Fred Lane Quotations

Prior Time Warner directors are going to be looking askance at recommendations coming from these five because they come in with the Icahn agenda. Their interest is in short-term price performance.

I once knew a man named Barry. I always thought his name was short for 'Barfly'.

I think the message here is, pick your targets wisely, and do not pick on managements or boards unless they are demonstrably inept and the management structures are demonstrably bloated and ineffective. I don't think that's a conclusion you draw from the Time Warner experience.

What we're looking for is someone with a combination of fiscal awareness and educational vision. We're looking for someone who, first and foremost, is going to be a good manager for what is essentially a $50 million business that is providing for the education of an entire generation.

They were the three people who got nearly everybody's vote. All were active superintendents, and I think Burlington is in a fortunate position. Any one of the candidates would be a significant asset to the district.