Gil Penchina Quotes

I was one of the early folks at eBay, and by 1999, it was completely overrun by consultants from McKinsey, Bain, and BCG. It went from being a cool, fun startup to an MBA factory.

Gil Penchina

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I like the way black looks. I think I look better in darker clothes. And maybe the fact that I wear black so much makes me more aware of putting people at ease. The black is sort of the bad-guy guise, so I work overtime to make people comfortable.

Joan Jett

WorkPeopleMeBlackThinkBetter

We work the full year round to make 10 or 12 episodes, and 'The Good Wife' makes, like, 26 in that time or something, which I can't believe. I don't know how they do it.

Jennifer Konner

WorkGoodTimeWifeBelieveYear

People say 'Women's Wear' is a scandalous, gossipy publication. Sure we have gossip; we also have some very, very solid business stories. We are a creation of this business, which is fast, mean, tough, sometimes artistic, sometimes horrible.

John Fairchild

WomenBusinessPeopleToughGossip

'Empty Moves' is elegantly and coolly inventive. Two pairs of dancers shadow each other in slow, deliberate rearrangements and manipulations of legs and torsos, only occasionally switching partners or breaking free of the formal patterning.

Robert Gottlieb

ShadowFreeSlowLegsTwoEmpty

If we can employ free market principles, we can help everyone.

Trent Franks

FreeHelpPrinciplesEveryoneMarket

I really do believe most people understand raising tax rates is bad for the economy, it costs jobs. It actually in the long term undermines revenue.

Tom Cole

PeopleBelieveLongBadUnderstand

The national pastime is juiced.

Jose Canseco

PastimeNationalNational Pastime

As far as being locked into one certain thing, that's not what I want to do. I just want the opportunity to go off and do something else, whether it's plays or musicals or whatever.

Dominic Sherwood

OpportunityGoWantWhateverOff

When Katrina hit, my family lost everything - their homes, jobs, friends - and then it was a ripple effect, as so many others attached to them were affected. I had to come up with $12,000 per month to take care of everyone.

Donna Brazile

FamilyCareTake CareFriendsRipple

Eastern Muslim countries, such as Indonesia and Malaysia, are relative success stories, as they are not afflicted by the Arab heritage of retreat and humiliation at the hands of the French, Spanish, British, Turks, and Persians.

Conrad Black

SuccessHandsHeritageBritish

You want to be burning calories after you work out. The problem becomes for most people - it's not pleasant, it's painful. You have to have the pain tolerance to be able to deal with that, which a lot of people do not.

Brett Hoebel

WorkPainPeopleToleranceProblem

You can't allow tradition to get in the way of innovation. There's a need to respect the past, but it's a mistake to revere your past.

Bob Iger

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