Quotes by Dan Jones

“Football is critical to the development of a strong and sustainable subscriber base for Pay-TV broadcasters,”

“When you look at the big events ... small local groups dont function on their own, ... It has to be a regional approach. Communication becomes critical to that, because if you cant talk, you cant cooperate.”

“Were doing things a different way than we might have done, ... Before, we would win most of the battles at the net, and now its maybe a little more even. Were still a very good volleyball team.”

“IBM customers of any size can now rest assured that Double-Take, the most innovative, flexible and reliable data protection solution on the market, is proven to integrate easily into their IBM infrastructure.”

“Its going well; weve had real good crowds since about noon; people are very enthusiastic and people are out having fun. I think its just one of the absolutely busiest days. ... People are here more for themselves, rather than before Christmas, and seeking out those after-holiday bargains.”

“We will have really good crowds through the week, up until the kids go back to school, but its a relaxed environment. People are out having fun.”

“Theres not a huge focus on returns necessarily, nowadays if theyre undecided, they tend to get gift cards, so returns arent really the big push.”

“We tried to key on them but they both just played out of their minds. They are just that type of players; you cant afford to give them anything.”

“English cricket must convince crickets new fans that a day at a county match can be just as engaging a spectacle as watching the Ashes on TV.”

“Pay-TV needs top-level football as much as football needs Pay-TVs revenues, and therefore we expect broadcasting revenues for the best properties to hold their values.”

He was more than comfortable with the language of imperious persuasion.

The kings only interest in government was a pious but simpleminded desire for reproachment

Much of the outward business of kingship came naturally.

He wasnt an especially charismatic or commanding individual, but what he lacked in personality he emphatically made up for in diligence.

Here was a king who saw his subjects as peers and allies around whom he had growing up rather than semi-alien entities to be suspected and persecuted.

As with many tragedies, our story opens in a moment of triumph.