Acquisitions Quotes

1. "We are quite open, however, to looking at acquisitions and there are opportunities that we periodically consider. and I think that may be something we do in the future, but I must say that there is no commitment to that at the present time in any form or size."
Author: David Milne

2. "Most corporate name changes are the result of mergers and acquisitions. But these tend to be unimaginative."
Author: James Surowiecki

3. "First LawIn every animal which has not passed the limit of its development, a more frequent and continuous use of any organ gradually strengthens, develops and enlarges that organ, and gives it a power proportional to the length of time it has been so used; while the permanent disuse of any organ imperceptibly weakens and deteriorates it, and progressively diminishes its functional capacity, until it finally disappears.Second LawAll the acquisitions or losses wrought by nature on individuals, through the influence of the environment in which their race has long been placed, and hence through the influence of the predominant use or permanent disuse of any organ; all these are preserved by reproduction to the new individuals which arise, provided that the acquired modifications are common to both sexes, or at least to the individuals which produce the young."
Author: Jean Baptiste Lamarck

4. "We're looking to have the ability to come in and be able to capitalize on the marketing in order to grow the top-line. We basically leverage what has worked with our other successful acquisitions - investment in marketing, retention and student services."
Author: John Larson

5. "Getting old means getting lucky sometimes means sometimes you learn & along with other sweeter acquisitions you learn that ninetenths of what goes down is bullshit that there's just no way to be with people & not smear yr tongue with bullshit lies that it doesn't help to fuck with people & anyway once you know how it's no fun any more"
Author: John Thomas Idlet

6. "The corporate environment, with its downsizing, restructuring, mergers, and acquisitions, has actually become even more of a hothouse for psychopaths."
Author: Kevin Dutton

7. "Successful enterprises are built from the ground up. You can't assemble them with a bunch of acquisitions."
Author: Lou Gerstner

8. "How do you make money? Spinoffs, split-ups, liquidations, mergers and acquisitions."
Author: Mario Gabelli

9. "One of my recent acquisitions. It is called a medicine bag, from one of the native tribes of North America. A fascinating people, highly skilled in the use of plants' power. They too understand nature's essence as divine. So much so that they do not think it is man's place to own the land at all. Imagine that – think of all the wars we would have missed!"
Author: Maryrose Wood

10. "So, you work with Marcy?" Wayne earned points for what appeared to be sincere interest."Yes. She's in public accounting and I'm in corporate, but we both work for the same company."Wayne grinned. "Me, I'm in murders and executions.""Wayne!" Marcy rolled her eyes. "He means—""Mergers and acquisitions. I got it."
Author: Megan Hart

11. "What the hell was an acquisitions consultant? An arms dealer? A white slave trader?"
Author: Sarra Manning

12. "I have seen the consequences of attempting to shortcut this natural process of growth often in the business world, where executives attempt to "buy" a new culture of improved productivity, quality, morale, and customer service with strong speeches, smile training, and external interventions, or through mergers, acquisitions, and friendly or unfriendly takeovers. But they ignore the low-trust climate produced by such manipulations. When these methods don't work, they look for other Personality Ethic techniques that will—all the time ignoring and violating the natural principles and processes on which a high-trust culture is based."
Author: Stephen R. Covey

13. "Much of what is called investment is actually nothing more than mergers and acquisitions, and of course mergers and acquisitions are generally accompanied by downsizing."
Author: Susan George

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