Blackburn Quotes

Apple is validating a product strategy Dell has had for more than 20 years. - Jess Blackburn

And as for St. Edward's B team, a lot of Division I teams around here used to see them four or five times in a season. They'd complain, so we stopped inviting (St. Edward). Then the Division I teams didn't come back. - Duane Blackburn

Alan Shearer reminded Michael Owen he had this same decision a decade ago when he left Blackburn and could have gone to Manchester United. He chose Newcastle and look what it's done for him. - Freddie Shepherd

After losing to Liverpool and Blackburn it was going to be very tough today. Chelsea only needed a point and they got it. - Alex Ferguson

Actually, the interior of the bank is as clean and smells as good as it has in the 12 years I've been here. - Mark Blackburn

Across the board spending reductions would create significant savings while allowing agencies to determine what they can most afford to cut... This approach will cut through the partisan wrangling over specific projects. We shouldn't allow the push for spending reductions to get bogged down in debate. I believe this approach is one we should all be able to support. In Tennessee I proposed similar cuts in spending and we've seen those reductions work. - Marsha Blackburn

A lot of times when you put the ball on the ground as many times as we did in (the loss to Maysville) it's usually due to mental mistakes. So we tried to refocus on what we were doing offensively and came out and played good football tonight. - Michael Blackburn

[RANGERS: Goalie Dan Blackburn, 22, retired, citing permanent nerve damage in his left shoulder from an injury sustained in 2003. New York's first-round pick in the 2001 entry draft, Blackburn hurt his shoulder before the start of camp in 2003 and missed the 2003-04 season. His condition appeared to improve after surgery in March 2004, but never went away. Blackburn had a 20-32-4 record and 3.22 goals-against average in 63 appearances with the Rangers. He had a .894 save percentage.] Danny has worked extremely hard over the last two seasons to do everything in his power to get his shoulder to a point where he would be able to play... We are all very disappointed for him, knowing the effort he put in and the tremendous future he had. - Glen Sather

[Blackburn thinks the main difference between his generation and the company's older employees lies in the nature of their goals.] People my age tend to like change, to not want to be pigeonholed, to get a lot of different experiences, to be able to move across the organization... Sometimes older folks seem to fear change more. They want to master something and then stick with it exclusively. I see Reynolds changing more along the lines of our generation, to moving people throughout the organization to keep up with changes. When you're in IT, you don't want to get stuck somewhere because technology changes so fast and you could get left behind. - Robert Blackburn