWITT I had no plan to write a western novel, and when I realized it was happening, I was pretty surprised... PATRICK DEWITT The impetus for 'The Sisters Brothers' was it occurred to me that there was no neurosis in w... PATRICK DEWITT I am increasingly unimpressed by works of art that require a college degree to understand. I think t... PATRICK DEWITT If you're not riddled with doubt, you've probably done something wrong. PATRICK DEWITT Humorous writing is often thought of as substandard in comparison to work with a more dramatic or tr... PATRICK DEWITT By the time I left the bar, I was 30. I was a dishwasher. They call it a bar-back, but essentially, ... PATRICK DEWITT The question about my Canadianness comes up a lot, and I'm never quite sure what to say about it... PATRICK DEWITT Looking around, I saw so many unhappy adults, people who loathed their jobs, and I didn't want t... PATRICK DEWITT At the age of seventeen, I decided I would spend my life writing fiction. I didn't know what thi... PATRICK DEWITT I carry a small spiral notebook with me at all times and have been doing this for many years. There&... PATRICK DEWITT I felt like love has been underrepresented - unironic love, just actually really falling in love. PATRICK DEWITT Whenever we changed schools, we had to make a new set of friends. At the time, of course, I hated it... PATRICK DEWITT More and more, I find myself turning away from everything relating to contemporary society. I don... PATRICK DEWITT All of my close friends are emotional train wrecks. This is what makes our lives interesting - const... PATRICK DEWITT Love is dangerous; it's not something to be trifled with. As good as it feels on the way in, it ... PATRICK DEWITT Lies can be wonderful things, and when a lie is told artfully, if it's done with a degree of cra... PATRICK DEWITT I've stopped reading about the death of books because it's wasteful and morbid and insulting... PATRICK DEWITT As a reader I want to be present and entertained. I don't want to be taught lessons, and I don&#... PATRICK DEWITT I think of myself as somebody who, in a moment-to-moment way, I'm quite happy. But I think I am ... PATRICK DEWITT I don't necessarily want to make people stomp and clap. I simply want to engage people. PATRICK DEWITT PATRICK DEMPSEY PATRICK DEMPSEY PATRICK DEMPSEY PATRICK DEMPSEY PATRICK DEMPSEY PATRICK DEMPSEY PATRICK DEMPSEY PATRICK DEMPSEY PATRICK DEMPSEY PATRICK DEMPSEY PATRICK DEMPSEY PATRICK DEMPSEY PATRICK DEMPSEY PATRICK DEMPSEY PATRICK DEMPSEY PATRICK DEMPSEY PATRICK DEMPSEY PATRICK DEMPSEY PATRICK DEMPSEY
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Sometimes I think I live more closely to the past than the present. 
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I think I have more patience now than I did in the past. 
All the things that are in the past are in the past. 
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The most High approveth not the gifts of the wicked. 
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I have vowed to my God to teach the heathen, though I be despised by some. 
The Bible is worth all the other books which have ever been printed. 
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I'm a gun owner. 
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