William Burns Quotations

We are prepared to discuss all available options, including granting sublicenses.

We stand by the guidance of February when we forecast 1.1 to 1.2 billion Swiss francs for pandemic use. That is the best estimate we can give on the government orders we have.

We believe we have orders for a further Sfr200m to Sfr250m in the fourth quarter.

We believe we are on journey toward making a significant contribution with an oral anti-TNF drug.

Mr. Cave obviously has a huge investment in this land, and he can't sit on it forever.

I look forward to continuing our discussions with the Palestinians and with the Israelis and also to staying in very close touch with others in the international community -- the European Union, the U.N. secretary-general, Russia, Egypt, Jordan and others,

I encourage them to interview other financial planners during the process. I give them names of other planners in town and I continue to manage their assets only for the short term until they have found that new relationship with a financial planner. I find it a conflict of interest to represent both.

I emphasized also President Bush's recognition that both sides have obligations,

I also stressed the importance the American administration attaches to both sides for fulfilling their obligations under the security work plan put together by George Tenet,

I think you'll see the implementation very shortly, and I think it will be a very firm implementation of the Syrian Accountability Act and the intent behind it,

Our capacity is well in excess of all government orders that we have received to date. We stand ready. There should be no holding back.

We have taken this unique step, which is unlike any initiative undertaken by Roche, to help ensure that the right medicines in the right formulation are available locally. We want to use the knowledge we have developed to help strengthen local manufacturing capability and hope to help as many manufacturers as possible in these hardest hit countries by sharing our knowledge, so that they can learn and benefit from our technology.

We have both decided the second time around is much better,

We have not identified anyone who could significantly speed up the agreed delivery timelines for the first half of 2006, but we have been able to identify partners to insure against breakdowns in supply and partners to broaden geographic coverage.

This needs two players at the table. We have a capacity well in excess of total government orders placed to date ...There should be no holding back in the belief that we do not have sufficient supply.

The rate at which this capacity is utilized will depend in large part on the future order flow from governments around the world. We are now ahead of demand in meeting the manufacturing challenge.

We believe that with these forward-looking actions we are well placed in our collaboration with world governments on their plans to manage a potential health crisis.

This will be an emerging area of strength for Roche,

We expect the decision to come in the next few days.

U.S. condolences and any assistance the U.S. can provide.

This site is situated and is well-positioned to take advantage of the tremendous amount of vehicular traffic that goes through downtown on a daily basis, pedestrian traffic that walk the streets, that walk by this project.

Is it likely to be as big as oncology? Maybe that is a tall order. But if you take where we are in hepatitis and transplant, it is going to be probably larger than that.

This is a capacity significantly larger than the cumulative number of orders we have.

It's very difficult to market this product because customers don't use the product on a continual basis.

Efforts to stop piracy are a powerful signal of Russia's determination to ensure its economic future and also help bring us closer to our mutual goal of a bilateral WTO agreement and Russia's accession to the WTO.

Never say never to anything, ... As you get older, being alone isn't very desirable. You want someone to drink your coffee with, to share your television with. I missed male companionship.

This is a unique opportunity in Duluth. This is a good proposal. The developers have made every effort to meet every objection and address them.

This is a unique opportunity in Duluth, ... This is a good proposal. The developers have made every effort to meet every objection and address them.

I knew this wasn't the end of the road. It couldn't be. I'm too active.

I just think what we are seeing here is a terrible human tragedy,