Achieving Quotes

[The scores show] fewer students have serious academic problems... More are achieving all the standards. - Richard Mills

[IBM (NYSE:IBM) remains a favorite with several All Stars. In mid-July, the company reported second quarter earnings per share of $1.12, which topped the consensus by almost 8%. Total revenue of $22.3 billion was down 4% from the prior year, but up 6% without the impact of the divested PC business.] IBM returned to form in this quarter... In particular, strategic, high-growth businesses -- in Business Performance Transformation Services, software and in key industry sectors and emerging markets -- were among our best-performing operations, achieving double-digit revenue growth. - Samuel J. Palmisano

[Expect no cooperation from PERA itself, though, in achieving this reform.] Those who suggest that the board's composition has resulted in poor decisions have no evidence to support this claim, ... no crisis currently exists. - Meredith Williams

... I've seen it around the world, in the poorest countries and in countries riven with conflict... It is women who are the key to breaking out of poverty, breaking out of stagnation. ... It's women who can contribute to achieving real security -- not bombs and bullets and repressive governments. - Queen Noor