Gearing Quotations

I started off in 1993 with one lorry. I wasn't one of those guys buying a business and gearing it up.

The only concern I do have is I'd like to see a couple more months (of data) put together here before we declare this torrid, hot economy as into another phase of gearing down. I'm not as optimistic yet that we have slowed everything.

We're pleased with our employees' ability to deliver a customer-centric experience. Additionally, we're gearing up to open a record number of new stores in the coming year as we continue to grow our business.

We're gearing up for the future. We look to be the gateway, the logistical hub of the world for circumpolar navigation.

We're gearing up for Planning (Commission) now, ... We're doing a traffic study, a noise study and a biological study.

We're gearing up for Miami, but we want to win this event as well. Key West is a major regatta so it's always a big deal to win here.

We're gearing toward the playoffs. We're getting stronger.

We're gearing these crimes to almost be popcorn-ish,

We're happy with five points. We've had some breakdowns, but we're also getting wins going into the playoffs. We're gearing up, working on the little things so that we'll be firing on all cylinders.

Licensees are gearing up to flood the market with Super Bowl merchandise featuring the two teams.

Many people were gearing up for a run toward next year. There's no guarantees of next year. We have to do it this year.

Oliver knows how to gear himself up for situations. But, while he was gearing up, he was maintaining his focus.

One of Toro's largest end markets -- golf -- appears to be poised for a long-awaited rebound. The residential piece of the market is gearing up for strong promotional activity, which bodes well for the fiscal second quarter.

New Jersey is being watchful and we could be gearing up to make the public aware of a potentially serious situation.

Peugeot, which used to be lukewarm in China, is gearing up now. Peugeot may record faster sales growth as its unique exterior designs are becoming more acceptable to Chinese consumers along with rising car penetration rate.

I was suited for fame, and I mean that in the most non-egocentric way. I don't mind gearing my life towards privacy. It's my nature.

For us, it's become our most important race. But it's February. The European teams could see this as purely a training race because guys are gearing up for the Tour de France.

What I see is a stable of salivating legal factories gearing up. Is it prudent or responsible for Congress to wait for the inevitable flood or do what it can to provide sandbags now?

We are gearing up to do a massive recruitment and deployment. We are doing some pre-deployment across the nation. Locally we have 11 people on standby and we currently have 12 people already in the South working on hurricane Katrina.

We are gearing up to be outside Monday morning.

We are gearing up getting ready for the second shoe to drop.

We are gearing up for very heavy rainfall between midnight and 3 a.m., today. There will be a second storm on New Year's Day, but not as intense as the prior one. We will continue to monitor the river, Napa Creek and its tributaries. The most critical area is the Behrens area. We encourage the public to go ahead with their planned holiday activities, but to keep informed about the weather. Listen to updates and check the city's Web site.

We are gearing up for rapid growth in our subscriber base due to the many inquiries and requests we are receiving from physician networks and health maintenance organizations in several major markets. Our partnering with organizations such as these tracks with our basic subscription-building game plan of being a value-added service to doctors who recognize that a better informed patient is more compliant and more likely to follow through on recommended treatment regimes.

Having paid for these assets we'll still remain within the long-term gearing target the board has set.

Going on the road will be tough, but that's what we've been gearing up for, to go and get that first one under our belt. If we go out and play well I just think that's going to give us a lot of confidence. We're excited right now. And we want to put a winning team on the field for our fans and for (Denver) and get back to where we were.

I think you have to be self-motivated enough first and foremost. You know, I'm gearing my training toward becoming better with everyone. I'm not good enough to worry about one guy. I have to worry about a whole lot of guys.

It isn't nearly as exciting as it was when I was gearing up to play. I know that I won't have an opportunity to make that game-saving tackle or the big play that will get replayed on and on forever. So, while I am excited to be here and this has been a wonderful ride, there is no substitute for that feeling of knowing, come Sunday, you are going to have the chance to perform at the highest level.

Large companies from out-of-state still look at the Mormon factor and wonder if they can conduct business here. But with the Provo Airport gearing up, and if we get regular scheduled flights, that would help our growth.

Overall, we see the year ahead as one with great potential. The tourism infrastructure is growing, and the region is gearing up for events such as the Beijing 2008 Olympics. We hope that national tourism organizations, policy makers, tourism operators and regional merchants will find this information useful in better understanding travelers' concerns and thereby stimulate even more business for this most exciting part of the world.

Our performance today was nowhere near indicative of how strong we are, so of course that's a big disappointment for us, to know we had a good chance to get some points tonight and we just couldn't capitalize on it. We're going to be busy gearing up for Long Beach, and will just try and get this one behind us.

Patrons from around the world have always been gearing together for benefits--it's the serendipity effect, ... You don't know who you're going to run into. It's the ultimate status symbol.

Part of gearing up for the playoffs is playing well. So we lost that game. We've got five more to play and if we catch up, we catch up. If we don't, we'll be third and finish from there.

That (depth) is what I'm gearing up for Thursday. It'll be very close on Thursday.

I'm starting to hit the ball more consistently but I'm really gearing toward opening day. I'm feeling really good, but you don't want to start peaking right now.

That's to make the transition as easy as possible. We're gearing our park toward progression.

Most companies will wait until the very last moment, even weeks, before they officially postpone. It's a lot of work gearing up for a company to go public.

We're already gearing up for freestyle wrestling. The more matches we can get in over the summer the more it'll help us to make up ground with the OCC schools.

You know, we were right in the middle of a primary battle, and the league was trying to set up a debate. I told them I could not commit to the day because our primary was one week earlier and if we won, we would have to spend the next couple of weeks gearing up and getting things taken care of in order to win the race.

We've been gearing for that all year, to play our best basketball down the stretch, and hopefully we do.

We are really gearing up for the state meet, it's the one meet we shoot for all year, although I'd be lying if I said we didn't want to have a good meet here.

We've been shooting pretty well the second half of the season, and when you're gearing up for the playoffs, that is something you have to work on. We have been working on it, and it's starting to pay off.

Weather conditions are gearing up. We're working with military departments to make sure they have supplies on standby, and we are still receiving firefighters from Alabama and Tennessee.

There is no relief in sight, and that's what we're gearing up for.

When you look at the grand scheme of things, you can't expect to win every game. There's going to be speed bumps along the way. We've been gearing up for the playoffs all year and we think we're ready for it, regardless. Anything that happened tonight will be a distant memory come the playoffs.

Both parties have been gearing up for this. It will be a very competitive year.

We also have a public health system that's been gearing up for terrorism and other threats, and really stood pointed and ready to engage in this effort.

The Red Cross is launching the largest mobilization of resources in its history for a single natural disaster, ... We're being called upon to provide close to 2,000 Red Cross volunteers from the Northeast Service Area, and we're gearing up locally by doing what we do best -- coming together to respond with compassion to take care of our neighbors.

What was happening, you had pastors who had been gearing up for all of their life to go plant a church somewhere . . . and now, all of the sudden, they're realizing there's no land out there.

We went from an average eight to 10 properties a week in Spain to selling one to two a month and it's gearing up to those levels (8 to 10) now with Turkey.

We went down there as they were winding down from Hurricane Katrina, and the day we got there, they were gearing right back up for Rita. That place was really hopping.

This will take us to the next level, so you as a customer can have access online, to be able to do more business with us without coming to the office. That's what we're gearing for in this next contract.

We are anticipating a wind and dry lightning event this weekend. So, we're gearing up for that.

At this point I am very happy to say we're within sight of our goal. There are a few final companies who are gearing up for their campaigns, and we are really counting on them to push us over the top.

The trend to travel rods has risen steadily since they were introduced. They now comprise about 60 percent of our sales. A travel rod is a great choice for the plug caster who might want to take a fly rod on a big trip, but doesn't want to go overboard in gearing up. You toss the tube in the the duffle and there it is ready to go when the circumstances are right.

I've been gearing up for this. The initial thing is getting your feet wet to see how you like it.

I've been gearing up for this future of writing a lot of new music by digging into my favorite old stuff, and twisting it around and highlighting the things I really love.

The whole of industry needs to start gearing up for 2012 immediately.

People remember what it was like the first time Joe Gibbs was here. They are just anticipating that this will be the second go-around of the same thing. That's what we're hoping for as well and we're gearing up for it.

Now comes the process of hooking them up. They will be doing that. They're gearing up, trying to work hard now to get that done. It's massive.

Are we gearing up to start developing that land? The answer is no, not at this time. We don't have a timetable for a new campus right now.

This isn't important for me. This is just gearing me up for the big show.

The United Way is gearing up its annual campaign. This is a nice way for me to see where those kinds of funds go.

There was a strong signal from gearing at just 13 percent and strong free cash flow generation in Q4, and that's the reason why the share bounced back.

This is the time of year you'd like to be gearing up for the postseason, and we're not really wrestling very well right now. We went up to Toledo Waite (Jan. 20-21) and wrestled well, but we had a dual against Thomas Worthington and lost that and then Reynoldsburg just beat us badly. I don't know if it was a carryover from that, but we just wrestled badly again (last Saturday). Hopefully we can do better (against North).

This is the meet where we really start gearing up the for the sectional. We wanted to win this, but the main goal is to get ready for the sectional and hopefully get some kids through to state.

They play so well together and they are gearing up for the playoffs. They have played together for a long time, and you can see they are on the same page both offensively and defensively. That's where we are trying to get.

They're kind of gearing up and they want to continue their string of going to the NCAA tournament. We'll just go play. Throw it up and see what happens.

They're all kind of taking turns stockpiling and gearing up for us. Once again everybody is picking somebody else. We'll just lay back in the weeds.

It's a timing issue. Once he had surgery, he didn't gear up to be ready for Feb. 23 or even Spring Training. He was gearing up for Opening Day. Our hope, and I think everyone's hope, would be it he could have through Spring Training, and then a determination be made.

It shows we're gearing up for the playoffs. Some teams come out lackadaisical (in the first round), but we couldn't take them lightly.

It shows the broad support that Sen. Nelson is receiving across the state, but we're taking nothing for granted and are gearing up for a tough, hard fought race. Whether it's Katherine Harris or someone else, we expect a wholly negative campaign from the other side and we're going to be prepared to knock it down.

Then on Sunday, we were getting a little low on food and Rick Jones called and said 'We're gearing down at the college and we have food that's been donated. Can you use it?'

Everyone is gearing up, checking their finances and insurance. Fall coincides with that back-to-school mentality. The summer vacations are over now and it's time to square up and roll up your sleeves.

Everybody is really gearing up for it, particularly because of the fuel crisis and the weather. The parks are putting a heavy emphasis on it, so they can help generate the numbers that will help pick up some of the drop they've seen in late August and early September.

The bicentennial is now here. We're gearing up for it.

Not all school systems are accustomed to gearing their high school students to take tests. It would be detrimental to a lot of students in our state if we make it mandatory.

They want to disrupt the entire industry. Hundreds of computer makers gearing up, thousands of Windows 98 resellers.

They want to disrupt the entire industry, ... Hundreds of computer makers gearing up, thousands of Windows 98 resellers.

I want to just go in and play hard and do whatever I can to help this team win. I was a healthy scratch a few games there, and it's not very fun, especially this time of year when everyone's gearing up for the playoffs.

It's really contingent on the launch of the third vehicle, and that's scheduled for June, so we're gearing up and planning for our customer. You have to work together with your customer. It's a partnership and we want to support our customer and do everything we can to help them out.

The merger and acquisition cycle isn't over yet and I don't think we're at the peak yet because people aren't gearing up to do silly things. We still have a year or two years of sensible consolidation to go.

I'm not predicting anything but for us to go out there and play to our potential and that's what we're gearing ourselves to do. Who knows which way the game is going to go and how it's going to flow and what's going to happen? We need to go out there and play good football, play to our potential and keep building on the positive things we've done in the season.

I'm not really gearing up to close up the house and battening down the hatches for the cold, but I am contemplating putting snow tires on both my cars.

Individual mortgage is a key cash cow for lenders' retail business. That's why they are gearing up to offer more services to attract clients.

I think next week will be very busy, with people gearing up for $500 gold,

Gearing helps if you have lots of cutting to do and if you are not that strong. It can help you work better.

I don't mean to stereotype because there are plenty of women who love football and just as many men who love home buying. But we often get calls from women who aren't interested in the Super Bowl and are instead gearing up to buy a new house.

This is all new to me and we had a problem with the radio. Our gearing wasn't right either, but the most aggravating thing was not being able to communicate with the pits.

This is a hybrid. It has the same wheel size as a road racing bike, but a wider tire. You still have the upright seating position, but because the bike has the gearing to go faster and farther, you bend over and steer with the flat bar to go fast or corner.

The goal shouldn't be to expand the envelope with taste. It should be to expand the envelope with creativity. . . . We're gearing those crimes to almost be popcornish.

The competition is pretty fierce with everyone gearing up for the NCAA Championships. The conditions were less than ideal, but we are optimistic for tomorrow.