Footprint Quotations

We have found a strange footprint on the shores of the unknown.

We have to have a conversation about whether Obama's plan to increase spending to occupy Afghanistan helps make America a safer country, or not. I think at some point, we may decide that we don't have to have that size military and cost footprint in the country. You look at what you want to accomplish, how many soldiers you need.

It is our art that has an opportunity to leave a footprint in the sand. They don't wrap fish in our work.

While it is well enough to leave footprints on the sands of time, it is even more important to make sure they point in a commendable direction.

When you're offstage, that's the footprint. That's the man God's gonna judge.

A hunk of beef raised on Scottish moorland has a very different ecological footprint from one created in an intensive feedlot using concentrated cereal feed, and a wild venison or rabbit casserole is arguably greener than a vegetable curry.

In terms of sustainability and what we eat and what its footprint is on the environment and the consequences of eating one thing versus another, obviously it makes a lot of sense to be eating insects. They're incredibly plentiful. They've got a very short turnover rate. You could be eating termites.

I wish being a beekeeper, which I am, gave you a free pass on the carbon footprint, but it doesn't.

If you're an Afghan village leader in a small town down around Kandahar somewhere, and you know that the footprint is getting smaller for your security, and the Taliban saying don't forget, I'm going to be back real soon, who is your loyalty going to go through?

Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.

Cities can be the engine of social equity and economic opportunity. They can help us reduce our carbon footprint and protect the global environment. That is why it is so important that we work together to build the capacity of mayors and all those concerned in planning and running sustainable cities.

So in terms of the global economic footprint, let's just say China within the next decade and a bit is likely to emerge as the world's largest economy. Obviously its foreign policy and security policy footprint increases and that creates both challenges and opportunities for us all.

Going meatless reduces our carbon footprint and helps us lead the way towards climate change.

We are pleased with our fourth quarter results which, we believe, again demonstrate the Firm's operating leverage and our ability to improve pricing as demonstrated by another sequential improvement in our flex gross margin and earnings per share. We believe that we can continue to migrate the Firm's flex revenue footprint to higher margin business, and are accelerating our hiring of permanent placement associates as the staffing cycle dynamics remain positive. We believe that our ability to generate cash flows from operations of $22.3 million in the fourth quarter, which are the highest quarterly cash flows from operations in the Firm's history, and our strong balance sheet will enable the Firm to capitalize on opportunities to accelerate our growth.

We are aggressively driving growth across all areas of the Company by broadening our market reach into new regions, introducing new innovative technology, expanding our footprint within our existing customers' networks and winning significant new deployments with operators in each of our global theaters.

We're in a new cycle of innovation for SPARC that delivers incredible performance gains, ... Scalable high performance processing, combined with the same power consumption, footprint and price as previous generations, make the new Sun Fire servers the ideal platform for server consolidation.

When you take on something like your footprint on the environment, you have to say, 'Where am I going to draw the circle around my level of responsibility and then where do I assume that others will take responsibility?'

We believe this will provide a way to market state businesses that are working toward leaving a smaller footprint on the land.

Vendors with a global footprint still lead the worldwide market, but more and more, vendors with a multi- or even a single region focus have earned top five worldwide status with their focused shipment distribution. The departure of other worldwide vendors has opened the door for smaller vendors to improve their position within the market. During the course of the year, several smaller vendors remained within striking distance of beating each other for the number four or five position, and even posed a challenge to some of the worldwide vendors.

Beyond the Indian hamlet, upon a forlorn strand, I happened on a trail of recent footprints.

With this move, Washington Mutual?already the second largest home lender in New York?acquires a broad retail footprint to complement our existing mortgage business,

Take nothing but memories, leave nothing but footprints!

You cannot see faith, but you can see the footprints of the faithful. We must leave behind "faithful footprints" for others to follow.

Pointed in the wrong direction, trapped outside their own history and unable to retrace their steps because their footprints had been swept away.

What we're clearing now is the footprint of where the parking lot will go.

We decided to take an offensive stance relative to our pricing...in order to increase the size of our footprint in the marketplace.

Yahoo Inc. is continuously seeking to expand and deepen our global footprint in countries such as Korea. As such, we are currently not involved in any discussions to sell Yahoo Korea.

Success always leaves footprints.

We've said all along that our goal was to get a more national footprint for the league. But we've always wanted to do it the right way - by going to the right places with stable ownership, solid arena deals and proven basketball markets. We feel sure we're moving in the right direction.

Now that they've got their footprint in that area, they're starting to build on it.

Bass would give them a good footprint in Britain as well as an entry into the U.S..

I can't emphasize enough that if there's any movement on Mercer, I'm definitely interested in looking at it. We like that size. Mercer would be a great footprint for that.

For three-and-a-half hours the doctors tried to save baby Jenna, but it was all in vain. Later the hospital gave Melissa a card with the baby's footprint on it and a lock of hair.

If this works for Level 3, this is a real turning point. This really gives them a good footprint in the mid-Atlantic and the Southeast.

If successful, we would combine the resources of two of the leading innovators in cardiovascular medicine and would expand our footprint into cardiac rhythm management. The Guidant acquisition is a natural outgrowth of our strategy to further diversify our business and accelerate growth.

Here's a 3,300 square foot footprint of a house with a pool and patio.

Huron Consulting Group continues to expand its footprint in the pharmaceutical, medical device, and biotech sector. And our Performance Improvement practice is helping companies across industries improve the bottom line. In joining these growth practices, Mark, Gary and Paul will have significant opportunity to build professional strength and our company's market presence. We welcome them and know that their depth of experience will be invaluable to our clients.

I think the footprint is too big for the area. It's taking away from the community and turning it into a mall.

Peace Software emerged the clear leader from our rigorous selection process based on its successful track record in the Australian market, the rich functional footprint of the Peace 8 product, and a clearly defined product roadmap.

Our growth strategy is twofold. First, we are looking to grow organically by attracting new customers and expanding existing customer relationships with more solution offerings. Secondly, we are actively looking for acquisition opportunities that expand our national footprint and increase our service capacity.

Over the course of the year, the European markets have outperformed the U.S. I think that part of that is that the big heavyweights that drag the European indexes forward have a much more international orientation, so as global growth has begun to accelerate, I think that companies with a global footprint have been able to enjoy the benefit of that.

Our track record in providing IT support for other key clients in South Africa, while maintaining 97% on service level agreements, positions us as an ideal partner for FNB. This support is made possible through our extended footprint within southern Africa.

O'Reilly Auto is committed to offering the best combination of price and quality provided with the highest possible service level and having parts that our customers need, in-stock, is essential for us. Manhattan Associates helps us do this with their industry-leading planning and execution solutions. As the only solutions provider to offer the complete footprint for supply chain management, Manhattan Associates will continue to help us meet our needs in the future.

Part of the mission of this event is to give back to the communities that we visit. As an investment in the future of California's children, the education curriculum is a core element of that mission and will help ensure that we leave a positive footprint on communities throughout the state.

The ACC is a calling card. Kids in this geographic footprint want to play in the ACC, and I think what it does is it gives us a chance to recruit some of these kids.

We've known for years that there are some easy things on paper. But it's politically hard to limit the budgetary footprint of the federal government. Any item you try and cut, you're going to tick off an 800-pound gorilla that fights with a sledgehammer.

We need to establish a footprint out there.

We are observing unprecedented levels of interest in and awareness of broadband services, and we are moving aggressively to capitalize on these trends. Our network build-out and our cable partners' plant upgrades have made excellent progress, as more than half of our North American cable footprint is now upgraded and marketable.

We're doing what we can to help reduce our environmental footprint in the community, and we hope other companies follow the lead.

This starts to broaden our footprint to include compliance reporting and alerting capabilities in the high-use areas of the Microsoft infrastructure.

What it means is Eclipse now gets to expand its footprint beyond the traditional computing environment, and it gets to reach out to the mobile device.

Russia's increased Arctic presence. The Arctic has vast natural resources and security value, and Russia is drastically increasing its footprint in the region.

Prudence is the footprint of Wisdom.

The whole universe is but the footprint of the Divine goodness.

We view this transaction as an opportunity to expand our footprint and extend our brand into additional markets.

This represents a new footprint for Nortel and demonstrates our continued leadership position in providing high-quality and high-capacity solutions that allow non-traditional carriers like Coral Wireless to penetrate new markets and offer advanced wireless data services that subscribers desire. We look forward to supporting Coral Wireless in their efforts to provide Hawaii users with mobile voice and data service.

When environmentalists say the human (impact) is just too large, people will suspect we are saying the human footprint is just too dark.

This transaction represents a unique opportunity to expand Level 3's footprint in the southeastern region of the United States, where we have seen strong demand for our services.

This transaction makes a lot of sense for First Community and for Pacific Western. Cedars' size, business focus and loan portfolio align with our existing operations and enhance our footprint in Southern California.

This transaction is consistent with Vodafone's strategy of developing our global footprint in growth markets.

This transaction gives Level 3 the opportunity to expand our footprint into areas where we see demand for our services, and to realize cost savings.

While the larger footprint and revenue-generating units provide a great base for delivering video services, there is one catch: deployment. Mounting any kind of reliable -- and desirable -- video service is harder than press releases make it seem.

We will be aggressive. We will address costs. We will address our footprint as a business. We will address capacity.

We installed it in the same footprint as the original, although our target is 6 by 10 foot and the original target might have been only 6 by 6 foot.

We're very pleased to be extending our service footprint along the I-5 corridor, which is a key service link for many forwarders and airlines.

Baseball leaves a footprint of all its games on our minds in a way continuous-action sports can't.

As this channel has been growing rapidly in recent years, Scotia's increased footprint there should be perceived as validating the expected growth of this channel.

At this point we are done. We're looking at today as a day when all the news is out on the table. We are a company that does match its footprint to conditions in the market, and if it were to deteriorate, we would take action. But we don't anticipate that happening.

Ever since the Gulf War ended, we've been working to try to minimize the amount of time and the size of the footprint that U.S. forces have in Saudi Arabia,

There's no doubt the footprint is shifting and the players are shifting.

The secretary made quite clear that our goal is to have the smallest footprint possible that was consistent with a need to achieve the mission,

The Southeastern Conference (which furnishes the host team for the bowl) wanted it played within the (geographic) footprint of the league, and it was only appropriate that it should be.

The tension that the commanders feel between heavy presence and lower footprint is something they're measuring all the time.

Sandy's unsurpassed experience working with governments, industries, and businesses worldwide clearly makes him an ideal choice to help us further expand the Lehman Brothers' footprint in the global marketplace,

Our seniors can carry with them a lot of pride because they put their footprint on Florida women's basketball.

Our customers like the fact that this footprint is going to be much larger,

DP World's offer recognizes that P&O is a unique brand with an exceptional footprint of international port assets,

As a company founded by a competitive cyclist who wanted to create the first great-tasting, nutritious energy bar, we're ecstatic about helping bring professional cycling to California. We also value the opportunity to reduce the environmental footprint of this event while raising awareness about global warming.

Australia has suffered a decade of drought, epic floods, a Category 5 cyclone, and a plague of locusts. But just because Aussies have the biggest carbon footprint in the world, it doesn't mean they're stupid.

A true remote execution has a tiny footprint and won't need much of a system.

You need some sort of footprint on the ground.

This is a significant milestone for VoX as we expand our footprint into new markets. With our increasing reach, we can offer more customers more savings while providing them with the most reliable, highest quality broadband phone service available today.

The upcoming Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) auction will be a landmark event for the commission. It represents the first auction in almost 10 years of a nationwide footprint of spectrum ideal for mobile wireless services. There is a great deal at stake both for carriers interested in creating new services or expanding old ones and for the government, which has authorized the relocation of federal users to make room for these commercial services. This also is the first auction subject to the Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act, which requires that auction proceeds must be sufficient (at least 110 percent) of estimated relocation costs of eligible federal entities.

This case comes at a time when people are starting to recognize that the information they put into their computers creates a record. In the bigger picture, as people input more information into computers, they are losing control over that. We're leaving a digital footprint with all sorts of information about ourselves.

This acquisition is a significant milestone in our strategy towards deepening our domain expertise and building a strong footprint in the payment industry.

This is a brilliant strategic move by Quantum and great news for customers. The combined company will have an enormous set of offerings, the scale, footprint and financial foundation to really have an impact in the data protection market. This acquisition propels Quantum into a clear top three position among the largest data protection suppliers, and makes them big enough to control their own fate. I love this deal.

They have been opportunistic when opportunities present themselves ... they've probably got a couple dozen banks within the footprint that they have a high interest in if they were to sell.

This merger is a natural. With Vanguard Cellular, AT&T can significantly increase its footprint in the eastern U.S., providing additional service offers and availability to our customers.

This means that we can now offer flexible, scalable, reliable and cost-effective connectivity solutions (from fractional T-1s, all the way up to DS-3 circuits at 45 Mbps) to the 135,000 businesses within our footprint. In addition, from our newest tower site on Santiago Peak (at 5,687 feet, it is the highest point in Orange County), we are now in a position to further extend our footprint to every major city within Southern California.

They have managed the company extremely well. We are not of the opinion that bigger is better. We don't expect it to go out and enlarge its footprint to expand its retail presence.

As we continue expanding our footprint to support Starbucks, it becomes more convenient for them to sign up.

As we go forward, we will make intelligent decisions, looking at our dealer network, working with our dealer partners, to make sure that just as we are right-sizing our manufacturing footprint, we have the right size for our dealer footprint as well.

It's a significant spill. The volume is large, but the footprint is small. It's contained and controlled, which is the really good news. Morale is high, despite the cold temperatures and harsh conditions.

It is the convenience store that has the RF wireless access and it paints the entire retail footprint at the gas station including the pumps.

For a company like Pinnacle, this is a huge transaction. It provides Pinnacle with a national footprint and expands their scope into the two most important gaming markets, Las Vegas and Atlantic City, which is critical and necessary for the long term.

It's a very limited-site area, and I think we've got about 8 pounds in a 5-pound box with this. My feeling is that we've addressed needs in a fairly compact footprint here.

The addition (of Everett, Spokane and Stockton) gives us a nice footprint in the western part of the country.

It is the second company that gives that kind of a chance to investors to buy into a national telecom footprint and a global business through Flag Telecom.

It's important to me to try and expose young people to the things they believe are off-limits to them. I tell them, 'There are no walls, only the ones we put up.' My advice to young people looking at my life is not to follow my footprint but to go out there and make their own.

It's very hard to hack into a Web site without leaving a footprint behind. Computers provide us with a lot of identification information. They just capture a lot. Whenever you do anything, there is a trail.