Robert Hamilton Quotations

We're going to try and bring as much sensitivity to this as we can.

Make no mistake, John Casey feels that it is a horrible thing to have to lay people off. And hopefully our worst fears will not be realized.

I don't think you can solve the problem by saying: 'Police officers, don't arrest people. Attorney generals, don't prosecute people. Judges, don't find people guilty.'

Our job is not to punish people, but yet when you have people who will not do what they're required to do, there's no alternative,

Our policy is to let our people know first.

We have some people this year who bought a Fan Forward for George Mason. They may have bought ticket rights for $5, thinking that this was the year the stars were aligned in their favor. By purchasing this reservation early, they now have the chance to buy Final Four tickets to see their team at face value.

Today's announcement will accelerate our exit from the business.

We're trying to cope with the realities. The Navy had a lot of budget difficulties.

We are seeking any new work we can get.

We are very concerned about that area of the business right now.

We have done everything to try and keep the workers well informed of what's going on. But we don't have all of the information right now, and I can understand how that can be frustrating.

There will always be ad-hoc communication, but gambling that critical information gets communicated properly is dangerous, especially as you increase the number of active projects. Mistakes mean re-work, and I know that Phil hates rework more than anything.

There really isn't anything more that we can add at this point.

It's not some kind of shopping cart that we're manipulating. It's the market just doing what it does best.

It's handled as though it's a real situation until we know it's not.

The last thing you want to do is to re-engineer the core workflows to such a degree that hardly any employee can follow it, or document it. Especially with small businesses, where routines are sometimes entrenched, knocking over the sacred cows all at once can be disorienting.

I'm looking forward to the event-it's a great venue, tickets are selling fast and we'll have a lot of fun. I think it will be a welcome departure from the usual awards format, especially for those who don't really like chicken.

I'm taking precautionary measures, I'd rather be safe then sorry.