Jim Owens Quotations

The person that was sitting in front of me came flying over the desk, ... and it was then that the sound registered.

We're so early in the storm ... that the hometown companies only themselves are in the early stages of identifying where the damage is.

With the peak summer season for electricity approaching and rail deliveries of coal still not where we would like them to be, we are monitoring this situation carefully.

Obviously the 2003 blackout was a wake-up call to everyone. August 2003 certainly accentuated the need to reinforce the system.

We try to put up-to-date information into the hands of our property appraisers that will help them do a better job. There is much efficiency as a result of updated and accurate aerial imagery for all county agencies.

We really make an effort to sound exactly like the originals. The orchestra score is exact, right down to every note and instrument that was on the original recording. ... On 'A Day in the Life,' can you imagine that big orchestra crescendo happening live?

We came into the year with one of the strongest order boards we've seen and we're coming off a period of very rapid growth and looking for that to sustain itself this year.

We had used keyboards, or backing tracks, to accompany those songs that had orchestration, but it was never satisfactory, ... Finally, the light bulb went on. It was time to try this thing myself.

We have to work through capacity bottlenecks and need more focus on production processes to improve order fulfillment and supply chain efficiencies,

We were all having problems with our stations going up and down.

Disability insurance is something that every adult should look at.

Disability insurance is not cheap. But you have to weigh your own situation: what would happen to your own personal lifestyle if tomorrow morning you could not work any more? What would you do? Unless you have a rich uncle, that is.

Everything is more expensive than five or 10 years ago. I think it's inappropriate to pin the blame on higher rates on deregulation.

I've walked up to female students and asked whether they would be interested in playing golf. That's how desperate we are.

I've never been able to figure out his motivation. We're just going to let him do what he does.

Personally, I can think of no faster path to a worldwide recession than for the twin engines of the global economy - the United States and China - to turn against one another.

Across the enterprise, efforts are well under way to mobilize product, personnel and resources to help our dealers assist the governmental and non-governmental agencies who are responding to this disaster,

This is a critical moment for U.S. manufacturing.

This is what happens when you're not ready for a rocking chair. You do silly stuff like this.

They're looking to us to play a constructive role to create a good manufacturer in China.

There's a lot of protectionist sentiment out there, a lot of anti-China sentiment, which I think is unfortunate, and I think if we were to pass some of the less thoughtful legislation that's floating around in Washington, precipitating a trade conflict between the US and China, that's about the fastest way I can imagine to get to global recession.

It seems the supply is tightening a bit more.

It really developed into something. People were very anxious to get them and would call the day of the show asking for them or once the show was over they would call us at the station.

It looks like it's going to be a massive undertaking.

That profit incentive is a pretty good motivator to help the region get back on its feet in a hurry.

Strong underlying fundamentals are in place, and we believe this is a business cycle that has staying power.

It's beginning to filter in. It's clear that things are being restored pretty steadily in Alabama, parts of Mississippi and areas outside of New Orleans.

I want people to have a higher income. But you do that by starting out maybe driving a forklift or working in a warehouse, and then you get new skills. You can learn how to paint. You can learn how to assemble. You can become a welder.

In the last six years, overseas markets have been poor investments.

Hopefully, the (2006) Stanley Livingstone Expedition will fare somewhat better.

I don't think he (Jackson) or anyone else could do a better job than I've done and I'm surprised anyone is running against me. I don't know what anyone else can bring to the table because we've already brought everything to the table.

These initiatives are tangible examples of our plans for future growth across all lines of Caterpillar's business in China,

The horror is how anyone would make it if they were unable to work because of a disability.

The fundamental strength of the industries we serve -- notably global mining, infrastructure construction, oil and gas, and energy -- continued to improve.