Alan Wright Quotations

If they run a promotion and have a real low price, then that's going to lower in the whole area the prices. It doesn't mean that ten miles, twenty miles away it might still be a little bit higher.

Refineries in Texas did not take a direct hit from Rita, but the energy grids in that area were effected, and power has not been restored to those refineries.

You can buy business by selling below cost to drive new sales and a lot of time companies will do that.

We continue to face logistical issues in getting fuel to Pilot Travel Centers and some short-term interruptions and intermittent outages,

We were so mad. My girlfriend was out of town, so I couldn't go, but everybody else was bummed. Everybody at the prom was asking, 'Did y'all win? Did y'all win?' I mean, it's become contagious in the school. It's ridiculous.

Prices on the wholesale market have been up sharply the past several days. As a retailer, we have finally been forced to pass these prices along,

Now I have received an invoice for the whole period from 2003 to date. Again my email was not answered until I chased, and then the reply was incorrect. It finally took an hour on the phone to get a sensible response, but the revised invoice hasn't arrived.

You're competing against the guy across the street and so the market is set by the local competition in that area.

A tall officer was able to grab his ankles. He was about one or two steps from getting away.

It is unclear when refining capacity will be restored, but it is estimated these refineries will be up in two weeks or so,

It was a poor match and a lot of the anglers who took part found it difficult to catch.