"That's just part of how this generation has been raised. You add a $40,000 price tag for a school like Colgate, and you have high expectations for what you get."

"We effectively managed our distribution channel to closely match our shipments in with distributor sales out. Channel re-sales were seasonally down about 3% during the first quarter but were more than 17% higher than a year ago. We managed our sales into the channel to this level of re-sales, resulting in a slight decrease in absolute inventory levels for approximately flat weeks of supply in the channel compared to the prior quarter."

"We had a strong finish to 2005, a year of major transition for Fairchild, by delivering solid fourth-quarter sales and gross margin growth."

"However, some specific remarks were inappropriate and ran the risk of calling into question John's own impartiality and, by extension, that of the BBC. We've made it clear to him that this must not happen again."

"We weren't prepared to take the risk last week with David Johnson, in saying that he's had about two weeks of really solid training where we've really given him a huge amount of work, tried to put match conditioning into him to see if we got through last week, and we have to wait and see whether we choose to play him this week."

"We would love to put (a trophy) in there. We played off for one a couple years ago. We played reasonable footy but we lost the game. We didn't handle the loss well."

"We made excellent progress in 2005 by improving our management of the distribution channel, reducing inventories throughout the supply chain and reducing our capital spending and ultimately depreciation expense."

"I don't think the game has any problems at all. We shouldn't keep trying to predict how the game might be played in three or four years. Everybody is happy how the game is going now."

"If your father didn't work there, chances are an uncle of yours did."

"Documentary is quite good at putting on the clothes of other genres, ... But (we) still want a genre that is true to itself -- it takes a lot of will power to say 'that's enough, let's try something else."

"All they'll be playing for is to have a win in their last game and it just gives them something to look forward to next season,"

"My vision for the future of the BBC has three parts: a bold new program and content strategy based above all around the idea of excellence; a transformation of the BBC into a state-of-the art digital broadcaster; and an irreversible shift in the culture of the BBC toward simplicity, opportunity and creativity,"

"A couple of years ago I was out with some friends and all they had on the boat was a wakeboard, so I thought, ‘Why not?'"

"We remain committed to our gross margin improvement goals that have us reaching 30 percent in 2006 and mid-30 percent in 2007. Our focus in 2006 is on improving our product mix, delivering more new leadership analog and integrated power products while reducing our exposure to lower margin standard products."

"We set some aggressive operational and financial goals in the middle of last year, and I'm pleased to report that Fairchild has delivered impressive first-quarter results, ahead of our expectations."

"(The BBC) doesn't have to take cynical or commercial decisions, it should really put its money where its heart is"

"I don't think Steven King did anything wrong and he shouldn't feel guilt even though he would be because of the injuries sustained, but he shouldn't really feel guilty because it could have easily been Steven smothering the ball and Jeff White kicking the ball. That's how simple and quick this game is. It can happen to anyone at any time."

"I'm happy that he's not playing. Very, very happy."

"Risk and reward tend to be symmetrical. If you want to be a high-value company, you have to take more risks."

"We have lost a giant of comedy. Ronnie Barker will be numbered amongst a select band of greats who shaped British comedy in the twentieth century."

"Ronnie Barker will be numbered amongst a select band of comedy greats who shaped British comedy in the 20th century."

"You know if you want to win and want to compete in this competition, this is what you have to do in the finals."

"We've got the confidence that he'll get through the game."

"The audiences of tomorrow currently get too little of real value from the BBC and the BBC needs to think how it engages them and reflect their lives better."

"We can deliver much more public value when we think across all platforms and consider how audiences can find our best content, content that's more relevant, more useful and more valuable to them."

"We should do what's right for a strong, independent BBC and its audiences in the long term, not what's politically convenient now,"

"We should aim to deliver public service content to our audiences in whatever media and on whatever device makes sense for them whether they're at home or on the move."

"the choice of commercial providers (would be) fair and open."

"We are going to review the game on Monday morning and it will be the best education tool you could possibly give,"

"What we probably needed to do was not put that expectation on that he's going to kick four goals every game,"

"Even though we have not got the (winning) momentum of last year, we have the experience from last year and that's probably more important. It's a huge difference (to play in Melbourne). We haven't been a team that's travelled well and to play a final in Melbourne is significant even though it's against a team playing at home as well."

"Eventually you know as a coach of a club that you've got to experience these types of games in this type of pressure,"

"We're very pleased that Mark is joining Fairchild's management team. His strong financial acumen will significantly contribute to the execution of our strategy. We had a strong finish to 2005 and enter 2006 with great momentum, focused on improving our gross margins and increasing the mix of higher-value new products. This is an exciting time for Fairchild, and we look forward to Mark's contributions as we continue to improve the quality of our business and drive stronger financial results."

"The plant really touched the life of virtually every person in the country."

"The fire had some unusual items that we noticed right away. There were no signs of forced entry, the fire started exterior from the house and there were no normal igniting sources that were in the area."

"We've just got to wait and see what happens with his body, and it's certainly been a big week for him, it's been a big week in the media."

"Like we said ... he's got a bit of a sore knee and sore body basically."