Ebbers Quotes & Sayings

A healthy soul stands united with the Just and the True, as the magnet arranges itself with the pole, so that he stands to all beholders like a transparent object betwixt them and the sun, and whoso journeys towards the sun, journeys towards that person. He is thus the medium of the highest influence to all who are not on the same level. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

A politician plus zero is not equal to zero; it is something minus! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

I used practically all the money I had available. — Bernard Ebbers

I am trying to write novels for properly clever people, but I also want them to be proper novels that also stick in a person's mind and have an atmosphere about them. — Sophie Hannah

Common sense, in so far as it exists, is all for the bourgeoisie. Nonsense is the privilege of the aristocracy. The worries of the world are for the common people. — George Jean Nathan

The coach's job is to get the best players and get them to play together. — Bernard Ebbers

I can do a reddish-brown or brown lip, but not a bright red. I just don't look good in it. Over the years you learn certain things that don't look good on you, and that's one of them for me. — Mariah Carey

I just want you to know you aren't going to church with a crook. — Bernard Ebbers

If something is so far beyond your imagination, it's hard even to fear it. — Stephen Baxter

Bernie Ebbers and Ken Lay were caricatures - they were easy to spot. They were almost psychopaths. But it's much harder to spot problems at companies like Royal Dutch [Shell]. — Charlie Munger

Our communications services revenue growth is being driven by continued strong top-line performance in data, Internet and international - three of the fastest growing and most profitable areas within communications services. — Bernard Ebbers

We have the right assets for a fast-growing digital business. — Bernard Ebbers

I guess the one question I will not get today is: When are you going to do anything about cellular? — Bernard Ebbers

I wasn't ever advised by Scott Sullivan of anything ever being wrong. — Bernard Ebbers

We very much regret that our merger with Sprint was not allowed to proceed. — Bernard Ebbers

Well, you have to understand where we came from. We are not here because we decided 10 years ago that we were going to be x-size company, and, oh, yeah, Jackson would be a good headquarters. We work here in Mississippi because we started here, and we are certainly happy here. Those of us working out of Jackson intend to continue working out of Jackson. — Bernard Ebbers

I reverence the individual who understands distinctly what he wishes; who unweariedly advances, who knows the means conducive to his object, and can seize and use them. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

I never thought anything like that would have gone on. — Bernard Ebbers

I was a pretty good coach and working with marketing was like coaching. — Bernard Ebbers

No one will find me to have knowingly committed fraud. — Bernard Ebbers

The strength in our third-quarter financial results is cause for excitement. I'm particularly pleased that we continue to demonstrate impressive growth at the same time we are engaged in important merger discussions. — Bernard Ebbers

We were a fast-growing company, and I was a demanding boss. — Bernard Ebbers

The three states of the caterpillar, larva, and butterfly have, since the time of the Greek poets, been applied to typify the human being,
its terrestrial form, apparent death, and ultimate celestial destination. — Humphry Davy

I act when I'm not in the mood. — T. Harv Eker

I don't know technology and engineering. I don't know accounting. — Bernard Ebbers

I put those people in place. I trusted them. I had no idea they would do anything like this. — Bernard Ebbers

Encouragement is the oxygen of the soul, — Zig Ziglar

God is my homeboy. Jesus is my homeboy. — Queen Latifah

We accelerated our capital spending in the fourth quarter, particularly in international and next-generation network deployment, which should not only sustain future revenue growth but also drive significant cost reductions across all communications services. — Bernard Ebbers

Our investments in data, Internet and international have been particularly timely and have positioned the company to post industry-leading incremental revenue gains. — Bernard Ebbers

The cakes and pies and casseroles beckoned like gastronomic sirens, and there was no one to lash me to the mast. — Chris Fabry

I don't know about technology and I don't know about finance and accounting. — Bernard Ebbers

I didn't have anything to apologize for. — Bernard Ebbers

India is a country with huge potential, and it remains an attractive high priority market for PepsiCo. We believe we have only scratched the surface of long term growth opportunities that exist for PepsiCo and our partners. — Indra Nooyi

I hadn't even left my room and already my day had taken a U-turn straight to hell. — Bianca Scardoni

I have some assets that over time will be worth something. I've been in the process of selling others. — Bernard Ebbers

I know what I don't know. To this day, I don't know technology, and I don't know finance or accounting. — Bernard Ebbers

I know I lost my temper, but I tried to be human along the way. — Bernard Ebbers