“If the employees come first, then they're happy, ... A motivated employee treats the customer well. The customer is happy so they keep coming back, which pleases the shareholders. It's not one of the enduring Green mysteries of all time, it is just the way it works.”

“If Motivator is beaten, we'll have to assess the manner of it, ... Going down to Azamour with all guns blazing would be no disgrace. But no-one likes to see the Derby winner beaten, so let's hope it's a question we don't need to address.”

“We were hearing what some of their CD's, what they were saying on some of their CD's and frankly it got the ire up a little bit of some of the local police agencies. And that really helped to motivate everyone in terms of getting going on this investigation.”

“I am a citizen of the world. Some of my best friends are black, including those I had from childhood. The fact that I made a joke in order to motivate a player has nothing to do with being racist. I'm not a racist.”

“The Indian customs officials sent photos of the seizure to us and most of the engineers had them up on their desks for weeks. For those who spent years of testing and failing, knowing it was being used and helping to protect against terror was exceptionally motivating.”

“She would pull double shifts when we were short staffed. She took care of her patients. Never got a complaint on her. Never. Tommy was motivated. Anything he was needed to be done, he got it done.”

“I spent a lot of time with Barry discussing his motivation, why he'd want to do the show. We had to make sure our vision was compatible, that I would have the opportunity as a filmmaker to have creative controls and be autonomous.”

“My caution in terms of directly applying the caffeine or the coffee before sex to enhance your sexual drive or motivation would be that in this experiment, we gave only one dose of caffeine to animals who had never had caffeine before.”

“This is about a private-property right and an unfair, narrow tax with a phony 'fee' label, ... We've been accused before of being in the pocket of the tobacco companies, from people who question your motives before they pay any attention to the argument.”

It was so strange, the way that life moved forward: the twists and the dead ends, the sudden opportunities. She supposed if you could predict or foresee everything that was going to happen, you’d lose the motivation to go through it all. The promise was always in the possibility.