Robert Johnston Quotations

We have no plans for any major shakeup at this point,

We were aware of the process, we had become supportive of the process, and we're satisfied with the results.

We want to substantially put greater emphasis on customer service and customer satisfaction. We really want to revitalize the spirit of the organization. It needs to be a much greater competitor.

We have a number of strategies that we haven't disclosed yet. The focus will clearly be on the consumer.

Since we began acquiring stock we always thought this was a very good company with great prospects that maybe was not performing up to its potential.

Obviously, you can't increase the price until you do the due diligence. That was putting the cart before the horse.

Obviously, it is $50-million which is not available for the shareholders.

He is incredibly excited. He is working diligently to really reinvigorate and rejuvenate the company.

Just real basic improvement on operations, I think will a major change in this company, ... With the last couple of quarters, not only were the results disappointing, but the visibility in to the future has been murky.

We continue to be disappointed. We continue to review our strategic options.

We know that Canadians in some instances have not been fully satisfied with these chains.

We have lot of pent-up strategies we want to get into place, but we also want to hear what other people want to say.

We see problematic actual execution. Stores are in disarray. Advertised items are not available. Scanners don't work with the bar codes. Those are things we would focus on right away to try to improve.

There is no strategy to sell any large number of stores.

What's going on here is a redefinition of Christmas as a time of family celebration rather than as a time of the community faithful celebrating the birth of the savior...There is a risk that we will lose one more of our Christian rituals, one that's at the heart of our faith.

We think it is a very fair price but if the company is willing to sit down with us and share non-public information, I think we may be able to find additional value.

Seeing the parades made me feel like I was finally home. But at the same time, I was jarred by this sadness that the city I was born in and will die in will never be the place I knew before the hurricane.

Projections don't mean anything, what matters to me are the actual results.

Northrop Grumman has been aggressively pursuing emerging technologies to combat the growing threat from mines. The transformational mine-detection technology used in ALMDS is critical for creating safer passage around the world for our servicemen and women.

This celebration is the culmination of three decades of hard work by thousands of dedicated Melting Pot employees. It's an occasion that we're excited to celebrate with all of our previous, current and future guests, vendors and franchise partners. Going forward, we promise to continue doing those things that keep The Melting Pot special for so many of our patrons - and we'll continue to provide them with genuine hospitality, perfect food and spotless facilities. That's our mission.

This ability to recognize individuals underlies social behavior in virtually all vertebrates and some invertebrates as well. Humans clearly have an incredible ability to recognize, remember and store huge amounts of information about individuals - even individuals we have never actually met. This ability is the core of circuits that one might call the social brain.

It's a big headache and I knew I wasn't going to make any money off it, but I have a love for the game and a love for the community.

It showed us that this region is necessary for recognition memory. The hippocampus has also been implicated for recognition memory in humans.

It's our chance to say 'thank you' to all of our loyal patrons who have dined with us - and celebrated with us - for so many years. We wanted to do something special to honor our history and to help welcome our 100th location, which will open by year's end.

The last couple of quarters we've talked publicly about being dissatisfied with the performance. It was going south, so we thought this was a good time because we think we can bring value to the company.

Clearly some operational issues need to be addressed. These are just lost sales and frustrated customers that may never come back.

Calmer heads prevailed and we came to terms.

This is a company that that has had a great deal of difficulty gaining a great deal of respect among the investor community.

The first time I came out of the box rope in hand was such an adrenaline rush.