Bill Owen Quotations

Convergence is here and now, and our enterprise and carrier customers are demanding partners who can deliver enterprise innovation on carrier-grade platforms. With our carrier and enterprise capabilities, Nortel is uniquely positioned to deliver on this. We're playing to win, and that means having the determination and flexibility to transform our teams, simplify our portfolio, and focus our resources close to our customers, as well as harness both the power and opportunities of network convergence.

If we lose this thing ? I don't know how I could tell people to come here, ... It is going to have a dramatic impact.

It's going to be an essential headquarters location for some of the worldwide operations as well as geographically for North America.

I know if I was a woman I wouldn't want to be a member of an organization that's mostly men.

Give a man a beer, waste an hour. Teach a man to brew, and waste a lifetime!

I hope we don't have a Great Society mind-set because of this disaster. Is this a tidal shift? Is this one of those times when government shifts back to a more interventional, more hands-on approach and away from laissez-faire?

Scofflaws who have doggedly refused to pay their taxes, especially those who owe in excess of $20,000, deserve to be in this Cyber Hall of Shame. More importantly, this tactic may make tax evaders think twice about their actions and increase compliance with our tax laws.

Our results demonstrate solid progress in our next-generation businesses, ... I am pleased that Nortel can now move from this phase of stabilization with the foundation we've built over the last 19 months.

It was a tough election for all. Everyone cares for Colorado, and I understand why others feel differently.

As I come to the close of my tenure as CEO, I am pleased that Nortel can now move from this phase of stabilization with the foundation we've built over the past 19 months,