Jim Craig Quotations

There is a lot of activity in Europe at this moment and we are focusing on that.

To ensure safety, the industry has moved employees from some facilities and shut down various offshore production platforms, refineries and pipeline operations in affected areas, ... This will have an impact on petroleum product supplies. With only limited information available at this time we are unable to estimate the extent of the impact.

Katrina was the worst disaster probably in U.S. history. It becomes a question of capacity more than training when you have a disaster of this magnitude.

Some of the older guys who don't want to (or can't) play anymore, become team managers. Anyone can join. We celebrate fun and fellowship.

My views may have had some influence ... But their views have influenced me as well,

It doesn't make sense for us to pay a price that's inconsistent with our model and with our responsibility to our shareholders. We have not been able to agree a price and so we are moving on. There is a lot of activity in Europe at this moment and we are focusing on that.

We encourage team parties and in-house tournaments, too.

We could not see value at any levels we could do (the deal). We win about 50 per cent of the ones we go after, so we are pretty disciplined.

We are in an excellent position to adjust our current program.

The day to day operations of the business will continue to be run by local management by their base on the Isle of Man.

The park is a jewel of the North County.

We want to wish all stakeholders well. It all came down to price.

We spent a lot of time talking to shareholders and other stakeholders. We concluded that an increased offer on terms acceptable to Macquarie and its investors is unlikely to be acceptable to LSE shareholders.

Europe is a key growth area for Macquarie, and we continue to look forward to many attractive opportunities in the region.

There's something that's been hanging in the shadows for quite a while.

I've spent half my life making money for other people to retire and send their kids to college, ... I'm looking forward to using my skill in making money for this new pursuit.

As I understand it, students have been nauseous, vomiting, and had other flu-like symptoms.

In evaluating any potential transaction, Macquarie takes a disciplined approach to valuation, while considering the views of all relevant stakeholders.

By proactively closing these funds now, we are controlling the flow of cash into them,

...how engaged are your employees right now? You may consider such a question impossible to answer, but the truth is, you need to know this if you want a more profitable, ethical organization, as everyone must share the same values to make the changes genuine

Only you can decide what is most important in your life.

Don't ever let your memories be bigger than your dreams.

It was something that we learned more and more about as we got older in different chapters of our lives on how important the victory was, not as a sporting event but as a victory in the Cold War.

Herb Brooks, God rest his soul, wasn't coaching a Dream Team. He was coaching a team full of dreamers.

The market is more severely discounting no growth and is willing to pay more for solid growth, ... growth will be the place to make outsized gains.

The LSE has again avoided focusing on matters within its control, pinning its hopes on cyclical equity and IPO market movements and an optimistic belief in global exchange consolidation.