Chris Lynch Quotations

There is no question that there is going to be an economic impact from the expansion in the short term. We're unsure at this point as to how great the impact will be.

We've always reached the hardcover buyer more than the paperback buyer.

We expect total expenditure to increase to around $6 billion (in 2006). This will include around $4 billion spent on growth projects and $550 million on exploration.

Is bigger better? ... Bigger is more expensive in many different ways. Do you really want that big dining room for the dinner parties you will have three times a year?

open, honest and completely committed to changing her life and making her home better for her family and children.

We don't design for the worst possible conditions.

We were going to try to cut it to 10 in the fourth. I thought we had the shots to do it, but we missed a lot of easy buckets. Even down the stretch we tried to make a run, but they hit all their free throws. If they're hitting their free throws, there's not much you can do about it.

We'll have product that can't be found in big box stores, and it will be displayed in a manner that you won't see anywhere else.

consumes significant amounts of management time and encourages a short term focus on what is a long term business.

The way an old dog finds his way back over miles and miles to his home when somebody trues to shove him off on a farm someplace, that is how I find my way back to the library. It's my place, even more than my place is.

This is the time to be super aggressive

The right word at the right time helps you make sense of the world. It helps, but sometimes not a lot.

Big data is at the foundation of all of the megatrends that are happening today, from social to mobile to the cloud to gaming.

Your family should be there. Your family should always be there. What does it say about you if they aren't?

Sometimes seeing everything just gets in the way.

The market for unabridged has increased dramatically, even for $50 to $75 a book. We didn't think we'd be able to sell enough copies at that price to cover our production costs, but there are people willing to pay for the whole book.

The market for unabridged, full-length books only started taking off over the last few years. And we think Hemingway will be especially popular for audio downloads.

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