Transform Quotes

[The youth of former Eastern bloc countries can play a key role in this transformation.] The young people here can be the new blood, the new vitality for Europe that can help bridge the European and the American Dream and provide Europe with fresh, new energy... We need young Europeans asking what they can do to make Europe a global public square. - Jeremy Rifkin

[The Haunting of Winchester reaches beyond the pure ghost story. Appropriate to a woman who lived in her artwork and never received a single guest (even Teddy Roosevelt was denied), the story explores a woman's inward journey and her dealings with issues like personal responsibility.] As she becomes more aware of the rifle's legacy... she becomes more self-aware, and so she begins to transform, to renovate herself really, not just her house. - Michael Butler

[Ten years on, it is difficult to find many who would argue that Simpson was innocent. But there are plenty who believe he should not have been convicted because the prosecution did not make a strong enough case.] OJ Simpson is not Everybrother... Likewise, Nicole Simpson is not Everyvictim and Mark Fuhrman is not Everyracist ... Whatever the verdict, I don't think the OJ Simpson trial will have deep, profound or lasting resonance in American culture. It will not be transformative. It's a bad mini-series gone out of control. - Jill Nelson

[Sticking closely to the facts, of course, is no guarantee of influence.] I don't know that even the best movie can transform people's views... People don't want to hear what they don't want to hear. And I think that in America that is especially true. - Bethany McLean

[It wasn't so many years ago that your temperature and pulse were virtually the only aspects of your health you could check without paying a visit to the doctor. (Of course, it was always possible to calculate how tragically overweight you were in the privacy of your own home.) But a proliferation of do-it-yourself health-care products has changed all that, transforming millions of homes into virtual laboratories. Using largely inexpensive kits bought over the counter at pharmacies, consumers can now test themselves for glucose level, blood in the stool, urinary tract infections, blood pressure, pregnancy and, in an imminent new option, cholesterol level.] There's a very important shift of medical technology out of the hospital and into the home... What's happening is people are beginning to realize that lay people not only are recipients of health care but they can become providers. - Tom Ferguson

[In Bush's case,] the change is more in aesthetics and less in substance... Perhaps [Bush] accepts a larger role for government than some conservatives, but that has been a transformation within conservative circles as well. - Marshall Wittmann

[In addition to his responsibility for Wal-Mart Stores, U.S. A., Menzer will head the divisions responsible for real estate, logistics, information services, benefits, global procurement, financial services, store planning and strategic planning.] John will continue to accelerate changes in the largest segment of our business... During the last six years, he transformed Wal-Mart International into a wellorganized, fast-growing and profitable business. Prior to that, as Wal-Marts corporate chief financial officer, John established a solid track record as a business strategist who delivers results. - Lee Scott

[Imagination] is best fed by reality, an odd diet for something nonexistent; there are few details of daily life and its broad range of emotional context that can't be transformed into food for the imagination. - Patricia McKillip

[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