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"And I was asked if I would come and help with the recovery of this great British company, Cable and Wireless, and I'm delighted to become part of the new and very talented management that have been brought in to that company as well."
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"I was a window dresser for Burton's once. What really put me off was the area manager coming round and saying, Charles, I think you're a natch at this."

"The only difference between May and Day is the M and D! Be a good Managing Director of your life each day in May."

"If I had a normal job and had been moving up, I'd be management level now."

"An acting assistant stage manager in a theater in Canterbury, a rep theater. A small wage but just enough to get by on, and I made props and I walked on, and I changed scenery, and I realized that I just loved it."

"Finally, I told them I'd drop out of the management program if they'd give me an entry-level job in the newsroom for union wages, about fifty dollars a week."

"There are times when even the best manager is like the little boy with the big dog, waiting to see where the dog wants to go so he can take him there."

"He comes to London and gets a job in a nightclub, a gay club, where he's known as Straight Dave by the bar staff - and no one believes he's as straight as he claims to be. He meets the daughter of the club manager, and he has an affair with her."

"My manager and my agents, they go over my contracts."

"Coaches are an integral part of any manager's team, especially if they are good pinochle players."

"When we'd suggested doing it, the Theatre Royal management had said, 'Nobody wants to see Waiting for Godot.' As it happened, every single ticket was booked for every single performance, and this confirmation that our judgment was right was sweet. Audiences came to us from all over the world. It was amazing."
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"In sum, as we enter the 21st century, the Euro-Atlantic community - North America and Europe together - has to face some tough challenges when it comes to improving our capability."

"I believe that the organisers of this conference have chosen a very timely subject for our discussion - because the 21st century will confront us with an entirely new set of challenges."

"What I will remember most from my time in NATO is meeting children in the countries where I've gone to, to Moscow and to Kiev, I've met school children."

"For years, European leaders have pointed out that Europe is an economic giant, but a military pygmy."

"For years, we have heard warnings that Europe needs to contribute more to NATO's capability."

"And most countries are now reducing the number of conscripts and increasing the professionals that are available because they're available on short notice."

"And, perhaps most importantly, regional conflicts will again and again confront us with a cruel choice between costly engagement and costly indifference."

"NATO and the EU have also agreed on permanent arrangements on consultation and cooperation between themselves."

"So seven new countries, three of them formerly part of the Soviet Union, and the others part of the Warsaw Pact, will become full members of NATO next year."
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