“The idea that this body of senators could spend half an hour talking about [a program renewal] might not be the best use of time, ... We'll try to handle more things administratively. One of the things that is important is to try and let the community of senators set the debate.”
“So much of new knowledge and new applications and ideas come when people from different disciplines combine their expertise or their ways of thinking and looking at problems to discover new solutions, ... If we could begin to do that kind of thing and foster the collective growth in many different fields that we are involved in, I think it would be a lot more fun, as well as a lot more productive.”
“We've got a lot of companies queuing up for September. People are excited about the activity in first quarter and they're trying to get their deals done.”
“There are fewer quality private companies that haven't gone public yet. As we get into fourth quarter, the number of well-developed private companies will be few and far between.”
“When the dog goes back to the family, one of two things will happen. If the training continues, the dog thinks, 'Oh, this happens here too.' If the training comes to an end, the dog forgets it, thinking it's all over. You have to reinforce everything, and the DVD does help you to understand what has gone on at the course.”
“We got away from the things that brought us our early success. The team as a whole had picked up a lot of bad habits over the summer that took us away from team play. And that started to play into what we were doing.”
