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The world of the 1990s and beyond will not belong to 'managers' or those who can make the numbers dance. The world will belong to passionate, driven leaders - people who not only have enormous amounts of energy but who can energize those whom they le.

Jack Welch

This is the third time; I hope good luck lies in odd numbers.... There is divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance, or death.

William Shakespeare

The invisible thing called a Good Name is made up of the breath of numbers that speak well of you.

Sir George Savile

If spending numbers looked like sentiment numbers, we'd be back in recession, ... The good news is that consumers are complaining, but they're spending.

Robert Barbera

This is the first time we've actually found significant numbers in one compact location.

Christy Williams

It was just outstanding numbers.

Mark Mikenas

Numbers from the Beast.

Iron Maiden

We're very disappointed the governor didn't sit down with locals and look at the real numbers.

Rick Simonson

There is no closure from these numbers. Nothing has been sorted out.

Bryan Piskorowski

So that puts us right up there with gather numbers.

Linda Coates

They are a much better football team this year. Their numbers are up.

Mark Clifford

Our players wanted larger, faster growing jackpots, and so we added two numbers to the pool.

Joe Hrdlicka

The good news is, as a result of that process, investors should have greater confidence overall in the numbers going forward.

Lynn Turner

It's not as bad as it was yesterday but the swell is up a bit and there's huge numbers of people on the beaches and they don't look like they're going home anytime soon.

David Mclean

Our numbers haven't looked this good in a year.

John Reynolds

The operating numbers were not as good as advertised.

Andrew Neff

The lineout should be a contest. I spoke to Clive (Woodward, coach of the Lions) on Tuesday and we spoke about the numbers in the lineout.

Jake White

You always have to run the numbers to see which would be appropriate.

Laurence Foster

The good thing is that we are on schedule to go back down [to Class A] at the next cycle. Our numbers are such where we'll more than likely be right back there and that is where we belong, I feel.

Jon Vallina

As the numbers of Japanese in California increased, there were increasing calls for Japanese to be excluded, as the Chinese had been excluded in 1882 with the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Wayne Patterson

That's mainly due to a change in the nature of agriculture and farming practices. But we've noticed the numbers have risen in the last couple of years.

Jeff Mccutcheon

I really don't have any ideas on why the numbers were down this year. There's a lot of factors that affects what happens.

Patsy Brooks

It will bring everyone together, so that they'll have the chance to exchange numbers or addresses and stay in touch.

Bettye Bullock

We have a growing black bear population in Ohio. The numbers are growing slowly, but steadily.

David Swanson

We ran the numbers, and that was it, ... Consumer advocates would scream, but it wouldn't serve anyone if Commonwealth Edison went bankrupt.

Andrew Barrett

NBC has to be a bit disappointed with numbers for Martha Stewart. They probably hoped it would do a bit better.

Bill Carroll

Overall, in looking at these numbers, we feel that this is a great project for the city.

Doug Robinson

Some of the sites charge by the minute so he used the guest?s credit card numbers to gain access. Guests later complained when they saw their credit card bills.

Sgt. Daniel Devine

I think we're certainly losing a lot of that diversity. As the numbers diminish due to age and death, you lose the people with a lot of experience to do those kinds of things.

Albert Smith

The numbers make it a little better.

Mike Heffner

The numbers are pretty astonishing.

Scott Croswell

The numbers are irrelevant.

Rohan Gunaratna

This number combined with the other high numbers is going to force the government to keep interest rates high and make sure the budget is austere for the next year. High rates are bad news for equity holders.

Damian Fraser

We need to sit down and get some ball-park numbers together and move on.

Judge Val Beard

It's difficult to find anything wrong with these numbers. All three regions are growing.

Bruno Paulson

It is important for us to maintain and develop the numbers of Coventry-born players in our squad.

Mike Umaga

If you really want something in this life you have to work for it. Now quiet, they're about to announce the lottery numbers.

Dan Castellaneta

Our numbers are much better.

Mark Bradley

Most of Longview's numbers are below the national average. But recent job growth is up, which is a good sign.

Skip Rimer

Will numbers likely be reduced because of Katrina and because of gas? Probably so. On the other hand, Memorial Day and Labor Day trips are a cherished part of America.

Lon Anderson

Our numbers are up from last year and that will create a lof of competition at positions. That is, as far as I'm concerned, a good thing.

Randy Nelson

We attempted to call all area codes by cross referencing the phone numbers all around the country, to see if anybody would match up with them. We had no luck with that.

Judy Koelpin

Absolutely be random in choosing your password and mix in random numbers and symbols, too. And change it often, like monthly.

Amanda Pires

People were so pessimistic about the PC market and semiconductors going into 2005 but it's not as bad as people were expecting. That's showing in Intel's numbers.

Tai Nguyen

We wanted to be as deliberate as possible and get the numbers right.

Karen Rugen

The difference that she's made really shows in our numbers. The jump that we've had between last year and this year has been incredible.

Desiree Williams

We speak the ebonics of Spanish. The first things we learned were the numbers and cuss words.

Andrew C. Roberts

On the numbers side of things, we're probably at the best in the numbers that we've had for quite some time.

Inspector Linton Robinson

I don't think it's bad the numbers are wrong. I think it's inevitable that the numbers are wrong.

Jim Eason

Fifty-five million people, half the country, live within an easy day's drive to Richmond. There isn't a city competing for the NASCAR Hall of Fame that can come close to those numbers.

Keith Green

It gives us the opportunity to assess numbers, and more importantly, to address the issue.

Justin Brooks

The numbers speak for themselves. Mike has been a huge part of the team. He is a leader, and we're glad to have him back.

John Massarelli

We ask the residents for their help in making sure the numbers are up.

Mayor Michael Bonfanti

They should not be compromised just so the Government can trumpet about police numbers.

Simon Power

Safety in Numbers. There will be more 'songs' on this one.

Ryan Stasik

There's really no reason to put any added pressure on myself, ... I just try to have fun and play baseball. Hopefully my numbers can prove that.

David Dejesus

It used to be that Madonna or Michael Jackson was going to be on the music award show or Barbra Streisand was going to sing at the Academy Awards, ... Those (entertainers) are going to draw huge numbers.

Jack Myers

It was just a matter of getting pitches to hit. Once we got the pitches we were able to put good swings on the ball and put up some big numbers.

Ryan Hastings

The lowest actual sales numbers for the year are almost always in January or February. That's because these are the sales negotiated around the holidays.

Walt Molony

We lost a lot, and those guys will be missed. But we have the numbers — it's the biggest turnout we've ever had — I don't ever remember having 60 kids come out.

Jim Bilsborrow

To perhaps confirm the teacher?s knowledge of that child?s learning already., so that, yes, we are going to work more on his numbers sense. We are going to work more on their grammar.

Mary Tiede Wilhelmus

Those numbers are incredible. They thought a half a million dollars wrong.

Bruce Jones

We've been discussing them for the last couple weeks. We felt good about it and we were confident we'd get them done before we had to file numbers.

David Forst

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

Voltaire

It's a stunning achievement. It's exciting for North Coast growers to see these numbers because they've worked so hard to build this industry.

Jennifer Kopp

Although this is a preliminary report, we're pretty accurate. The numbers are extremely poor.

Van Nguyen

We are down (numbers) a little bit from last year. We had 28 runners last season.

Matt Seeley

You can compare Aliquippa athletes to anyone in Quad-A. I think the athletes in AA are as good as anyone. They just have more numbers in Quad-A.

Greg Perry

I think we're going to have a lot of numbers out next year. And I think it's going to keep on building stronger and stronger.

Kyle Zigelsky

The thing that hurt us was lack of people. If we had numbers, it would have been a different match.

David Kerr

For five years I worked at the [Commerce Department] and did econometric modeling, and you could never get these numbers to load into consumption numbers. They're not leading indicators or coincident indicators. They don't tell you a lot.

Lincoln Anderson

Considering that it's a bank holiday, there are no earnings and no economic numbers, Dell could be one of the few points of interest today.

Andre Bakhos

The fiscal numbers that came out this morning started worrying investors.

Carlos Hokama

We are accused by the government of being its regular critics. However, we have left bias behind and conducted our analysis based on facts and numbers.

Ammar Siamwalla

However, egg numbers in some fields have been so high that a rotational strategy was called for. Not only does it help with SCN, but also it cuts down on background levels of other diseases.

Mark Bernard

Those are much lower than national numbers. It's still an issue for us, though, especially alcohol.

Pat Bird

They've done a great job managing their business. I believe in the businesses. I believe in the numbers.

Rich Freeman

I don't think those numbers are that precise. I'm glad we're in the top 100, but there may be one day we're not.

Richard Morgan

The job numbers are a bit of surprise now, although I suspect some slowing in the economy soon.

Stephen Levy

When you see the kind of numbers we've seen, it has to be a high-volume operation.

Watson Okubo

We just looked at the top numbers and started a concentrated effort to try to collect. It's amazing when you put on a little pressure - all of a sudden they come up with a check for you.

Charles Bennett

Some people are doing it, but there haven't been huge numbers yet.

Judith Johnson

We are the car manufacturer who grew the most, not only in growth rate but in absolute numbers, which was very rewarding ... since we were not on the front line of the incentive game.

Carlos Ghosn

When you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be reading numbers, any more than you read words when reading books You will be reading meanings.

Harold S. Geneen

We've given back a little bit because people are really concerned about CPI numbers tomorrow, especially after the bad PPI number we saw last week.

Kathy Jones

We're really pleased with those numbers. Hopefully, we'll have double that next year.

Pam Thompson

He?d make a lot of money doing that. (Those numbers) are pretty (darn) good in this ballpark.

Arthur Rhodes

The truth is that these very low numbers ... demonstrate a remarkable level of compliance with federal regulations exceeding 99.9 percent.

Jim Hodges

We were given numbers. My number is 68122. My brother was right behind me. His number is 68123.

Lou Dunst

The numbers are starting to suggest we're not going to see a big downward move in November and it will maybe be pushed back to next year.

Tim Rogers

When you look at Josh's numbers, he's done absolutely everything you can possibly do in the Frontier League. He has the background in independent baseball of a number one starter and I'm thrilled to add him to our roster.

Rick Forney

We've basically done away with 1,600 telephone numbers. So, you call a central location, 311. All the information is here.

Carlos Alvarez

We need to recognize we may be about to experience our equivalent of the Asian tsunami, in terms of the damage and the numbers of people that can be killed.

Ivor Van Heerden

If you are going to include numbers and music the term is getting meaningless.

Julian Elliott

Looking at the numbers above... the NEC sees it prudent to begin preparations for a presidential election run-off.

Frances Johnson

These are low consumer confidence numbers, more than likely affected by the hurricanes and high prices of energy.

Barry Hyman

Now that Ricky got done, we see that really helping define that market. Their career numbers and the fact they've both had really one year as the No. 1 guy is incredibly similar.

Jordan Neumann

Last night, the numbers for the Liberals were quite weak.

Nik Nanos

We show a lot of potential; we've never had these kind of numbers.

Rachel Fatino

If I had to sum up in one word what makes a good manager, I'd say decisiveness. You can use the fanciest computers to gather the numbers, but in the end you have to set a timetable and act.

Lee Iacocca

National retailers look at our Wal-Mart's numbers and they shake their heads. Its success almost doesn't make sense.

Bobby Lieb

It certainly helps because they won't have to offer free spots to make up for bad ratings numbers. But it won't have a meaningful impact on its bottom line.

Andrew Baker

I don't know the numbers, but I'd bet he hit .310 over the last half of the season.

Rick Forney

The numbers just didn't make sense. But no one can look at it just as a business.

Gary Santimyer

It is an exceptionally high sentence. The loss numbers were so incredibly large, and on top of that this case has gotten so much attention.

David Gourevitch

Even up until yesterday, we thought that the numbers would change.

Frances Chaney

The numbers are at an unacceptable level.

Adele Fasano

I put a lot of stock in those numbers. It shows depth and it shows breadth of support.

Mike Hatch

It's a moving target. The numbers may be different by the time the next study gets done.

Dr. Robert Wood

The numbers are pretty good for a New Jersey governor heading full tilt into an unprecedented budget crisis. He is going to need some of that good will to get through the budget season.

Peter Woolley

The idea of the Fed at least pausing is helping to support the market. We're looking at the economy as having continued fundamental strength going forward, and we're looking at generally good business activity numbers.

Alan Gayle

The teal are definitely there but we haven't seen big numbers yet.

Scott Butterworth

I echo that. I believe we will end hunger in America, when we say to ourselves 'this is no longer acceptable.' The numbers and resources are on our side to do it.

Robert Bush

I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done.

Stephen Wright

Certainly we are gaining this very large market which actually will now be larger than the United States in terms of numbers of inhabitants.

Vaira Vike Freiberga

When you see your numbers go up like that, it's a pretty good indication you're doing things right.

Jay Yanovich

I expect good solid numbers from the Midwest, and the idea is to grow from there. We just in the last three months started having those breakthrough markets. We went from 60 kids to 600 kids in those cities in 90 days.

Ken Cooper

We are not going to see the strong increases in productivity that we've become accustomed to and I think we're at that point now and that's the message in these numbers.

Wayne Ayers

When we finally get all the numbers posted and even in the next day or two when any mistakes are corrected and adjustments are made, I think it'll wind up being double that.

Mike Adkins

If he's out there running and doing what he's doing and putting up great numbers and we're winning, without a doubt, leave him in there.

Duce Staley

We're marking time. Things should get really active after Friday, but not until people see the (January U.S.) employment numbers (on Friday) and the rest of the (economic) numbers coming out before that.

Vincent Verterano

Our security requirements went back up. As we added more jets and larger jets, we looked at the numbers and have come up with different ways to address it.

Jerry Vickers

Why couldn't we beat those numbers? I dunno.

Paul Holmes

Not only does he bring that new blood, new way of looking at it, (but) not once have (district officials) ever disputed his numbers, ... He brings not only a new perspective, but a factual perspective.

John Campbell

We're still analyzing the numbers, but it looks pretty grim.

Paul Shelly

The numbers say we've quit losing population. We've evened out since 2000 and are now looking at some moderate gain.

Leon Heath

What we plan to do is to take each of those affordable and effective interventions and every two years monitor how many kids are getting them. If the numbers don't go up. We will ask why.

Dr Jennifer Bryce

It is very early in the campaign and the candidates are not well known. The horse race numbers don't mean much at this point. More telling is what the voters know and don't know about the candidates.

Murray Edelman

We need to see a decent number of earnings coming through with good numbers before we see the market able to hold a rally.

Larry Peruzzi

The numbers in the market are atrocious, given that you had a cut by the Fed today . It's very emotional to see these catastrophic events happening not far away.

Peter Kenny

The numbers don't vary that much.

David Hopkins

You look at countries like Italy and Spain, which both have low (Internet user) numbers, but Italy could actually be more wired than France.

Nicholas Negroponte

His understanding has long been that we could not hold all the land, even if we won the war on terror, because the numbers are against us.

Dan Meridor

We don't need to grow any more. It's not about the numbers at all. It's about the message of the Bible going forth.

Alan Greene

Wireless network equipment is an incredible value if you look at the numbers of users for each access point.

Brett Galloway

January trade numbers appeared stronger than expected, in line with global growth momentum.

Hong Liang

I think Steve has got some good points on why comparing vulnerability numbers is difficult.

Thomas Kristensen

We've got some pretty good kids coming back. Overall, numbers are just pretty thin.

Rod Losier

We wanted to see if we could figure out how to make a living doing it. We're learning, and our numbers are growing.

Michael Underwood

I was surprised when I saw your battle plan that the numbers were not much bigger. This is a big network, the size of a medium-sized business.

Henry Haugland

They want to control it all because if you control the names, the numbers, and the machines, you've got it. The potential for making money and influencing where that money goes is enormous.

Bob Allisat

In almost every case, elk numbers grew as hunter access diminished, leading to low harvests.

Gary Hammond

Cisco needs to have bigger numbers from new product areas since the core business is not going to grow that fast in this economy.

Timm Bechter

It's not fair to hold us accountable for small numbers of students.

David Baum

I don't think the outlook on the economy has changed dramatically after those numbers.

Mike Boss

It's very unnerving, and unfortunately the numbers have gotten larger and the lines longer. It's frustrating, in seeing the help not come from the state.

Deborah Nigrelli

The numbers relieved some fear of the Fed tightening interest rates. For how long, I don't know. But for the time being they have.

David Jarvis

It's become quite easy. . . . You can buy these lists of phone numbers and have them sliced any way you like.

Jack Roeser

We just didn't have the numbers.

Terrell Falk

We've had a pretty good season, ... The boys did a good job, they put up good numbers and it was good enough to win.

Garry Moore

The numbers aren't good at all, especially because of the costs. Even without what was recently disclosed, investment banking, wealth and. Asset management and even non-life insurance looks heavy on costs.

Javier Lodeiro

The numbers weren't too dissimilar to what the market expected.

Richard Long

This is kind of positive from where we are. We will continue to look at the numbers, try to reduce the numbers through attrition and looking at ways to save money.

Melindo Persi

The earnings so far are not inspiring but it's the guidance people are looking at, not the numbers, and this has not been wonderful.

Chris Woods

This Caterpillar car we brought out here is probably the best piece we have in the shop and the numbers prove just that.

Scott Wimmer

We're seeing server consolidation numbers of about five to one.

Rich Green

Some come back with low numbers and they really have to watch the calories because of a slow metabolism.

Sharon Harris

The Social Security numbers on the packages had no formatting that would make them stand out, and no one would have been able to easily identify them as a Social Security number.

Denise Sposato

During this time of year they congregate more than other months but I've never seen them in these large numbers.

Doug Turin

What those numbers do is cry out for public policy makers to take this challenge very seriously.

Gail Shearer

Those numbers can be deceiving because of the pitching we faced wasn't as good. But the summer ball did give us a lot of innings.

Rich Sadvar

We will cull the chicken by wringing their necks and then bury them. The numbers (of birds) this time are less as most of it is backyard poultry.

Bijay Kumar

(The numbers) tell us that manufacturing is in pretty good shape.

John Lonski

Baby steps. Defensively, we were much better, but we gave one away and we wanted to get a clean sheet. One lapse, and we got caught numbers down. But we didn't want to lose at home, and it's something to build off of.

Jon Busch

Clearly, the construction business is the star in the numbers.

Nabil Ahmed

The numbers confirm the perspective that the market has already priced in -- that the Fed will move to a neutral directive at its meeting next week.

Maria Fiorini Ramirez

Those numbers are way down.

Joseph Sullivan

FEMA is still busing people toward Texas because we are not at capacity yet. The governor has said we're getting close to capacity, but that is less about numbers and more about management.

Robert Black

It was only when the numbers started getting haywire that I began insisting on estimates.

Michael Buchanan

This is best team I've had a in a long time. We have more numbers than I can I remember. We have 53 girls; the depth is great.

Jeff Lee

It's a dramatic kind of change, and you see those numbers in other cities and other states.

Marion Orr

We believe you could reasonably expect 10%. We don't see anything that would change the long-term numbers.

Bob Straus

The market is probably a little bit oversold. If the numbers are at all soft, there is scope for a decent rally from here.

John Wraith

He's everything we need. He doesn't have gaudy numbers, but his only focus is on being the best quarterback that he can be.

Monty Lewis

In my mind, he's an absolute lock, ... I don't even need to see any numbers. He's in today. He's in yesterday. He's in three months ago. If you had asked me five years ago, I'd have told you he was in.

Milwaukee Brewers

I'm not often surprised by numbers, ... I was surprised by some of what we came up with in regard to Johnny.

Scott Boras

Being blamed of using steroids? My numbers were the same before and after. It didn't stay in my mind, because I had nothing to hide or anything like that. I was mad because of the things that I was going through, but it didn't affect me. I was able to put it aside and keep going.

Juan Rincon

It's more about skill level than the raw numbers of these kids.

Keith Miller

We're confirming that houses have been lost; we can't give you the numbers.

Martin Anderson

I place more emphasis on jobs numbers than on confidence surveys in estimating consumers' attitudes. And that has not looked promising.

Avery Shenfeld

It will be a while yet before we are printing better numbers.

Darren Gibbs

It's a good park to hit in, a very fair park, ... I still don't have anything bad to say about Petco. It's a beautiful place. But the numbers don't lie. Guys used to hitting 30-35 homers are hitting 15-20. Do the math.

Phil Nevin

Oil, oil, oil, the price of oil fell back below $US60 a barrel after some bearish inventory numbers. That was the catalyst that spurred some buying in the stocks.

Tim Biggam

The first year I got here there was barely a band and then the numbers increased a lot. Each year since then, the numbers have dropped slightly.

Cameron Stewart

Preliminary numbers show we are not getting even 5% of the local business.

Rodney Hendrix

At this point, those numbers look good. It looks like New Jersey.

Ingrid Reed

We've always said from the beginning that we're not going to be doing this hype thing of running around, talking about our numbers every month and say everything's fine. [But] we are not losing market share.

Rodney Davis

I just don't know how far we'll be able to go with the Fed helping us out. At some juncture, the numbers as far as earnings are going to have to turn around.

Peter Mancuso

Conditions are dry, and rainfall is needed badly to hold ducks in these areas, as cold weather continues to push them south in large numbers.

Tim White

I don't think that he's a racist. I don't think he's anti-Latino, ... I just think some of his comments have been ill-founded and incendiary to the Latino community. And I guess now he's realizing that, given the poll numbers.

Art Torres

I?m not confident that the numbers will go down. We have seen some dead fish on a consistent basis in the area.

Don Kain

They are going to put up numbers because they throw the heck out of the ball and it's going to be really tiring. But coach has us prepared for that and we are really well conditioned.

Scott Ware

The numbers are a little better than we expected.

Peter Kretzmer

I think I've showed the potential to put up good numbers at this level.

Ty Wigginton

We think the November numbers cast a too-pessimistic view of what the labor market looks like.

Brian Jones

We're now assigning numbers in the 75,000s. We have about 12,000 active members, and get between 1200 and 1500 new applications each year.

Ann Lainhart

I'll be satisfied with what I've got at the end of the season, ... If I can play every day, the numbers will come.

Jonny Gomes

This is all-around bearish. Demand numbers were so-so and import numbers were big.

Jan Stuart

Their strength was in the middle and we played for that. The extra midfielder gave us numbers.

Tom Typrowicz

Across the board, in terms of customer growth, they beat all of our numbers. Financially, they were strong.

Thomas Eagan