Savvy Quotations

I don't often think of Donald Trump, but his daughter is very smart. She's a woman working in real estate, which is predominantly men, and she's both savvy and articulate about her business and her business acumen.

We do care about control and privacy. It's one of the reasons we are so focused on having our systems be open source, so you or someone technically savvy you know can verify what the software is doing.

In order to thrive in the 21st century, you have to be a savvy citizen of the digital economy or risk being left behind.

With 'posts' running in the millions, Internet message boards have become an essential part of the savvy investor's arsenal.

I love graphic novels - I love reading them, I enjoyed writing them, I would love to go back and do them again. I hope I'm savvy enough to do them in the right way.

More and more investors may be coming into markets everywhere but that doesn't mean that the markets are really getting more and more efficient, even in the United States. It does mean that there is more access for savvy investors who watch the money flows.

Millennials' tech and global savvy will make them instrumental in shaping our mobile future worldwide.

A lot of people who curate in the business, and curate the art, don't really have good artistic sense. They may know commerce, but they aren't savvy enough to know how to balance commerce and art, you know? They don't know how to satisfy both palates.

If a gigantic asteroid were barreling toward impact with our planet, you can bet there would be at least a few members of Congress who would insist on leaving it alone, either because they would see it as a warning shot from the Almighty or because a mining company with a savvy team of lobbyists had laid claim to the big rock.

It is important to be financially savvy when you turn producer. As a director, you just need to have a good script in hand.

I'm not as tech savvy as some YouTubers, but I'm a lot better than my grandparents. Whenever I have a technical question, or something isn't working, I ask Google, and that usually throws up the answer.

Only the most technologically savvy universities are able to compete in the field of drug discovery and bioinformatics. Georgia Tech's focus on top-of-the-line technology and research facilities and the attraction of Dr. Jeff Skolnick and other world-class scholars will raise its presence in this competitive market and attract some of the nation's brightest students to join our research team to advance medicines that will improve the well-being of people everywhere.

No. 1, he's very talented. He's got a lot of speed. He's a very savvy player. He plays sideline to sideline. They use him in a role where they utilize his talents.

Nikki (Echeverria) is an animated player that will bring savvy and composure to the attack from either the center of midfield or up front.

Show your kids that needs and wants are two different things. The best way to teach our kids to be smart consumers - and savvy savers - is to model good behavior for them.

Maybe they're more technologically savvy and are figuring it out on their own.

Most people are savvy enough in this day and age that they know they have to investigate a product before they buy, People are more suspicious of the media today than they've ever been.

She has shown some great senior savvy in stepping into the infield and will be competing with and pushing Mia.

She is so basketball savvy on her own. She does so many things on the floor, she is just that smart.

She's just a savvy player. She's not just a shooter. She's a player. Her confidence has grown throughout the season. It's been very evident.

Kids are very savvy about the technology. But I'm not sure they totally understand the implications of a billion people being able to see them doing whatever is posted.

Kids are much more tech savvy than many adults anyway. The challenge is how do we narrow the gap between the two.

I would say that the Legislature and the people of Tampa made a very savvy investment 50 years ago.

He'll be a real good player for Arkansas. He's savvy and has a great cerebral approach to the game.

If anyone wants to look at the quantum leap at IBM, they should look at profit margins. Investors have to be savvy enough to accept the fact that sometimes smaller is better, but that's not the mentality on Wall Street. That may be why IBM is not getting the credit they deserve.

I don't want people on these shows who are too savvy for the process. I want to go to a place where people haven't auditioned before and they don't know what to expect, and you get more real reactions from them.

Capital is readily available, and private equity investors are looking for investment opportunities. By entering into joint ventures with investors, savvy developers can obtain capital at lower costs to acquire land, optimize the timing of lot acquisitions and shift some of the risk of funding necessary for roads, sewers, utility lines and other infrastructure needed for development.

I absolutely do not think it will hurt. It will actually work to their benefit in the x86 server market. It seems like a very savvy move on their part.

He had enough savvy to get through it.

He was always hanging around for moral support and he was still savvy on the sport. But he really didn't get back on the mat until his junior year. To miss an entire season and come back strong like that tells you a lot about him.

He's considered savvy and bright. He's a very talented investor. He'll be a tough one to replace.

Historically, in unpredictable places and unpredictable times, you get real savvy leaders. I suspect that in Beijing, Nairobi or Cape Town, things will be very well along with innovation before Philadelphia, Chicago or London is aware of it.

He's a special ball player. He's got a great court savvy about him and an uncanny ability to finish around the rim. He does all the little things. He's a good passer and he can play defense. He's the type of kid that responds to the challenge, and he has for us all year.

He's a talented player with an equally gifted savvy for the game. Add in his passion for the game and athletic genes, and he's a can't-miss kid.

There is a huge market for products and services aimed at what I like to call the Pocketbook Environmentalist: a shopper who's savvy enough to know things don't necessarily have to cost more just because they're good for the environment.

We try to make a big deal out of the whole contest because there are huge career opportunities available for students with the aptitude, computer skills and repair savvy in this challenging field.

Mark and Jim are true visionaries in the Internet space, each having built and run extremely successful companies from the ground up. They are both savvy managers and possess the kind of entrepreneurial spirit that has always been the heart of our company.

Partners are getting more and more savvy in services because they have to.

Our New York customers are among the most demanding and tech savvy in the nation and, while other wireless carriers play catch-up, we will continue to deliver the reliable and innovative services our customers demand. In 2006, we'll continue to focus on the fundamentals of our business -- providing the best network, superior customer service and advanced, innovative products and services -- day in and day out, one customer at a time.

I think by paying attention to the feedback that you get on Yelp, you can very quickly integrate it into your business... The really savvy folks out there, they don't necessarily take anything negative personally, but use it as constructive feedback and adjust their business.

Kohl's exclusive Daisy Fuentes brand has become a favorite of our customers with its contemporary styling and affordable pricing. We are thrilled that Ms. Fuentes is extending her brand into swimwear and are confident that the offer will resonate with our fashion savvy shoppers.

Jim Jackson has been a solid player for many years in the NBA and we feel he'll be a good addition to our team. Being such a young team, he gives us veteran savvy as well as the ability to play multiple positions.

People are more savvy than ever. They aren't too interested in a 10-by-10 deck. A lot of people don't lay out in the sun like they did in the '70s. They want to feel like they're in the yard, without the bugs.

People are concerned that sometimes the courts move slower than the rest of society. A lot of the judiciary isn't as computer savvy and is hesitant to order it because they don't understand the ease with which it can be used, or they don't understand that the cost is relatively insignificant.

People are getting a little more savvy in understanding that identity thieves do this.

Jess brought business savvy from outside the concert business to the concert business. But he also loved the music, because his daughter was a musician.

I think kids are savvy consumers. I think we need to give them the right information so they can make more informed choices in life.

Our coaching staff has some significant changes. Mark Hagen has returned as the varsity assistant. His experience and savvy will pay immediate dividends to our players.

I tell kids to doubt anything you see online. If you're communicating with strangers, assume they are a 60-year-old man drooling. As savvy as kids are, they tend to be very trusting and naive.

Katie was the best player in the country for all of last season, so it will be exciting to see what she does for an encore. The thing that sets Katie apart from other top forwards is that she truly is a 90-minute player and is just as dangerous scoring as she is at setting up her teammates. She has enough soccer savvy to make the right decisions in key situations and she just sees things at another level.

I think it was well-known what the federal government was and was not willing to do. And the city went ahead with the message of open arms. We should have taken the next step of due diligence and prepared accordingly. Not invite, or tacitly invite, people and not be ready for them. It bespeaks of an empty promise, ... The Mayor's Office is extremely savvy at spin and public relations. This was an incident where they saw an opportunity and ran with it from a PR perspective, and it got a lot of people excited. Where it left off was in its ability to plug people in so something good could come to fruition.

I think it's an exciting time for our league. Our coaches are savvy enough to find out how these coaches have played at their previous stops.

We don't have a set schedule, but refreshing every 45 to 60 days is a reasonable goal. Publishing a brand new index every 28 days has suddenly become imperative. Something that we've seen because people have become more savvy in their searches and because competition has been pushing the envelope.

Those companies are all very tax savvy and they are doing what everybody else would do -- they are bringing the money at a lower cost and using it to fund all sorts of things, ... Ultimately what generates jobs is macroeconomic growth and sound policies, and not a tax break.

Most business owners think about it every day, based on the competitiveness of the market. It's just part of being a savvy business owner.

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Michael and I, to this day, stumble into things, ... We wrote a book on Elvis Presley together in the 1980s that became New York Times and London Times best-sellers. It was released on the 10th anniversary of Elvis' death. Everyone said 'How savvy the Sterns are.' Do you think we knew the significance of the date of release for the book when we were writing it? Not even.

Those guys make a big difference in our team, Lester with his aggressiveness and his toughness and Chris with his basketball knowledge and his savvy to make plays defensively and to make shots on offense.

We've got some team speed. We've got guys with baseball savvy out there that are willing and wanting to take the extra base. It just goes to show that you don't need to hit the ball out of the ballpark or hit doubles and triples to score runs. We scored eight runs. It's timely hitting.

We have replaced the informal knowledge sources with people who are pretty savvy with how the enterprise works.

We decided to put the ball in Patrick's hands a little more. He's more experienced. He's a veteran player. He'll beat you with his savvy and deception with his ball handling.

Today's audiences are vastly more savvy than even audiences of 10 years ago, thanks to all the movie info that's available 24/7. Moviegoers are now more attuned to any kinds of delay. If they think it's a turkey, the word could spread.

We are on the correct path. I want the players to be football savvy on the field.

We start from the goal out, (and) we've got goaltenders that have both won at the world championships and have both beaten Canada. We're pretty strong and physically savvy on defense, and I think we've got a lot of strength down the middle. We've got a lot of options at the center position, and playmakers on both sides of the puck.

I have no internet savvy whatsoever, but I love researching things. The Internet is my library... beyond that, I'm completely intimidated by it.

We were not expecting to find these kinds of numbers because this was basically a group of savvy computer users. And when you have almost one-third of them saying Web shopping was extremely difficult or somewhat difficult, we think the average population is having even more difficulty.

We were real savvy in terms of when we gave it to her and we didn't force it. I thought she made great decisions about when to take it up and when to kick it out.

There comes a point where you have to be realistic. Even the most savvy of analysts would agree that fuel is something we just have to keep an eye.

There is a difference between having access to information and having the savvy it takes to interpret it.

You have to be savvy to be a celebrity. You have to create a personality and shove that out. It just seems fatuous to me. Professionally, it's a good idea. But I can't do it.

Whether we like it or not the burden is placed back on the individual investor. The current model serves those interested, savvy investors.

With their merchandising savvy and competitive drive, these three talented executives will be instrumental in improving our ability to serve our customers with product selection and pricing that leads the industry, while building operational efficiency for our shareholders,

What has become clear is this really isn't about protecting kids. This is about changing television. A politically active, savvy group of Americans has figured out a way to make TV in their own image.

Contemplating a complete refresh of in-store technologies used to be daunting enough but now the need for real time information across multiple channels to multiple constituencies makes it even more challenging. But savvy retailers understand that bringing information to the consumer and store employees and managers can boost both top and bottom line results.

Ben Rosen has shown a lot of savvy in the past about changing the horses at the right time -- now the question is whether they can really take it to the next level.

Every business needs technologically savvy workers. This makes us more competitive in the global marketplace.

The shortage of employees is due to sales growth and retiree replacement. There also have been misperceptions about the dealership work environment. Dealerships have become high-tech facilities requiring highly skilled staff and needing top-notch employees with computer and technical skills. Today's new vehicles are very sophisticated and so are our customers. Internet savvy consumers do research before visiting the dealership and demand first-class service and attention.

The quiet Christmas Eve seems to suggest that consumers treated Saturday and Sunday as their rest days and that the savvy shopper is now back out shopping with a vengeance.

I've never played with a better baseball player than Taylor Harbin. His baseball instincts, his savvy on the field are the best I've ever seen.

Two big shows with Grand-Am, the inaugural A1GP event, the return of Champ Car to Road America these are all tremendous venues for our young racers to show what they've got, in front of both savvy race fans and professional team owners and managers.

StoreSense makes managing our on-line store an enjoyable and efficient task, ... That coming from guy who is not incredibly computer savvy is saying a lot. Adding a new product, picture, description, making changes to prices or any other attribute are all made simple.

Of course we are. I don't understand where she comes up with this stuff. Lane has been Internet savvy for a long, long, time. ... We've worked to expand Internet access to schools, satellites, too, for educational television.

When sequential growth starts slowing down, that's when savvy investors will have to think about getting out of the chip sector,

Unfortunately for me, most of the books I'd want to reprint were written for savvy publishers like Harlequin and Berkley who have held on to electronic rights. But I do have another option: Publish new e-books myself.

Once you find a bargain go online to compare. The Internet is throwing retailers for a loop. They know bargain hunters are getting pretty savvy and they want to get rid of their off-season inventory.

DD Tournament Poker is a great game for introducing people to the world of Texas Hold'em poker, ... One of the biggest challenges for new players is to learn the game at their own pace without risking any money. DD Tournament Poker solves this problem by allowing novice and intermediate players to play against savvy computer opponents and to develop a solid understanding of the game before venturing into cash games.

Zone Labs has always been known as the leader in complete Internet security solutions. Yet as hackers get more savvy and the PC becomes a commodity worth monetary value on the black market, consumers must also use care as they surf the 'Net. Armed with the right information, people can defend the integrity of the Internet and defeat those who would exploit it for criminal purposes.

Albeit a young group, I like the football savvy that these guys have demonstrated already.

This illustrates that even technologically savvy people have a hard time fighting off denial of service attacks.

Savvy charities are looking toward the future. They know they need to cultivate the younger donor.

This time around, the conditions are much more favorable, plus I can't believe they're chimps. They've learned. They seem to be smart and savvy people. You have a couple of smart and savvy people, favorable conditions, and good things have a way of happening.

This year's shoppers will be very demanding in terms of site speed, real-time product availability information and fulfillment. This will be the watershed year for many e-commerce efforts because Web sites that don't meet performance expectations of these savvy customers will be abandoned.

Thirteen of the seventeen firms we track offer some type of retirement plans for small businesses. Most have very similar offerings across the board with the exception of two firms who have clearly taken the time to develop innovative products to go after this rapidly growing market segment. We believe there is significant opportunity for savvy marketers to capitalize on these demographics by creating a unique selling proposition and rolling it out across the marketplace.

The Western players are a very experienced and savvy group. This will be a big challenge for our team, but we're playing at home and with a lot of confidence right now.

I'm a big fan of Tom's. I was a great admirer of Mike Maloney, but Mike saw everything in black or white. I think Tom has a little more political savvy - not a lot, but a little - and he's been able to accomplish a lot more because of that.

I had no idea what was going on, and I consider myself savvy with that sort of thing.

I'm looking forward to being able to come to Miami and help my friend and Chicago co-star Robin Givens raise money for the Greater Miami Tennis Foundation. I can't guarantee that my tennis talent equals up to my savvy dancing, but I'm certainly going to try and put my best foot forward on the tennis court and enjoying myself at Robin's dinner.

If you're a savvy institutional investor, you don't want interest earnings, you want the company to deploy the cash.

If you're not a savvy traveler, I don't recommend it. We hear of stories where things go wrong or people are totally taken advantage of.

Social media marketers have already shown unusual savvy in executing campaigns in Brazil.