John Russell Quotations

We're in a much more stable construction market now, no longer impacted by those market pressures.

What life companies have to do is get their costs down to less than 1 percent of funds under management,

We're getting closer, and you'd love to be a part of that.

We're starting to put things together. Hopefully we'll continue to improve.

One of the things I'd like him to do is be able to steal the big bases, when everybody knows he's going to steal.

I don't think it will affect them much, I hope not. We didn't expect to win every game the rest of the year anyway.

What makes people the world over stand in line for Van Gogh is not that they will see beautiful pictures but that in an indefinable way they will come away feeling better human beings. And that is exactly what Van Gogh hoped for.

We're on the verge of a great situation here with all of the good, young players we have coming up,

Henry Moore was . . . the Number 1 choice whenever a public sculpture was needed. . . . It was thought that a large Henry Moore work out front would add a final distinction.

He?s a good kid, works hard and has a good work ethic. You look in our clubhouse and he fits in very well.

He's hitting well from both sides of the plate. He's been picking up everybody else.

He was in the strike zone. He made us put the ball in play, and that's what makes you effective when you have a big lead.

He was missing his spots a little bit and made some mistakes with two strikes.

Our goal is to sustain a victim for 10 minutes while we wait for support,

Our brand is unique, offering the style and amenities of the world's leading upscale hotels at mid-scale rates of $115 to $135 per night, ... We've redefined the mid-scale segment of the market with a new generation of hotels featuring loft accommodations that are well-priced, boldly designed, dynamic and fun.

I think he's got all the tools that you look for as far as an outfielder. He's got the tools to be somewhat of an all-around guy for us.

I thought I did a good job. I did everything I was asked to do, so I'm not disappointed with anything I did. I thought I was the perfect fit for them.

We do not have an extradition treaty with Taiwan, but we will make every effort to return them to the U.S. for prosecution,

Were a lot of those guys ready? No. We had to force feed them due to circumstances with payroll, ... They went through growing pains, but a year or two later, things started to jell for them.

We haven't been able to stretch him out, so we're trying to gradually increase him.

We battled. We'll get better. It'll take us a little bit to get all the wheels going in the same direction, but we'll overcome it.

What I expect is consistency of doing it right every day. Each day has to be a learning experience, but at the same time you have to be at the top of your game. That's tough to do, that's one of the things if you're going to be a major-league player the consistency factor of your daily approach has to be very good. That's what I expect him to improve on.

We knew coming in the offense was going to be a little bit of a work in progress. We don't have guys that are going to hit it over the fence all the time; we're going to have some quick innings like we did tonight, but we are starting to show signs that we can put things together.

To get two runs the way they pitched us was pretty good.

People are there by choice. It's increasingly unusual that undergraduates are willing to commit their time to something like this. What we do tends to fly in the face of a lot of popular culture. It's being committed to music making of a fairly high order.

Once we get some things ironed out and guys start getting a little more comfortable, things will turn around. We're the kind of team that it's going to take a little bit of time to build it.

Any young pitcher who has stuff like Brito does, (needs) consistency. (He) has to be able to command the strike zone, command his pitches, and handle the running game. ... That's what I saw in the big leagues the last three years in Pittsburgh (as an assistant coach). Young pitchers that were consistent survived.

This is an academic enterprise of a particular kind in the fine arts: taking a program and honing it to a very high degree.

You don't see too many good left-handed pitchers. It's a very added plus.

It's tight on occasion. It's a good pitch for him, obviously.

It's the first game of the year. It's just one of those things you take in stride; it's over and you come back tomorrow.

It makes math and stuff more fun than writing on a boring chalkboard.

It's a potential threat to the life industry. If people start saving through employer-sponsored pension arrangements and are able to make additional contributions, then why would they want to buy life insurance products?

It's hard to know what you can do with security the way it is. The museum will open some day, but for now it's right to keep a low profile. Nobody wants to be responsible for a disaster.

They basically saved the game for us with the plays they made. They're exciting players and have some range.

I love what I do. I love the job I have right now, ... If managing comes along, that's great. If I continue to do this, that would be great, too.

I'm running because I'm upset with the way our government is being run. It's being run right into the ground.

If peace cannot be maintained with honour, it is no longer peace.

He's one of those guys I kept my eye on early in spring training. There was talk of sending him down, I stood up and said no, I think this guy might hit pretty good. I keep pushing for him and hopefully he continues to prove me right.

Certain phrases stick in the throat, even if they offer nothing that is analytically improbable. 'A dashing Swiss officer' is one such. Another is 'the beautiful Law Courts.

Games like this, you have to give Columbus a lot of credit. They came out swinging the bats very aggressively. They got comfortable. That's what happens when you score a lot of runs, you start feeding off each other.

You can't say it's a slump; he's just starting out a little slow, just like a lot of guys do. Things will change.