David Nelson Quotations

Where is the bottom? These market conditions will correct themselves, but probably over months, not weeks or years.

The outlook for the farmer owners is tremendously bright. They will receive nice checks in the mail in the next few months, and we will then look forward to communicating with our members about new opportunities.

Leg quarter prices have fallen from a record level of 50 cents a pound last fall to 29 cents a pound today and still seem to be falling. We believe at least some of this is due to consumer concern in the export markets regarding avian influenza.

I'd like to see them come down a little bit more. You have to take it as it comes, day-by-day and hopefully the trend will just keep going down. I've noticed a lot less friction with people.

I am interested in the Douglas County Master Plan and how it is applied.

I have met with ASA on numerous occasions in the past and have not been very successful in pointing out these kinds of challenges they have.

I don't think I've done that this year. Last year I did all right, but this year I've been struggling. I stepped it up a little bit tonight.

If this were just an industry event, we'd be looking at a bunch of guys driving up in pickup trucks and blue jeans. Not that there's anything wrong with that ... but now it's much more.

Having a couple of starters out slowed us down a little, but now we are getting back into a groove. Hopefully in the playoffs we will really step it up. We feel that we match up against anybody.

Kellogg recognizes the importance of constantly streamlining costs ... That is how it has avoided, and we think will continue to avoid, the margin deterioration that has plagued the industry.

Kellogg has done a good job of this historically, though not in this decade. But now is a time when a lot of companies are looking at Asia because of the value. Making acquisitions and investments there is a lot cheaper than it was a year ago.

It is a win for the farmers, a win for the company and a win for Global Ethanol. It is also very good news for the Midwest. There will be a large amount of venture capital now put into rural development programs to build these plants.

Just how far $750,000 will go, we haven't figured out yet.

While conditions are clearly difficult, the magnitude of the weakness, especially the forecast for a loss in Q2, was a surprise.

We're not giving up on the season. These guys know anything can happen.

We've been working on a mandate for about eight years and were unsuccessful. We've come up with a plan that's much better. It gives consumers choice.

While petroleum oil prices are only a little higher than they've been for the last eight months, the mention of ethanol in President Bush's State of the Union address has taken the fervor to another level.

With Kellogg stock down 3.5% over the past 12 months, we now feel there is sufficient upside in the stock to justify an upgrade. Market share gains have continued in cereal despite General Mills' return to competitiveness.

You have to take a long-term approach to global growth,

Property adjacent to one-acre lots should be zoned one-acre.

Despite its size and efforts toward branding and value-added, the company is clearly not immune to the inherent volatility of the various protein sectors.

This fits into what they're doing, ... These are strong brands and it gets them into new geographies.

It was roughly in line with what I'm looking for, ... They lowered the boom. They're talking about doing all the right things, but there wasn't a lot of detail. It's going to be a long drawn out recovery, but it still doesn't make me want to run out and buy the stock.

For investors, this makes it hard to know whether one quarter is reflective of broader improvement in the business.

It's fun working here just because we do good products and everyone who works here cares. That's how we've kept the business going.

It was like writing an essay or a book because at every detail one had to consider what was new and what was old and how the relationship came together,

They'll spread rumors and give their peers the silent treatment. They do whatever works to maintain control.

In 1970, it was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, ... In 1997, it was Allen Iverson. What award is...

In 1963 we did every one of these songs with Jerry,

In the last half-hour alone, we have had 125 people come through here. The weather hasn?t played a role at all.

I think all of us are looking at our bottom lines and where we can reduce and save money -- and ASA is, too.

But we also began to see these human marks, like the graffiti. The human markings were something that was definitely a record of history and 200 years from now the value of that would be immense.

I don't want to make people behind me wait even longer because the government presumes even momentarily that I am a terrorist, not a patriot,

The magnitude of the weakness is behind us.

These kids are a lot more talented than last year's record indicates. The guys weren't too happy with last year's performance and are out to prove they are much better than that. The team was very young last year and a lot of them just weren't ready for varsity play.

The main satisfaction we're getting is the intellectual excitement. For me, that's plenty. Isn't that really the driving force of science?