“We aren't looking at why one guy got $200,000 and another guy got $300,000. We want to understand how audit partners are compensated, what the incentive is that drives their behavior, and whether they are being given incentives on the quality of the work they do, rather than just on, for example, the amount of new business they bring in. We want to figure out how to build this into a standard where compensation becomes an important factor in motivating audit partners to do the right thing.”
“What it means is another year sort of like last year, when gross domestic product grew 2.4 percent. That means another year during which the job market doesn't get a whole lot better, but also doesn't collapse. It means another year during which promises of a strong economic rebound are postponed, but so are fears of a double-dip recession. Another year, that is, that will stump the doomsayers even while it fails to inspire us to party like it's 1999.”
“This year has the potential to be best year yet for the ALMS. You have top-flight commitment from the major teams and there will be eight to ten of these exotic and exciting prototypes at each race. Audi and Porsche and Dyson Racing each have two brand new cars. There is a solid momentum to this series that motivates all of us and forces us to raise our game. It will produce great competition and an unequaled show for the fans. It will be a year of first class racing and Dyson Racing will be at the forefront.”
“We were extremely excited not only with the vast number of pioneering student design entries we received, but also with the overall quality, ingenuity and creativity evident in the designs. This year's contest fulfilled its goal of giving students around the world an opportunity to be challenged and inspired, and we're pleased to honor these students with scholarships to help them further their education to become tomorrow's engineers, artists and inventors. Based on this year's popularity and success, we look forward to an even bigger contest in 2006.”
“Some people may have expected us to drop points at Liverpool or get beaten. We didn't do that, we won emphatically in the end which sends out a statement. A lot of talk comes when you're the champions. I remember back to Man United and Arsenal winning the league and people do have a go when you're top. The art of it is to be strong enough to use that to motivate and we did that. We showed our character and our strength.”
“[As the accolades continue to mount for Attanasio, hes quick to credit his team. Attanasio calls Yost a great motivator and says Yosts attitude and expectations have set the mission for the year.] Ned said from the very first meeting with the players, Now is the time to produce, ... He started with the players from the very first day in spring training and Ive heard him say it a number of times in many contexts. Thats set the tone for the entire year.”
“The making of this record has been really intense, but I've come out feeling purified. I've grown so much since 'Fallen,' and Terry is the perfect writing partner--I feel like I've been lifted up to a whole new level of inspiration and possibilities. After all the things we've seen over the past couple of years, beautiful and tragic, in the end I'm really grateful. It has made us create music I could not be more in love with.”
“We're trying to find the heart and soul of each of these songwriters. The through-line is going to be basically how (Porter and Gershwin) worked and what inspired them. They're two of the most popular American songwriters; we're trying to show how Gershwin, in everything he did, tried to be American: He spoke more to the common man. And even though Cole Porter was from Peru, his music reflects more of a European style, so we're going to focus on that and how different they are.”
“I was really trying to anchor down the band. We should explore this new song, but we've got to have a certain element that will have our old fans listening and enjoying it while gaining a whole bunch of new fans. I was definitely worried. But first and foremost we wanted to write songs that did inspire us. That was the most important part because we didn't want to write an album that we just hated before it even came out.”
“The exhibit is still divided into the eight themes organized by the Honolulu Academy. But it becomes a different exhibition every time it goes to another venue. The installation can inspire a considerably different experience. Our central curved wall with its portals creates a certain dynamic when looking through the wall to wonderful vistas and unexpected juxtapositions of images. We chose to hang the iconic theme across the curved wall, those extremely recognizable images that take on a life of their own in the pubic imagination.”