There’s a historical view that adding process into a scrappy start-up kills innovation, but I’m a firm believer that you need process at some point to remain agile.
My old firm, Goldman Sachs – traditionally, the best banks are leveraged 8:1. When we had the financial crisis in 2008, the investment banks were leveraged 35:1. Those rules had specifically been changed by a guy named Hank Paulson. He was secretary of Treasury.
There’s a Danish architecture firm called BIG. I love architecture, and I always check out their work; they’re very good at reimagining the way we live. They put the human experience as the focus, with access to air and outdoor space.
In 2008, many Democrats and Republicans believed Hillary Clinton to be a responsible public leader – a firm hand on the wheel, experienced in matters of diplomacy, conflict, and national interest. The 3 A.M. phone call was a question mark with Barack Obama, but not for Hillary Clinton.
I worked as a draftsman for the Department of Environmental Protection, and as a teacher, in N.Y.C.; at a big bank and a small ad agency, a tiny law firm and a few giant ones; as a cashier and a dishwasher; preparing deli sandwiches and stringing tennis racquets and pruning evergreens into conical Christmas-tree shapes.
I’m a firm believer in the idea that once we make a thing and release it, my turn to talk is done. Ideally, you’re saying everything you want to say in the product you’re making, and you don’t have to add commentary to it afterwards.
Faith is the complete reliance on the power and goodness of Spirit and the firm belief that you are always connected to this goodness. Always affirm your faith and not your doubt.
For me it was just about staying the course, staying true to who I believe that I am, being open, being honest, being transparent with the players, being firm with the players but at the same time listening to the players.
I’m a firm believer that if you’re nervous before you go into a scene, it means the scene is going to be good, and it means you’re invested in making something special.
Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place.
More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.
Building a consistent experience and firm identity was instrumental in our ability to swiftly build our online presence, open four stores as well as a mobile store in a converted yellow school bus, and launch six shops-in-shops.
During Lok Sabha elections, Amit Shah and Fadnavis came to me. During talks, I was given offer of deputy CM post. I said I am not so helpless. I have given a promise to Balasaheb that a Maharashtra CM will be from Shiv Sena. So I did not agree and stayed firm.
It’s my firm intention to whop cancer into submission and I truly believe I’ve given myself the best start possible by radically overhauling my diet and by staying true to my motto, which is: Don’t worry, be happy, feel good. The first thing I did when I was diagnosed was to turn vegan.
I’m kind of a firm believer that songs can have a shelf life with an artist.
If somebody does something wrong to someone around me, I can be firm. But that’s always to protect someone to whom wrong is being done to.
With ‘Bring It On,’ I really have to give most of the credit to the people who lifted me up. In cheerleading, a lot of the work is from the guys lifting you, and my body would just have to stay straight or firm or tight.
It is my firm belief that action on the issues that matter for Africa must emerge from within Africa itself.
But at the end of the day, I am a firm believer of the fact that if I can do well nobody can stop me.
I didn’t respond well to a firm hand and insults.
The political, the economic, the social are tied together like the strands of a rope. The social and economic, if they are firm, tend to strengthen the other.
I’m a firm believer in staying out of the way. When you’re on a team and the guy’s throwing a no-hitter, you don’t talk to them. You let them do their thing.
I was at my house, and me, and my brother, and my sister were kind of just playing around. And I was like, ‘I wonder if I can twist this apple and rip it apart?’ So I was playing around, and I did it, and I was like, ‘Wow, that kind of takes a firm grip.’
I initially wanted to work in the music industry more on the A&R side. While I was in school, I began working in the New Business department of an advertising firm, and very quickly I was responsible for roughly 70% of their business, so you could say I had a natural knack for the advertising world.
The best tech companies are led by founders with entrepreneurial zeal and strong egos. They consistently deliver what we want and what we need, at prices that decrease over time. The Wall Street firm is a long-standing institution with a more established hierarchy.
President Obama believes getting along is more valuable than standing firm for U.S. interests.
It’s so cheesy, but I’m a firm believer in ‘If you build it, they will come.’
I think Augusta will be a really good course for me because I hit the ball very high, and I’ll be able to hit some shorter irons into those firm and fast greens, so having maximum spin won’t hurt.
Whatever’s meant to be, will be. I’m a firm believer in that and I’ll make it work.
When I was young, my mother said to me, ‘Momma loves her little son.’ Now, this tender endearment holds a firm meaning within my life, inside my spirit. It reminds me that in sharing love, it grows that much greater in our hearts.
Today’s fathers are having a rough go being kindly portrayed in the media. Thank God, we do we have President Barack Obama for a national model. He both dotes on and takes a firm loving hand to our first-family daughters.
In order to be a good actor, I’m a firm believer that you need to bring something to the table.
There’s plenty of firm evidence for ethnic diversity in Roman Britain.
My one issue in this country is to get on a firm financial footing. There’s not much you can do if you’re bankrupt.
Firms need to ensure that their ability to provide effective customer service keeps pace with their growth. If you’re marketing your firm to new customers, you better be able to provide them service when they do business with you.
Many entrepreneurs embrace profit-making and charitable purposes. Companies such as shoes seller Toms and eyeglass firm Warby Parker sell products at a profit with a pledge to devote part of their earnings to the needy. The number of for-profit businesses with a built-in charitable dimension has proliferated.
One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history.
Catfish has a nice firm texture and mild flavor.
I am a firm believer in if you can’t get it the old fashioned way, you don’t need it.
The VA does a lot of good things, but determining if a firm is a small business is not one of them.
A president who aspires to be recognized as a global leader should not personally stake out a foreign-policy goal, commit himself eloquently to its attainment, and then yield the ground when confronted by firm opposition.
To provide affordability, we have made a few acqui-hires such as a data analytics firm to help us deliver the cheapest room prices in every town.
We want all clients to think of us first when they want to hire an auditor or if they want to have an adviser to solve difficult corporate problems. We want the best talent to join our firm.
I dread handshakes. I’ve got some problems with my hands, and everywhere I go, people want to impress me with their grip. To make it worse, now women are coming up with that firm shake.
Personally, I’d love to see more social media firms develop business models that aren’t reliant on advertising. If you’re a social media firm selling ads, your goal is to get people to interrupt what they’re doing all day long so they come and stare at your service as much as possible.
The Republic is open and tolerant but also knows how and when to be firm and make its values respected.
I’m a firm believer that I’ll make fights happen, get the fights done.
I joined a very male-dominated profession back in 1986. I wanted to work with big multinational Fortune 500 companies, but you don’t come into the firm and automatically get those. So, quite frankly, a key to my success was that I found male mentors and male sponsors. I think some women are afraid to say that.
The common erotic project of destroying women makes it possible for men to unite into a brotherhood; this project is the only firm and trustworthy groundwork for cooperation among males and all male bonding is based on it.
The president is here, strong and firm as a monkey’s tail.
I’m not a really firm believer in theatre that is ‘about anything.’ I don’t think theatre can be about anything other than the people who show up and the value that they hold.
I grew up in Chicago, but for the last 28 years I’ve lived in Moscow and London, and am now a British citizen. From 1996 to 2005, my firm, Hermitage Capital, was one of the largest investment advisers in Russia with more than $4 billion invested in Russian stocks.
