We have built a company with a business mix and operating system that will allow us to deliver record results in any foreseeable economic climate, ... We have just completed a very successful management transition and I've never been more confident about the company's future.

You can't grow long-term if you can't eat short-term. Anybody can manage short. Anybody can manage long. Balancing those two things is what management is.

Wright is a visionary with a great strategic mind, and he's a strong business leader with outstanding people skills, ... He's a terrific guy and will be a key force in guiding the company's future growth.

No one is guaranteed a job in this.

We have the brand, and we have the fulfillment capability. Now we had to get the Net, and that's the easiest part of the game.

We've only been wealthy in this country for 70 years. Who said we ought to have all this? Is it ordained?

Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act.

I actually think that the economy has got some positives. It's got the market. It's got consumer confidence and it's got banks throwing - I mean central bankers throwing money at it around the world.

Short cycle business are being impacted by credit, and are being impacted by gasoline prices, food, distribution businesses, chemical business.