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I mean, all the ratings wars are silly. But, I mean, someone has to be concerned about the ratings because it means, you know, it translates into revenue.

- Connie Chung

The first time I was nominated, I didn`t know anything about the Oscars. That was almost 15 years ago. I just did Oscar week and enjoyed it very much because I was with my mum. Even so, each time it`s happened I`ve come down with some ghastly infection. It is overwhelming for people. It has nothing to do really at all with your performance. It comes down to if you get an Oscar for your film, then the revenue for your film goes up. They mean a great deal. I can`t deny it.

- Emma Thompson

Daves track record of revenue growth combined with strong profitability performance in both Customer Care and Information Management reflects his deep knowledge of the business and the needs of our clients. While we are making good progress in 2005 and we remain comfortable with our 2005 revenue and earnings guidance, Daves leadership will allow us to continue to build our growth and profitability while further leveraging our unique customer care and billing value proposition.

- James Orr

Dave`s track record of revenue growth combined with strong profitability performance in both customer care and information management reflects his deep knowledge of the business and the needs of our clients, ... While we are making good progress in 2005 and we remain comfortable with our 2005 revenue and earnings guidance, Dave`s leadership will allow us to continue to build our growth and profitability while further leveraging our unique customer care and billing value proposition.

- James Orr

We are clearly pleased with the strength of execution in the second quarter, as evidenced by the solid growth in revenue across our server lines, especially our HP ProLiant and Integrity server businesses,

- Mark Hudson

We really don`t see this is an expansion of wagering. We had wagering yesterday and we`re going to have wagering tomorrow. We do see this as an expansion of benefits. The benefits are to preserve jobs and to enhance racing at Oaklawn, create jobs and generate new tax revenue for Hot Springs and to benefit our seniors and our students.

- Eric Jackson

I make a recommendation based on the revenue available in any given year,

- Nancy Allen

That could be, ... But it was budgeted based on revenue available.

- Nancy Allen

That`s revenue, not handle, and that`s what`s scary,

- Robert Walker

(Asked if Star Wars (1977) had made him a fortune): Yes, blessed be "Star Wars". But two-thirds of that went to the Inland Revenue and a sizable sum on VAT. No complaints. Let me leave it by saying I can live for the rest of my life in the reasonably modest way I am now used to, that I have no debts and I can afford to refuse work that doesn`t appeal to me.

- Alec Guinness

The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.

- George Foreman

We believe this property has the potential to achieve significant revenue growth through addressing deferred-maintenance issues, adding selective capital improvements and improving property-management operations.

- Jack Cassidy

Ian is recognized as a leader in bringing together IT, finance and operations professionals to address critical Performance Management challenges including governance, process improvement and information technology. His proven sales leadership skills will help us achieve our revenue goals as we invest in the expansion of our research and services teams.

- Mark Smith

They have the toughest job. They have their market cap, and now they have to prove they are worth it by staying on track with revenue growth. There is less upside for new hires because the big boost has already gone by.

- Peter Alexander

This past quarter, we successfully leveraged a robust North American capital markets environment to generate record revenue.

- Peter Brown

Taxes (aren`t) the only way to bring new revenue in, ... We need to see what we can do with Surf`s Up.

- Scott Hall

We`ve set a goal of $100,000 in revenue from the event. And from that, we`ll be able to get about $10,000 for the Key. It will go toward the Run for the Money account.

- Melissa Walker

(GSN also has set up casino tournaments and licensing and merchandising deals that help cable operators increase revenue.) We`re not just a cable TV network for games, ... We`re developing other revenue streams. We`re trying to own a category: games on TV.

- Rich Cronin

They get in a cycle. They don`t have economic development or the high land value they need to raise the revenue they need for good schools. And they can`t attract businesses for economic development without good schools.

- Scott Johnson

There is enough money for everyone to prosper. I just hope nobody turns into a pig and wants an unfair balance of the revenue stream.

- Ron Jaworski

Nobody in hockey should be making that much money. There`s no TV revenue to speak of, and why people think there is, I have no idea. I have a problem with everybody begrudging a group or individual that has paid $100 to $150 million for something making 2, 3, 4 percent on his money. To begrudge that and say the owners are lying ... well, I`ve been on both sides, and I can tell you the owners aren`t lying.

- Phil Esposito

When we watch hockey games and see 8,000 fans in (Washington) D.C., you cringe as a player, ... Those cities that aren`t pulling their weight in terms of drawing fans and revenue are hurting everybody as a whole, not just that city.

- Jeremy Roenick

I think there`s a lot of hidden agendas there. With the revenue sharing and all the money he`s getting with the TV revenues, he`s making money and they`re losing games. Hopefully the Glass family will try to sell the team and get somebody in there that cares and wants to win.

- Joe Randa

The reason we charge is it costs a lot of money. We don`t look at Fan Faire as a revenue generator. We look at it as something we do for the community, but it is very expensive for us.

- Chris Kramer

I think if we ultimately see something that is do-able between labor and the league, then you can have it without any additional revenue-sharing.

- Jerry Jones

Our best opportunity to build shareholder value is to have fewer priorities and to pursue them with greater intensity. We have applied that thinking to both our strategies and our portfolio. This action reflects the company`s continued commitment to brands which have the ability to achieve sustainable national market leadership and a high potential to achieve significant and consistent growth in share, revenue, and return on capital.

- Jonathan Ward

In addition to steady license progress, we have begun to see the results of our strategic initiative to build out services partnerships and channels, ... We generated more than 50 percent growth in our service revenue due in part to contributions from MKS Solutions Partners in customer implementations.

- Michael Harris

Our goal is to ensure that in future, every notebook will be SIM ready. This development brings the advantages and pervasiveness of the GSM platform to the notebook market, where this year sales of more than 60 million laptops are forecast worldwide. As 3G network roll-outs accelerate across the world, with additional media rich capabilities added through HSDPA upgrades, laptops with in-built connectivity to the 3GSM world will enable PC users to enjoy the full benefits of seamless access to mobile broadband wireless services with secure authentication. The mobile operator community will benefit from significant market and revenue growth opportunities.

- Rob Conway

I come back to the same thing: We`ve got the greatest pipeline in the company`s history in the next 12 months, and we`ve had the most amazing financial results possible over the last five years, and we`re predicting being back at double-digit revenue growth in fiscal year `06.

- Steve Ballmer

Money has to be put in the way a club feels it should. If you put money in a new ballpark, that helps to generate revenue so you can spend more money. It should be spent to make the club`s operations the best. That will help in the end, and it will mean enhanced payroll.

- Bud Selig

I believe that States should be credited for their non-Federal investment in revenue-generating transportation facilities to address their regional transportation needs.

- Michael Burgess

Giving birth to a new medspa takes a tremendous amount of labor pain, knowledge and expertise. Just because someone may know how operate a successful business doesn`t mean they can make money in the medspa business. That is why we do so well in providing assistance through the initial phases of the medspa birth process. Due to our expertise, clients pay us an ongoing monthly support fee to assist them on multiple fronts. In other words, getting you there is one thing and keep you running smoothly once you`re there is another. This ongoing support fee represents a monthly recurring revenue stream for the company,

- Mark Ellis

We are not giving up tax revenue. We are redirecting it to get 700 new jobs.

- Ken Hughes

If you put your revenues back into the product, especially with the revenue sharing and luxury tax monies, you can win. But it`s a shame it`s taken so long for the Pirates. It`s been far too long.

- Kevin Kennedy

We know The Hotel Management Group is the best choice to manage IHG hotels, because we know our brands, our systems, our marketing, our standards, our demand and our revenue generators better than anyone else.

- Tom Murray

The cost is going up. The revenue is going down. So you have to do something.

- Peter Davidson

Versatile was able to achieve revenue growth during that period by concentrating on our core goal of providing mobile solutions that operate in a wired or wireless environment, ... This was especially meaningful as the last few years in the technology sector have been particularly difficult. Our growth is a testament to the commitment of our employees in pursuit of our vision.

- John Hardy

It`s just like buying lobsters in that the market determines the price. It won`t be a significant cost and it`s not a significant revenue area for us. We believe we will have ample storage space for most customers.

- Tony Martinez

The revenue would be substantial over a couple of months,

- Gary Price

Half of Google`s revenue comes from selling text-based ads that are placed near search results and are related to the topic of the search. Another half of its revenues come from licensing its search technology to companies like Yahoo.

- Eric Schmidt

We are very pleased with the financial performance of the Company in Q3. We continue to achieve our revenue targets while improved gross margins have allowed us to exceed our expectations on net earnings.

- Ken Taylor

We are very pleased with the financial performance of the company in the third quarter. We continue to achieve our revenue targets while improved gross margins have allowed us to exceed our expectations on net earnings.

- Ken Taylor

We are pleased with the financial performance and operational improvements that are demonstrated by our first quarter financial results, ... Our eighth consecutive quarter of double-digit sequential revenue growth and net earnings in the quarter of $2.8 million reflect a continuation of the momentum that was generated last fiscal year and put the company on pace to achieving our annual guidance.

- Ken Taylor

We must take away the government`s credit card. With limits on both tax revenue and borrowing, the Federal government would finally be forced to get serious about spending cuts.

- Alan Keyes

As a result of increased sales, product mix and expense reductions, second quarter gross margins as a percentage of revenue improved to 39 percent from 35 percent in the second quarter of 2004 and from 32 percent in the first quarter of 2005. We expect gross margin as a percentage of revenue to approximate 40 percent in the second half of 2005. We improved on our second quarter guidance of a loss of $0.08 to $0.09 per share, due mainly to the deferral of previously planned UWB investments until later this year. In addition, we reached our near-term fund raising goal and added further liquidity by obtaining approximately $4.2 million in new equity and debt financing commitments on June 20. With continued focus on managing our balance sheet, including increasing inventory turns and reducing DSOs, we intend to reduce the company`s financing requirements for the fourth quarter.

- Gary Williams

(The deal) creates a completely unique model to build market share and create new revenue opportunities, ... is an unprecedented opportunity to address one of health care`s most dynamic growth areas.

- Jeff Arnold

(As federal troops and rescue workers poured into still-flooded New Orleans, the Smiths pondered the future of their city.   Geof worried about the lack of tourism revenue without Mardi Gras or the Saints football games. But both brothers hope the city will be rebuilt better than before.  ) Driving out, I was pretty beat down, ... I was sad and embarrassed and I was like a lot of people that you might have seen on the news saying, `I`m not coming back.` But all these places—¯like Florida after their hurricanes,   or Los Angeles after the riots—¯they`ve recovered.   I`m going to do what I can to make it better. And I think there`s so much that`s not destroyed.

- Jay Smith

(He`d better be, because the new space race already is under way and competition is shaping up as fierce. Rutan`s chief rival may ultimately be Elon Musk. A former Internet mogul who in 2002 sold his online payment company, PayPal, to eBay for $1.5 billion in stock, Musk now runs SpaceX in El Segundo, Calif., which is developing an orbital space vehicle. Musk notes that making it into orbit requires going eight times faster and producing 65 times more rocket energy than a suborbital vehicle like SpaceShipOne. Musk has already put more than $50 million into SpaceX and says he is prepared to invest $50 million more. He expects it to take at least five years to get passengers into orbit. In the meantime, SpaceX is generating revenue by booking orders to launch satellites; its first such launch is scheduled for January.) Our earned revenue will be $35 million after a little more than two years of operation, ... By comparison, the X-Prize was a one-off of $10 million, and it took Burt something like five years to do it.

- Elon Musk

In an age of increasingly mobile labor and capital, companies are more sensitive to tax burdens than ever, ... Rather than chasing away employers with overly aggressive corporate tax laws, states should move toward more stable and less economically harmful revenue sources.

- Chris Atkins

Without (revenue growth from its) power systems (unit), there would have been no growth, and the question is, as it peaks, how fast will the other businesses rebound and make up for the power systems decline? ... It`s going to make double-digit earnings growth tougher to come by in the next couple of years.

- Edward Jones