Invested Quotations

The creation of George Smiley, the retired spy recalled to hunt for just such a high-ranking mole in 'Tinker, Tailor,' was extremely personal. I borrowed elements of people I admired and invested them in this mythical character. I'm such a fluent, specious person now, but I was an extremely awkward fellow in those days.

When we first invested in Red Hat, it was thought to be totally insane. When we funded MySQL, it was only partly insane.

A pound invested in energy efficiency buys seven times more energy solution than a pound invested in nuclear power.

I'm not interested in a film about deceit anymore. I think I was always invested in deceit on some level. But it no longer compels me the way it did for so many years.

I have invested at least 20 years in business and my own reputation. I'm excited to come into public service, because I think I have something to offer and to contribute. In no way will I put myself in a position of undoing what's taken 20 years to build.

I used to give out Mickey Mouse awards to people. I like Mickey Mouse because he represented certain values. He invested in people, was good to his friends and hard on his enemies. Once a year, I would have our management team from each division come to an offsite, and I would talk about Mickey Mouse.

I may not be as visible as I used to be, and by that I mean being in the clubhouse or on the field. But I'm just as invested as I've always been.

Women are emerging as a major force for change. Countries that have invested in girls' education and removed legal barriers that prevent women from achieving their potential are now seeing the benefits.

In 1998 I invested in the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship at Strathclyde Uni and subsequently put more capital into enterprise education to try and help change the culture.

When you're in the music business, everything is very personal, because you are invested in everything; there's a very deep, personal attachment to your music.

There's nothing more powerful to a showrunner than a truly invested writer.

A well-managed business will have a high return on invested capital. But that's a consequence. It's not a way to manage a business.

Starting a business is risky. Half of all new businesses fail to experience a fifth anniversary. And everyone knows that you could lose all the money you've invested in your new company and then some. Those are the obvious risks of trying to be an entrepreneur.

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.

The factor most ignored in discussing interstellar flight is the kinetic energy that must be invested in the ship to make its tons of matter move at a substantial fraction of the speed of light.

You don't get as invested in someone in 90 minutes as you do over 13 hours of television show.

I think people ease into this careerist professionalism, so if you're a writer it's your job to manufacture books as opposed to writing them and to go to festivals and spend your life emotionally invested in reviews or the awards. You have to shrink your universe in a way. To me, it's the opposite.

If I give five flops, I won't get a job. You have to perform at the box office when you are at the top. No one is running a charity here. People are putting huge amounts of money to make movies, and they want the films to be successful. They have invested money in you, so it is your duty to make sure the film does well.

Because Mr. Mandela's early opponents invested so many resources into distorting the true nature of his advocacy, the singular historic moment millions now celebrate could have been tragically lost to guerrilla decontextualization.

The reason the social-networking phenomenon is something that I invested in early and massively - I led the Series A financing for Friendster; I founded a company called Socialnet in 1997; I founded LinkedIn; and I was part of the first round of financing in Facebook - it sounds trivial, but people matter.

I am delighted to invest in JetSynthesys and join the Board as Non-Executive Chairman. JetSynthesys aims to become the platform of choice for digital content and experience. We have invested extensively in backend technology infrastructure that is best in class in the world.

We've invested in Newark's children, the schools and teachers, and these are long-term bets that need a number of years to really pan out. We've seen and learned how important it is to listen to the community and really get a sense of what they need and want. And it's a long journey.

I have invested in four social networks. More than any other.

I have invested in companies. I have worked in companies. We have built companies; we have created jobs.

I started as a playwright. Any sort of scriptwriting you do helps you hone your story. You have the same demands of creating a plot, developing relatable characters and keeping your audience invested in your story. My books are basically structured like three-act plays.

But, finally, I just realized a few years ago that this is where I belonged. I mean everything I had was invested here, emotionally and every other way. And the country had invested enormously in me.

I originally invested in Dropcam because I foresaw what the company and their products could do for consumers and the industry. I've been deeply impressed with what they've done in such little time, and I'm confident that they'll continue to exceed my expectations.

I don't care how much hardware you throw at an audience. If they are not emotionally invested in the thing, it's zero. I can name a slew of films, but I have no ax to grind. I understand the commerce of Hollywood probably better than anyone.

I think the most important reason for our success is that very early in our quest into globalisation, we invested in people - and we have done that consistently and particularly in the service business.

If the country has invested in the training of doctors or nurses or midwives for that matter, people are beginning to say, 'Should we not ask them to serve a number of years in the country who invested in their training?' I think this is now coming to be an interesting discussion.

You go to any MBA program, and you will be taught the theory of the firm, that the purpose of the firm is the maximization of return on invested capital. I always thought this was a kind of lunacy.

I enjoy being on CNBC's 'Fast Money,' in part so that audiences can watch a woman who is as well informed about, and invested in, the market as her male counterparts.

The only way you get economic progress, real standards of living moving higher, is to have the savings of the society continuously invested in the cutting-edge technologies. And those technologies which are obsolescent get dropped out.

The proportions, too, in which the capital that is to support labour, and the capital that is invested in tools, machinery and buildings, may be variously combined.

I did standup for a lot of years, too, but when you come out as a standup, you get the feeling from a crowd - it's a kind of a 'make me laugh' attitude. But when you come out as an improvisor, they realize that they're suggesting everything you do. So they're already invested in the scene, and they actually want it to work.

When we first invested in Colombia, we were buying a lot of coal from Colombia. We were dealing with them daily. I knew their guys at the port, I knew their guys at the mine, I had a feel of the country.

I think most writers will say that at the start of each book they think, 'I'm not sure I can do this.' But eventually, you reach a magical point where the story suddenly becomes real to you, and you become totally invested in it.

As income from work has become more concentrated in America, the super rich have invested in businesses, real estate, art, and other assets. The income from these assets is now concentrating even faster than income from work.

One of the companies that we've invested in is called Facebook. In only two years, between 2009 and 2011, the information exchanged between people increased 28 times. And that cannot be explained by new people joining Facebook.

I don't invest in the stock market. I did it a long, long time ago when I was really young, and I got involved in all the investigations and all the prosecutions, and I felt it was better if I didn't make individual investments. So I'm invested in funds, but not in individual - not in individual stocks.

I invested in a blow-dryer. I do a very simple blow out that I've gotten quite good at. I'm ambidextrous. I often wonder why people's hair looks lopsided. It's because it's hard to reach both sides of your hair.

If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.

The first thing I ever invested in was Twitter. Blaine Cook, former CTO, was leaving the company and asked me if I wanted to buy his stock.

In terms of job creation, every billion dollars invested in the physical infrastructure creates 47,000 new jobs.

My high school experience was kind of like 'Mean Girls.' It was very much like a bad B movie. 'This is where the jocks sit, and this is where the cheerleaders sit.' And I never really fit in. I guess I was sort of a theatre geek, but the activity that I was most invested in was speech and debate.

Since we started putting together our makeup collection, Kardashian Beauty, I've been extra invested in our list of no-no ingredients. It's an ingredients black list that we don't allow into the products - no parabens, no sulfates.

There are good examples of companies - Coca-Cola is one - that invested before there was a huge market in countries, and I think that ended up playing out to their benefit for decades to come.

In all civilizations we've studied, all cultures that we know of across the Earth and across time have invested some kind of attempt to understanding where where, where they come from, and where they are going.

More people turn 80 every day than are born in Bucks County, and the baby boomers are starting to seek treatment in amazing numbers. To be ready, we have invested heavily and we will continue to make the necessary investments.

My 16-year-old son has all of his college money invested in stock with Merrill. He's not in hedge funds. His money is in AT&T.

My sense is that January is going to be critical this year and I think you can see a good beginning to the month. I think you can see a positive January and my guess is that's how you're going to see money invested -- early and strongly.

Some might consider my career schizophrenic, but now it looks like it was all planned. It feels like a natural career progression for me, having worked for start-ups, invested in start-ups, worked in government and having a personal interest in national security.

One rule of thumb to keep in mind is that any monies for short-term goals such as this home purchase should not be invested in the stock market. Market volatility could present problems if you do not have a longer time horizon for such investments.

One of his biggest (business) areas is in consumer electronics. He is invested in a lot of technology companies that will help him keep ahead in his consumer electronics business.

More and more businesses have invested in good health among their employees. It's an example of doing well for the bottom line as well as for employee health.

More often than not, when you have a bankruptcy and the company emerges -- particularly when new equity is invested -- you can expect the current board will no longer be in place. It's just normal.

I don't know exactly what their deal is, but I can tell you if they make up their mind to do well at it, they will. In series past ... Once they win (something) they lose a little bit of interest, but they're hard at it trying to win that first one (title). ... They have a great management organization, and while they might not have as deep a level as Ford or General Motors, they've been one of the top carmakers in the world ... We're fortunate to have them, we're fortunate to have their dollars invested in our (type) of racing.

I'd like to know how this will affect the aesthetics of the existing properties in the neighborhood. My wife and I have more years invested in our property than Mr. Bernardi has on his.

I don't feel a sense of personal failure. If there is a sense of failure, it's that I let the people who invested in me, who invested in this campaign down.

I grew up in a family that nearly lost everything, but I ended up in the United States Senate because I grew up in an America that invested in kids like me and built a real future for us.

We want to make sure the money is invested correctly and hopefully we will be in a position to invest back on our principle and we'll ensure that asset is not dwindled away.

Loyalty is built up based on how we handle business year over year, how we attempt to take cost drivers out of the business, and a realistic view of a carrier making a decent return on invested capital.

Since Hurricane Katrina, people's minds have been on something else, so we're happy GM has invested a lot of money in spreading the word at the end of the month.

Since October, many (online) brokerages have invested millions of dollars to expand their capacity.

Since Samsung has invested so much in LCD technology, they would be the one to make the next-generation displays.

Since the acquisition of Eckerd, our American team has invested considerable efforts into its integration and operation,

Since the market demand was very strong worldwide we invested to boost our production capacity. The result of the investment is finally being reflected in our profitability.

MDA strongly supports a community's need to be ready for development and to have an inventory of available sites and locations. But traditionally the state hasn't invested in sites before a project is actually determined.

When you're an economist trained in conceptual stuff, you tend to be less intuitive. You fall back on this conceptual framework that the profession has invested a lot of time in.

When he leaves ... he will take away 18 years of confidence the markets have invested in him.

Shareholders are putting pressure on all publicly held companies that this is an important area of corporate responsibility. One way that Chevron responds is by pointing out we've invested and have businesses like Chevron Energy Solutions working with our own company to reduce our carbon emissions but also with other businesses and important public institutions.

Since 2004, Y.E.P.C. has invested millions of dollars at the direction of the Yemeni government. Up until Nov. 15, we fully expected that they would honor the contract. The government of Yemen had no right to take over this operation, and although we did not want to file an arbitration, they gave us no choice.

Signing Neil Diamond was a watershed moment for us, ... We invested to make this happen. And it's been a strategy that's worked for us.

Senior executives may find themselves facing decisions other pre-retirees don't need to consider. For instance, they may have a large portion of their net worth invested in employer stock and still feel strong ties to that employer. And for former executives who have a great deal of their net worth tied up in stock options, this can pose a dilemma: how can they balance their need to diversify with their desire to maintain involvement with the company and benefit from its future success?

Seven Springs has always invested heavily in the security for our guests. We will spare no expense in making sure our visitors enjoy their experience.

Several of us have invested in low-cost countries, but our preference is to be in the United States. But you've got to have a manufacturing agenda that takes account of all of these structural issues. If not, it will keep on migrating.

So I invested in him as a manager, and it was a good investment.

Kids know when you are talking at them, when you're not really invested in conversation with them, that's when the attention getting behavior starts.

Kmart's earnings were lower than a year ago, and the reason why they were lower is because there is a lot of money being invested in infrastructure. But it's going to pay huge dividends in the future, ... Kmart is finally very excellently positioned to turn around and create a very strong place in the sun.

Jake is in a groove at full back. He helps us establish the interior game we really have to have. He's more than accepted the role - that is a very unselfish person right there. You're looking at a kid who invested a lot of time in the summer to become the quarterback, but at this point and time we need him at this position.

Harvard's endowment is critical to the university's academic and financial aid programs and to its capacity for growth, ... the endowment will continue to be overseen and invested with the highest level of professionalism and expertise.

I don't think it's a big deal at all, unless you're invested in high yield,

I don't think it's worth it. We invested so much money, and all of a sudden, we met the opposition at the public hearing. I wish we had a public hearing first.

I enjoy the writing process and producing; I enjoy seeing an idea come to fruition. I'm driven by very complex characters. You look at the pilot of 'Breaking Bad,' where there's so much depth to the character, you can't help but be invested when you watch.

Given the perception that much of the capital likely to leave the country is already invested offshore, lifting the R750000 allowance for individuals would have little macro effect, but would go a long way in boosting confidence.

If an investor pulled out of the space because of this, they don't understand what they are invested in.

For me, the risks in terms of opening that brewpub were fairly high. I put my house up as collateral, I invested the liquid money I had and two years of my time to get it over, but that's really not much of a risk for what the potential reward was if it worked.

Forty percent of my portfolio is in the U.S. In the rest of the world, most of the places I invest in or invested in are Brazil, Russia, Germany with a little bit of Turkey, China, India, France and Israel sprinkled in there.

Globally it's unbalanced. There would be more bang for the buck if more were invested globally in pandemic vaccine development.

I felt I have a lot more potential in baseball. I've done everything I could possibly try to do to get better as a football player. I've invested hours and hours and hours, and I feel that I may have reached my peak with that sport. In baseball, I feel that the ceiling is higher and I have a lot more room to grow.

China is a very important economic partner to Nigeria, because it is a bastion of economic cooperation between Nigeria and Asia. China has invested a lot of funds in our economy.

We've got too much invested to let somebody come in and take over.

If the audience is invested in the characters, I think that season two will be quite a wild ride and in a very different look.

He's got way too much invested in that company. He can't get rid of the options, so he shouldn't buy anymore (company stock).

He has invested an inordinate amount of his personal credibility, work and effort to get to this point,

When they get here, we treat them all the same. It doesn't matter if you're on scholarship or if you're a walk-on. You get a fair chance. Walk-ons might not pick up their scholarship check on the first of each month, but not one of the coaches will treat them like a scrub. They can win the job as easily as the players we've invested time and money in.

Hopefully, this is nothing, but we want to make sure. We have a lot invested in him.

He gives so much of himself, especially this year, with all the injuries we had. He's really invested in this team.

There is a fair bit of money still waiting to be invested at every fall. That seems to be the main reason for today's bounce back.

We try to find big, funny moments that are going to make people laugh and talk about the next day, but if we can get people emotionally invested in these characters as well, (they're) going to want to come back week after week,