John Devine Quotes

Without the pension drag, we'd expect to make about $7.50 a share this year... We're not excusing the pension expense. But we'll be working through it, we'll get this behind us. Making the $10 (a share target) with the pension drag will be difficult but we're still committed to it. - John Devine

While we have made good progress in reducing costs over the last several years, the projected loss in North America reinforces our need to do much more, particularly in the area of healthcare... Healthcare has been an increasing drag on North American profits and it's made us vulnerable to profit shortfalls. - John Devine

We'll probably continue to lose money, primarily because the industry is going to be weaker this year than last year... We don't think the economy has bottomed out yet. - John Devine

We still believe in growth of the market. We still believe we're going to need our capacity... This is still a very important opportunity for the company and we don't want to be slow. - John Devine

We realize you don't think we can do it... That spurs us further to get things done. - John Devine

We need to go far beyond just teacher interaction with students on a cognitive level. We need to know what the kids are fantasizing, what they're thinking about, what they're worried about. - John Devine

We have product and distribution plans to fit each of those brands... I know there's a lot of speculation about what we're doing and that's fine. But I want to be clear we do not have plans to drop any brands. - John Devine

We expect some slowdown in the mortgage business as the refinance boom fades. - John Devine

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