Disruption Quotations

By seizing the opportunities that disruption presents and leveraging hard times into greater success through outworking/outinnovating/outthinking and outworking everyone around you, this just might be the richest time of your life so far.

Much as Cold War nuclear strategists could argue about winning a nuclear war by having more survivors, advocates of a Global Warming War might see the United States, Western Europe, or Russia as better able to ride out climate disruption and manipulation than, say, China or the countries of the Middle East.

Disruption is a critical element of the evolution of technology - from the positive and negative aspects of disruption a typical pattern emerges, as new technologies come to market and subsequently take hold.

My overall message for labor members is... that we understand that the benefits of trade are clear, but the disruption and the dislocation are painfully concentrated and we can't ignore them.

FreshWorld is in line with my vision of supporting sustainable technologies in solving problems. I feel this is the next-level disruption in the fruits and vegetables industry.

Employees speak of being fearful opening emails and feeling increasingly helpless in the face of the deluge. Physiologically, we now know that the state of continuous disruption puts us into a constant state of hormone-induced stress.

Since our complex societies are highly susceptible to interferences and accidents, they certainly offer ideal opportunities for a prompt disruption of normal activities.

Disruption to the flow of oil through the Straits of Hormuz would threaten regional and global economic growth. Any attempt by Iran to close the Straits would be illegal and unsuccessful.

Innovation and disruption are the hallmarks of the technology world, and hardly a moment passes when we are not thinking, doing, or talking about these topics.

Grief is at once a public and a private experience. One's inner, inexpressible disruption cannot be fully realized in one's public persona.

We are deluged with information. We have to process now three times as much data as we would have done 50 years ago. We're bombarded with tweets, with emails - a state of continuous disruption - and that's bad for our decision making and bad for our thinking.

The potential supply disruption risk premium has already been built into the price and because there really is no immediate threat to supply ... prices are correcting downwards.

Where the disruption will be is where they're living in an area where none of the retailers are operating,

We appreciate the hard work of the Department of Justice staff in bringing this merger to resolution. The consent decree will result in no disruption to MCI customers. We are eager to begin offering the benefits of this new combination to customers as soon as possible.

There is no major disruption of people's lives for the time being, and so there is no great risk to the economy for now. But if the discontent became a national phenomenon, then consumer confidence could suffer.

Until you sit down and talk with someone who's been through this, it's hard to imagine ... the type of disruption this has placed in people's lives,

What has become clear is that if society wants to avoid future disasters, it should do two things ? prevent even greater disruption to the climate system and prepare for the climate changes already set in motion. There is urgency on both fronts, reducing emissions and preparing to adapt.

World producers need to bring another 1 1/2 million barrels per day on line every year to meet rising demand. So even a minor supply disruption is going to have a disproportionate impact on oil prices.

We are going to lose all of our natural gas lines, all of our water lines, many of our power lines, most of our transportation systems. We are going to have a disruption to our infrastructure in a way that is going to take months to recover from.

This will probably just be a temporary disruption of activity. My guess is that, by Monday, everything should be back to normal. If things are not coming around by Monday, then we will have to worry about it.

We deeply value the trust our subscribers place in us and we are working diligently to remedy this unfortunate situation. Immediate steps have been taken internally at the Globe and the Telegram & Gazette to increase subscriber credit-card security. We regret the disruption and inconvenience that this incident may cause.

We have responded to a very specific physical supply disruption and we will review that response as we go further forward.

The extent to which the disruption is being felt by passengers is minimal at this point because there's been enough taxis from outside operators making pickups.

We regret the disruption the closings will cause our team members and these two outstanding plant communities, which both have a long history in the meatpacking industry.

We regret any disruption of service or inconvenience our patients and local physicians have experienced.

The primary issues today's initiatives set out to resolve are still lingering -- legacy labor costs at GM and a possible supply disruption at Delphi.

Most storm damage is usually concentrated in one area, but with this wind storm, we had debris all over the entire length of the line. The damage and disruption was widespread.

One needs to remember that production disruption insurance usually doesn't start until 90 days elapse from outage, so some companies could stand to lose meaningful cash flow if their facilities are affected.

No doubt we will once more be accused of disruption but ... the blame once again lies squarely with management trying to impose rather than negotiate.

I would be remiss if I said there were not philosophical differences as far as the club and how we put it together, what would work and not work. The disruption and focus loss with players is not good for anyone. That's where I felt strongly that it was important to wipe the slate clean.

I guarantee $3-a- gallon gas all over the country if we have any supply disruption anywhere in the Middle East.

I believe there was a fear that damage would be done to the fire district if that were to happen, ... When you have a disruption in the continuity of the district like that, it's not good for the district and I think that's what they were thinking when they held the meeting to approve the contracts.

I apologize unreservedly to our customers for the disruption to their travel plans and cancellation of our flights,

Certainly (Iran) is a large issue. It's not a one-time supply disruption story that will come and go. It is an evolving political story that will take some time to manifest itself. It's something that is going to take some time to play out (and) markets will react day to day.

Bush has insured a smooth transition with the least amount of disruption to Fed policy, ... That's what the market needed.

Because of this, there is concern of a potential disruption in gasoline supplies due to this switch-over.

I have authorized these negotiations in response to the physical disruption of offshore oil production and imports in the Gulf Region caused by Hurricane Ivan's destruction,

I can't imagine that there'll be any disruption of any kind, in any area, on any level or in any particular. It just simply seems to me actually impossible.

from investigation and prosecution to disruption and prevention.

If any supply disruption occurs again we can make a speedy decision,

Global demand has pushed oil prices to a new higher platform, and risks of serious supply disruption (Iran, Nigeria) are adding a premium to prices.

We suffered an estimated 4-cent per share impact from Hurricane Wilma, which caused substantial property damage and disruption to our business in Florida.

History shows that pay-TV subscribers flee in droves to alternative providers when there is even a rare service disruption - demonstrating a quantifiable value for 'must-have' broadcast programming.

We make every effort to ensure that employees are safe and secure in order to bring them back to work as soon as possible to prevent any disruption to our business.

Hurricanes Floyd and Irene were cruel reminders that hurricanes can produce tragic loss of life and devastating economic disruption from inland flooding beyond a hurricane's damaging wind, storm surge or tornadoes.

I would say there is a great risk as we go into the next two weeks of a very brief campaign period but certainly the U.N. and the international peacekeepers and police force here are very much on alert and will be quite quick frankly to put down any attempts to disrupt the election. I think it is everybody's concern now that there are only two candidates that some aspects of the voters in Liberia will become more polarized and thus, in some ways, the danger of some sort of election related violence or disruption is much greater now than it was prior to the 11th of October.

It could have a bad fin. It could have some disruption of the laser. But generally speaking, it's usually some weather kind of cause that would make that happen,

It is important that we have strong, farmer-friendly leadership at FSA. We must fill the void quickly so there is no disruption in the critical services FSA provides to our agriculture communities.

It is important that we have strong, farmer-friendly leadership at FSA, ... We must fill the void quickly so there is no disruption in the critical services FSA provides to our agriculture communities.

It is high time that Serbia reaches full co-operation with the ICTY. That is the way to avoid the disruption of the negotiations, that the negotiations would be put on hold when the next round takes place.

I was very unhappy to hear that a job action by the Newton firefighters led to disruption in traffic and public safety,

OPEC is likely to be a critical event next week. A cut in production, however, seems quite unlikely despite slower fourth-quarter U.S. GDP growth out today and a well-supplied market. The specter of oil supply disruption haunts energy markets.

People are looking to product spec changes and the disruption that will be caused by product spec changes.

Over the next five months, we will focus our efforts on assuring a smooth transition. Our primary goals are to avoid any business disruption and ensure our efforts fully support the company's global operations.

Owners of factories face huge loss not only because of disruption in production and cancellation of orders, they also have to pay the workers without production. I run a flour mill, production of which has also declined.

Republican leaders are shamelessly exploiting the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and the disruption it caused to our energy supplies to promote their long-sought radical energy policy ... (and) devastate vast amounts of America's most prized environmental possessions,

Remember that oil disruption is a genuine bullish indicator for the commodity,

Reductions in reimbursement can cause momentary disruption in the revenue and income generation for some companies. But by and large, they have learned to offset these pressures.

Preserving such a situation would mean encouraging theft on the path of our gas to Europe. Therefore, all our foreign partners are warned that, while we are doing everything possible to keep up our gas exports to Europe, Ukraine would bear all the responsibility for any possible disruption of exports.

Our overall goal, as we've said all along, is to reach a longer-term solution that will permit greater stability in textile and apparel trade. The US has been using its right under China's WTO accession agreement to invoke safeguards in cases of market disruption or the threat of market disruption, and we will continue to do so as appropriate.

Such chaos in Nigeria could lead to disruption of oil supply, secessionist moves by regional governments, major refugee flow and instability elsewhere in West Africa.

Stalking is an extension of harassment elevated to a level where it is causing disruption or physical threat to the person being harassed,

Massive inventory declines in crude oil are part of a three-month trend, heating oil prices continue their relentless rise, and the supply disruption premium is in full effect. This may only be the beginning; the winter oil bull run has begun.

I thought he was a very effective interim leader. I was disappointed that he evidently didn't consider himself to be a candidate for the permanent job. I think he stabilized the company during a disruption in the management team.

Many African Americans are living less than one paycheck away from hunger. When people hit sudden hard times, including illness, loss of job or disruption in health insurance, they are forced to turn to the America's Second Harvest network for help.

We nonetheless would caution investors that even a modest disruption can have a material impact to the bottom line, especially if it persists.

The SPR is intended to provide relief at times when working families are struggling to make ends meet, and to counter the price shocks that accompany severe supply disruptions. Now is undoubtedly such a time.

Most companies fail to realize the high cost and amount of disruption switching to a new wireless e-mail solution would entail. Companies must weigh the risks in staying put, versus the substantial costs in making a move to another wireless middleware platform.

We continue to believe that the President is under some pressure to not appear anti-labor, and thus will probably not intervene until some time next week at the earliest. But despite his recent popularity with the Teamsters and the AFL-CIO, Bush will, in our view, most likely choose to protect the economy, which appears to increasingly be at risk the longer the port disruption continues.

We continue to believe that the president is under some pressure not to appear anti-labor, and thus will probably not intervene until sometime next week at the earliest, ... But despite his recent popularity with the Teamsters and the AFL-CIO, Bush will, in our view, most likely choose to protect the economy, which increasingly appears to be at risk the longer the port disruption continues.

While Chapter 11 is a possibility, the talk of an imminent shutdown, a disruption of service, or impending liquidation is simply not true, ... If Chapter 11 becomes necessary, our survival will remain dependent upon transformation. One way or another, we need new labor agreements.

While a near-term supply disruption from Venezuela does not seem likely, the country's inability to meet its OPEC quota makes the government famously hawkish when it comes to defending an oil price floor for the group. This fact, along with a lack of foreign investment in the Venezuelan energy sector, should be seen as bullish factors for global oil prices. We do not see this changing until such time as the government adopts more favorable policies towards foreign oil companies.

Yes, the disruption of the Internet can be blamed for the destruction of the business model that once made journalism a thriving, well-paying enterprise, but it has also created an array of new tools for reporting. Somebody will eventually figure out how to make online newspapers profitable - I hope.

We have closed down nine gas wells due to the disruption in gas supply to the power plant.

With the end of employee discounts, I think there's going to be a halt of traffic to GM's showrooms. It's never a good time for a disruption like this, but GM could have had it at a worse time.

We haven't had a report from any store in the country that has seen a disruption to its operations today that we could attribute to the boycott.

We disagree with Delphi?s approach, but we anticipated that this step might be taken. GM expects Delphi to honor its public commitments to avoid any disruption to GM operations.

We're coming to a point in time when we can deliver better quality images over the Internet. All of a sudden, this idea of disruption is spreading beyond phone providers. If you think of American Idol instead broadcasting over the Internet, a new dawn has come for the broadcast space. It's more of a point where the video becomes more functional to the way one works and lives.

Every single industry is going through a major business model and technology oriented disruption.

The only way to avoid disruption is to constantly do what you would if you were just starting out.

The factors that we find predicting loneliness are the factors that lead to a disruption of your social relationships.

What we've found is there is a continuing disruption for women.

Because of the disruption phenomenon - technological progress outstripping the ability of customers to utilize it - the general tendency is for the money to migrate toward the subsystems.

When we’re alone together, I’m the destination. When I’m here in her life at school, I’m the disruption.

While strikes in Chile rarely tend to last for very long, any disruption to production or shipments will lend support to copper prices given the strong demand environment and lack of spare material.

We were really shaken by the vandalism. It was such a disruption to everyday work life.

We don't anticipate any disruption in travel plans. We will fly a full schedule. Normal ticket rules will be in place. If there is a (flight) irregularity, we'll handle it just like we handle it now. It'll be business as usual.

We will continue to move forward in developing strategies that meet the needs of our U.S. Navy partners while causing the least disruption to Virginia Beach property owners. We remain committed to ensuring the decisions we reach in Virginia are based on accurate and objective data. We repeatedly implored the BRAC commissioners to make sure their actions in regard to the former Cecil Field were based on the same level of verifiable information and analysis that they seemingly applied when examining Oceana. I agree with Mayor Peyton that it is unfortunate the BRAC Commission's actions unfairly pitted two communities against each other.

We had a disruption at the main import center - the LOOP.

We believe Oracle is using the entire process -- tender offer, antitrust and proxy solicitation -- in an attempt to damage our company, ... Don't underestimate the significant additional value PeopleSoft can create once the disruption from Oracle's hostile activities has ended.

With any legal action in the E.U. likely to take place over an extended period, we do not foresee a substantial disruption to Qualcomm's operations over the next 12 to 18 months.

With oil prices at $60 a barrel it was a foregone conclusion they were not going to cut. If you do see disruption from Nigeria, if you do see disruption from Iran, the oil price will go substantially higher from here. So OPEC is reluctant to start turning the taps off just now.

Two very serious hurricanes ripped through the Gulf Coast area, and that had a huge disruption on natural gas production.

While these orders have been volatile of late, the trend remains a solid one. Whether we will see a disruption in this trend due to the surge in energy prices remains to be seen and will ultimately be more important to markets than today's pre-Katrina outcome.

We've had a temporary disruption of our energy supply, but there's been some good progress made, major pipelines are up and running, two are fully up and running and two others are near capacity." ()

The origin of the merger drop was in the economic downturn and volatility that predated Sept. 11. The economic disruption associated with Sept. 11 only solidified that trend.

We have today returned to the bargaining table with a renewed focus on achieving fair and reasonable negotiated settlement that would avoid any service disruption to our customers,

We will use the Strategic Petroleum Reserve if there is a severe energy-supply disruption threatening our nation's security.

We're going to be as compassionate and bring the students in with as little disruption as possible. I'm not sure I anticipate getting any. If we have any come, we are going to be as accommodating as we can.

We saw up to a 15-percent tissue loss in the brain centers that regulate motor skills, such as movement and coordination. This helps explain the slowed reflexes and disruption of balance and gait that often affect people with early AIDS.