20 Quotes by George Thomas

The outlook for first quarter 2006 has been steadily improving and we are now seeing less than normal industry seasonality impact in our business.

We have a responsibility towards our guests that we take very seriously and emergencies can take place anywhere at any given time,

Since we know S6K1 is linked to obesity and insulin resistance, learning that it can actually be turned on by more than one pathway is important, because it represents a potential target to regulate obesity.

If we can use PET scanning to follow response, patients won't need repeated invasive tests. This would save them from getting an added surgical procedure. And we can see, in a very short time, probably in less than a week, whether the drug is working.

It can be very difficult to put complex products together when engineers can't stick their heads over the cubicle wall and chat. On one project, I had to travel from Los Angeles to Connecticut 50 times, and even then it was a nightmare trying to get everything to work correctly.

The quarter is progressing essentially in line with what we had anticipated earlier and therefore we are reiterating the guidance originally provided in January.

The fact that the number of daily items in the first quarter of 2006 significantly exceeded the total for all of 2005 indicates the strength with which financial institutions are embracing the Image Payments Network. We expect the current growth rates to continue and anticipate the total number of check images to surpass 60 million a month by the end of 2006.

We knew there were certain kidney cancer patients who responded to this drug, but we didn't know the mechanism behind the response. We had to determine the mechanism of response so we could identify the responders.

The government is taking SOA seriously. We have been for two years. There seems to be a serious convergence of ideas and commercial momentum.