43 Quotes by David Robertson

One of the principal differences between the work that I have done at other places, either as a guest conductor or as a music director, and that of St. Louis is that I feel the biggest potential we have here is that we play the music with the type of emotional understanding that few other orchestras match. So while we're trying to come as close to technical perfection as human beings can, what we're really working on is trying to get the raison d'etre , the reason for being, of that music.

He was sent off for foul and abusive language to a linesman. That is totally unacceptable.

It could come down all at once in the rain storms on Friday, who knows.

People are going to continue to repay their credit card (balances). That means checks increasingly will become a means of repayment for everything people buy on their credit cards.

Remember the 'Christmas Story' movie? You can shoot your eye out?

Visa continues to gain ground and as Visa sends more and more transactions over its network, it just gets stronger and stronger. The money will be used, in part, to better compete for co-brand deals with airlines and large merchants worldwide.

Wachovia and Bank of America compete head-to-head for deposit account customers in critically important states. It's simply untenable for Wachovia to continue to cede the credit card account relationship to Bank of America once that company takes over MBNA.

Today's Main Street is missing places where parents can bring their children, not just come to drink and dine and stroll around. There's not the variety or the cultural development. It's almost exclusively student-oriented. The city is ignoring the needs of longtime residents.

When they bet on the wrong person and lose, they do lose a little clout. If you're going to use your political capital that way, you better win. If you lose, you can pay dearly.