Acquired Quotes

Your basic extended family today includes your ex-husband or -wife, your ex's new mate, your new mate, possibly your new mate's ex and any new mate that your new mate's ex has acquired. - Delia Ephron

You can't control your popularity; I know I'm an acquired taste - I'm anchovies. And not everybody wants those hairy little things. If I was potato chips, I could go a lot more places, but I'm not. - Tori Amos

Yes, we have acquired the services of Mr Bradley Stewart... we thought he would be the ideal replacement for the previous head coach. - Patrick Roberts

Year on year sales grew in all regions as replacement sales in mature markets such as Western Europe and North America continued to drive growth while users in emerging markets joined mobile networks and acquired their first mobile device. - Carolina Milanesi

Without question, we will ask for the return of all pieces acquired on the black market. When the proof is certain, we will demand it. We are already imposing huge pressure. And not only on the Getty. - Rocco Buttiglione

With the closing of this acquisition, PMC-Sierra now has a broad storage semiconductor product line with more integrated end-to-end solutions for our enterprise storage customers. We have acquired a highly skilled team and are moving quickly to integrate our operating and development efforts so that we can provide customers with innovative storage solutions while at the same time improving the overall profitability of the acquired business. - Bob Bailey

With such a low premium of 4 percent to the prior day's close and the fact that there is a significant breakup fee of $225 million, it doesn't give us much comfort that investors are being protected... There has been a huge turnaround among the credit card issuers over the past three years, and with MBNA being acquired, there's some scarcity value for Providian. But their shareholders are not getting it. - Sean Egan

With respect to the privacy of himself and his family, I'm not going to make any comment on his condition, other than the fact we believe it's in his best interest to put him on the disabled list. The doctors acquired all the information they needed. - Clint Hurdle