Jim Collins Quotations

We found, instead, that they first got the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people in the right seats. And then they figured out where to drive it.

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We have never made it a secret that we allow commercials on talk channels.

We're an entrainment company, so content is prime and we want to preserve the quality of the programming. As this is satellite radio, not analogue radio, you do have some limitations, but we felt that 50 hours of recordable capability went a long way to satisfying demand.

I feel sorry for Microsoft. If you want to hire a firm that is going to do a job better than any law firm in the country, you go to Keker & Van Nest.

We can monitor and determine whether we are dealing with isolated or outbreaks of cases.

When Howard signed a Sirius deal in October 2004, we had 660,000 subscribers. Analysts' consensus predicted 2 million by 2005, but we are already at 3.3 million. Clearly, this jump can be attributable to Howard.

He's a big-sized adult bird and he keeps coming back to this area.

He's hobbling toward me, he's eating in the median now and I'm walking, slowly almost beside it. Ah, it flew off.

He's been extremely cooperative with us, ... We have been focusing on him, but I'm not going to call him a prime suspect or anything else at this point.

He confined her to residences and hotels within Montgomery and Prince George's counties.

Just like the previous segments, it's going to help relieve some traffic on U.S. 19.

I see Arizona as a state with a growing Latino community, and if Arizona can do it right, it can be a beacon of hope for the rest of the country.

Our programmers are very astute at creating moods.

Regular radio can't match the scope that we can. Even if and when they do go digital, we offer nationwide service and 120 channels. They just can't scale to that level.

Part of the path higher has been helped by the news from China that they don't plan to lighten their load of Treasuries.

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We've been getting calls every day for more than a week from people who've seen this mysterious wild turkey walking in the roadway with an injured leg.

We are now growing at a faster rate, and we feel it is due to the programming.

We constantly work radar on Montrose, but you can't work it every day, and when we leave, the speeding starts up again. This accident didn't involve speeding, but the street is one where speeding is a problem.

We're not putting a number on it, but we do believe that if he hasn't already paid for himself, then he has contributed a tremendous amount of subscription growth over the last year.

We move them back and forth. We're there to work for the inclusion of all people within the community.

We think its an incredibly fast-growing category. Analysts believe that the industry will be somewhere between 40 and 45 million subscribers by the end of the decade. It could be higher than that.

I've never heard so many people so outraged down at the Hall (of Justice). The Office of Citizens Complaints should be ashamed of themselves.

These cops are from a special unit. They are all trained at this -- if anything, they deserve medals.

Satellite will never be as widespread as 'regular' radio, ... But it has already built tremendous listener loyalty.

Coach has a way of having a relationship with quarterbacks, whether it's good or stormy. The ones who do the best do things the way he wants. The more they do that, the better the relationship.

As a defense lawyer, it's harder. The office has become more professional and better at prosecuting crime. The deputies are working harder; there's more oversight. I think the (plea bargain) offers are getting tougher.

Background screening should be an important part of a company's overall talent management strategy. Industry reports consistently show that having the right person in the right job increases a company's bottom line.

This action involves an individual who is no longer an employee and has nothing to do with the company.

They do see us as a threat and actively try to take action and publicity to try and negate our positive effect on the market.

There were some adverse conditions. My understanding from people around the case was that John did a great job.

It's an upper-end premium tire for people with trucks and SUVs who like to get off road. It's not a tire we sell a lot of.

For anyone to say that there's no chance of a pause, that's probably a little bit hasty.

It's more or less to tell the public we're getting ready to start the design. If you have an interest in a specific area, we'll see if we can work that into the design.

It's good to have Fenwick and West as a new tenant in the building.

That may be indicative of the Stern effect starting to take effect. We fully anticipate that Howard Stern will generate a lot of interest and a lot of subscribers for us in the next couple of months.

It's clear based on those numbers that Howard has contributed greatly to our growth. You just have to look at the before and after picture.

It's a new concept in design. That's a tremendous idea. I like that everyone shares a back yard, everyone shares a front yard.

No terrestrial radio station can provide the 125 channels of programming that we offer, including the 68 channels of commercial-free music. It's apples and oranges.

It (the collision) was a solid impact to them on the fender on the passenger side of the car.

These people blend in so well you could have been with them shopping, you could have passed them on the street and you'd never know it.

At this point, we still don't have Danielle back. That's our main goal. We're still trying to find Danielle. We are making some progress, we feel, on the case. ... Time is of the essence.

In hard times big companies stop investing in R&D. That opens doors.

I'm just glad we had the capability to generate some evidence that helped bring this to closure.

In rapid-growth times it's hard to get the right people -- you're more likely to compromise on who you get.

Clearly there's been phenomenal growth here, and a lot of that can be attributed to Howard.

I decided to go through a midlife crisis and instead of buying a Corvette, I signed up for pilot lessons.

He's messing with traffic and causing havoc by walking in the street because he could cause an accident.

You can't prohibit them, but you can control them.

The kids are still working hard. Our defense played very well. Offensively, though, we let some opportunities slip away.

The good thing is the enemy of the great.

The gift is really the programming and the content Sirius delivers versus just going out and buying a gadget,

All the major college conferences and state associations are doing this. In addition to providing the product for use in the tournament, there can be financial incentives. We actually measured each of the balls and checked the ingredients.