#ss

I was a very repressed young person. I wasn't good at school. I didn't fit in. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#good #i #person #repressed #school

Fiction writing was in my blood from a very young age, but I never considered writing as a real career. I thought you had to have some literary pedigree to be a successful author, the son of Hemingway or Fitzgerald. ↗

— James Rollins

#author #blood #career #considered #fiction

For some reason, some of my best solutions and ideas are triggered in those dark theaters, usually totally unrelated to what's going on onscreen. I also enjoy hiking in the foothills and mountains close to Sacramento. I always have to bring a pen and paper to jot down sudden thoughts and ideas. So inspiration arises from countless sources. ↗

— James Rollins

#always #arises #best #bring #close

By the mid-70s, I wanted to get out of the business. I was tired anyway. ↗

— Dave Van Ronk

#business #get #i #out #tired

And our size: The company this year is going to be close to $50 billion, so if that's the case and you can continue to grow that fast, I would rather put my energies to solving customer problems and growing our business than worrying about integrating and laying people off. ↗

— Kevin Rollins

#billion #business #case #close #company

It might take some here and there, but Apple's market share in the global computer business has really shrunk pretty far, and where they've been making success recently is not in the computer business but in the iPod music business. ↗

— Kevin Rollins

#been #business #computer #far #global

Most of the services staff is for the larger corporations, not so much for small and medium businesses because they cannot afford an extensive services army. ↗

— Kevin Rollins

#army #because #businesses #cannot #corporations

Well, you would have to say what is the criteria to determine the success of any merger? It would have to be that the companies are stronger financially, that they took market share, and they are on a very steady footing in terms of their performance. ↗

— Kevin Rollins

#companies #criteria #determine #financially #footing

I feel like this is a dream - and I apologize for how I dressed some of you. ↗

— Ray Romano

#dream #dressed #feel #how #i

There was a period which I refer to as the 'Golden Age of Jazz,' which sort of encompasses the middle Thirties through the Sixties, we had a lot of great innovators, all creating things which will last the world for a long, long time. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

#creating #encompasses #golden #golden age #great