Digits Quotes

A year and a half ago, we hired this guy to research names... He said, 'People remember numbers more than names.' Numbers 7 and 9 were the most easily recalled digits. - Susan Ward

A few days ago, I got triple digits in homers. You look back in your career, it's stuff you'll remember. - Todd Walker

2005 was very much a lukewarm, kind of tread-water year for small businesses. That has to do with the challenges facing small businesses: Costs went way up during the year, health care is up double digits, fuel, raw materials, oil for delivery trucks, all that was significantly higher than it was in the past. On top of that is uncertainty in the marketplace. Are we in a recession or in growth mode? Ask four different economists and you'll get four different answers. And as an owner of a business, it's very difficult to figure out how to operate in an uncertain marketplace. - Michael Alter

[That was the case Wednesday night, when Cisco executives talked about results for the fiscal second quarter (which closed on Jan. 26). Chambers and chief financial officer Larry Carter spoke only about the next quarter, when revenue growth from the second fiscal quarter is expected to be nil or in the low single digits.] Our visibility is still very limited, ... If there's one lesson we've learned over the past year, it's how quickly things can change. - John Chambers