1,862 Quotes About Balance

We were trying to find a balance that worked for everyone, which was tough to do because you have competing interests. I think everyone is equally unhappy with our result so I think we have a compromise. But I look to these parties to keep working together to make this work.

We just need a more rational balance between profits and risks.

Unless it's a down-and-dirty little film ... you have to strike that balance between having it rooted and having the people not fall out of it,

We're not going to disconnect from the Internet because we depend on it for too much, You have to balance the need to connect with the need to protect.

We always try to maintain a balance between being open but trying to protect national security.

Because we have more inventory right now prices are starting to come down. The market is re-balancing itself. It was out of balance there for a while and we had too many buyers and not enough inventory and now it's the other way around.

In this case, it's a stealth bull market. You can make money buying stocks of good, understandable businesses -- good being defined as good balance sheets, good rates of growth, good management, no off-balance-sheet financing. No nonsense.

We didn't have the best composure tonight. We didn't have the best balance offensively.

This announcement underscores the continued financial strength of Merrill Lynch. Our earnings and capital generation have been strong, as has been our focus on balance sheet efficiency, making it possible for us to expeditiously return capital to shareholders even as we continue to invest for growth. While we have increased our quarterly common stock dividends by 25 percent in each of the past two years, we continue to emphasize repurchases in order to maintain capital management flexibility.