Quotes about Partnerships

Most of us have not heard about Master Limited Partnerships. These special financing arrangements allow oil and gas investors to avoid paying certain corporate income taxes, but are not available to clean energy businesses. Votes: 3

One thing I learned in '97, when I thought the right time to found a company was during a swing-up, is that it's much better to start during an economic downturn. Partnerships are easier; hiring is easier; and the competition starts later. Votes: 3

Alliances and partnerships produce stability when they reflect realities and interests. Votes: 1

I have not supported same-sex marriage. I have supported civil partnerships and contractual relationships. Votes: 1

The great marriages are partnerships. It can't be a great marriage without being a partnership. Votes: 1

Perfect partners don't exist. Perfect conditions exist for a limited time in which partnerships express themselves best. Votes: 1

Some companies use off-balance-sheet partnerships to raise money or to buy assets without ever telling their shareholders in their financial statements. Votes: 1

For me, it's important to build good partnerships rather than score centuries. Once, you have those partnerships, you will also get centuries. Votes: 1

When you're building a company, you need to continually strengthen every component - finance, strategic partnerships, executive team, and relationships with every last constituency. Votes: 1

Social-impact partnerships address our moral responsibilities to ensure that social programs actually improve recipients' lives, and to do so in a fiscally prudent manner. Votes: 1

The best partnerships aren't dependent on a mere common goal but on a shared path of equality, desire, and no small amount of passion. Votes: 1

If you like a person you say 'let's go into business together.' Man is a social animal after all, but such partnerships are fraught with danger. Votes: 1

In 1979 I teamed up with my friend and business partner, Bill DeWitt, and together we formed an oil and gas company that invested through limited partnerships in oil and gas exploration. Votes: 1

An entrepreneur needs to know what they need, period. Then they need to find an investor who can build off whatever their weaknesses are - whether that's through money, strategic partnerships or knowledge. Votes: 1

For American foreign aid to become more effective, it must embrace the power of partnerships, access the transformative nature of free enterprise, and leverage the abundant resources that can come from the private sector. Votes: 1

I've heard people say South Africans are arrogant, that they act no differently from their colonial masters. That needs to change. It's in your business interest as an entrepreneur to form meaningful partnerships. That's how you do well for your shareholders. Votes: 1

Creating a better world requires teamwork, partnerships, and collaboration, as we need an entire army of companies to work together to build a better world within the next few decades. This means corporations must embrace the benefits of cooperating with one another. Votes: 1

One of the main lessons I have learned during my five years as Secretary-General is that broad partnerships are the key to solving broad challenges. When governments, the United Nations, businesses, philanthropies and civil society work hand-in-hand, we can achieve great things. Votes: 1

I love creating partnerships; I love not having to bear the entire burden of the creative storytelling, and when I have unions like with George Lucas and Peter Jackson, it's really great; not only do I benefit, but the project is better for it. Votes: 1

We need to develop and disseminate an entirely new paradigm and practice of collaboration that supersedes the traditional silos that have divided governments, philanthropies and private enterprises for decades and replace it with networks of partnerships working together to create a globally prosperous society. Votes: 1

Corporations often partner with government after natural disasters, as many companies did in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. As a rule, however, long-term civic/corporate partnerships are still rare .But this need not remain the status quo, as many opportunities are available for such partnerships. Votes: 1

When I meet with the founders of a new company, my advice is almost always, 'Do fewer things.' It's true of partnerships, marketing opportunities, anything that's taking up your time. The vast majority of things are distractions, and very few really matter to your success. Votes: 1

It takes more than driving to become an IndyCar driver. Gone are the days when drivers show up Friday morning and go home Sunday night. We're all integral to our partnerships, commercially, motorsports. We're as much champions in the boardroom as we are on the racetrack. Votes: 1

There is no greater feeling in business than building a product which impacts people's lives in a profound way. When we look around at the thousands of people who have attended Summit gatherings, it makes us smile to see the new friendships, business partnerships and philanthropic initiatives that each event produces. Votes: 1

There's a good argument to be made that companies that are private, where they're run by partnerships, where everybody has true stake in them and they're not playing with other people's money, that by default it's a safer system, because you really have skin in the game. You really own the company. Votes: 1

To some extent, the idea that rock 'n roll used to have this sort of free antediluvian identity, frolicking in the 1950s with Elvis or something, is totally wrong. It's insane. Elvis' relationship with Colonel Parker, his manager, was one of the most possibly corrupt, certainly lucrative, and intense business partnerships ever in rock n' roll. Votes: 1

Partnerships are increasingly seen through the prism of promises and expectations, and as a kind of product for consumers: satisfaction on the spot, and if not fully satisfied, return the product to the shop or replace it with a new and improved one! You don't, after all, stick to your car, or computer, or iPod, when better ones appear. Votes: 1

Great partnerships should benefit us all Votes: 0

Great striking partnerships come in pairs. Votes: 0

We need new partnerships for peace and security. Votes: 0

GenXers naturally bristle at hierarchies, but thrive on partnerships. Votes: 0

Many marriages are simply working partnerships between businessmen and housekeepers. Votes: 0

We need new partnerships in fighting terrorism and building peace. Votes: 0

Our alliances and partnerships are not directed against any nation. Votes: 0

Our success has really been based on partnerships from the very beginning. Votes: 0

I love finding new creative partnerships but then continuing the partnerships I'm already in. Votes: 0

I like the most provocative and most surprising partnerships on stage. Intensity and surprise. Votes: 0

I think in most couples or partnerships, there's a constant struggle for power and dominance. Votes: 0

I don't need to control anything. Even with romantic partnerships, I don't need to control anyone. Votes: 0

We must...forge partnerships with those around us, and begin to dismantle the myth of solitary perfection. Votes: 0

So we believed that strategic alliances and partnerships were critical, and we did that for five years. Votes: 0

Assertions that Russia has undermined efforts to strengthen partnerships on the European continent do not correspond to the facts. Votes: 0

There is a difference between civil partnerships and marriage. That difference does not mean one is better than another. Votes: 0

Today's dialogue has succeeded in reinforcing the need for international partnerships and cooperation in tackling the reality of climate change. Votes: 0

I support public and private partnerships whenever appropriate in order to achieve our goal of a prosperous and vibrant downtown. Votes: 0

You do not give preferred deals and dole out favors, lucrative favors, and government partnerships and weapons deals to your clients. Votes: 0

From the outset, the Obama administration has recognized that building a robust skills infrastructure means building strong partnerships with community colleges. Votes: 0

After 35, I felt like I'd been in these relationships; some were great, some weren't so great, but they weren't right partnerships. Votes: 0

I believe we're past the point where the government or the private sector can solve all problems, it's all about partnerships. Votes: 0

Let us work in partnerships between rich and poor to improve the opportunities of all human beings to build better lives. Votes: 0

in the dissolution of sentimental partnerships it is seldom that both associates are able to withdraw their funds at the same time ... Votes: 0

There aren't many sources of money in San Diego, apart from local partnerships and local investors. It's pretty starkly polarized to Silicon Valley. Votes: 0

I welcome viagogo's fresh approach to the entertainment industry and I look forward to helping them build more innovative partnerships in the future. Votes: 0

It is absolutely right for the state to define the rights and status of people cohabiting in different forms of relationships, including civil partnerships." Votes: 0

Social-impact partnerships address our moral responsibilities to ensure that social programs actually improve recipients lives, and to do so in a fiscally prudent manner. Votes: 0

It is absolutely right for the state to define the rights and status of people cohabiting in different forms of relationships, including civil partnerships. Votes: 0

You get the same equal rights that we do when we have a civil partnership. Heterosexual people get married. We can have civil partnerships. Votes: 0

Across our country, social enterprise partnerships between the public and private sectors are providing millions of Americans - young and old - a second chance. Votes: 0

The U.S. ranks 25th in math and 21st in science. We are woefully behind. The only way to change this situation is through public-private partnerships. Votes: 0

The history of popular music is littered with great partnerships. Rodgers had his Hammerstein, Lennon had his McCartney, and Lloyd Webber had"¦ his photocopier"¦ Votes: 0

If someone had told me years ago that sharing a sense of humour was so vital to partnerships, I could have avoided a lot of sex! Votes: 0

In sport, as in science, business, and diplomacy, as Scots we understand that we benefit from the deep and diverse partnerships that make up the United Kingdom. Votes: 0

Equal partnerships are not made in heaven-they are made on earth, one choice at a time, one conversation at a time, one threshold crossing at a time. Votes: 0

The environmental community has an opportunity to create and leverage partnerships with the development community on social issues, rather than trying to develop new expertise of its own. Votes: 0

As a cornerstone of my policy, we will substantially expand public-private partnerships to maximize the amount of investment and funding that is available for space exploration and development. Votes: 0

Unfortunately, I think YouTube is going down the route of rewarding the select few around content creation, be it with partnerships or with ways of funding original content. Votes: 0

In an age where community involvement and partnerships with civil society are increasingly being recognized as indispensable, there is clearly a growing potential for cooperative development and renewal worldwide. Votes: 0

My earnest hope is that what we started in terms of building partnerships with communities across America will continue, that we will continue our efforts to reduce crime and violence. Votes: 0

There will be associations and partnerships between some Muslim countries and some Christian countries. Those already exist. And they may shift as different regimes come and go and interests change. Votes: 0

We need leaders who can meet and adapt to new challenges, build strategic partnerships, build and sustain human capital organizations, and have the courage to act and react to the challenges Votes: 0

Especially with the predators, one of the things that gets these programs going on a local level is for our land management agencies to build partnerships with surrounding communities and landowners. Votes: 0

Intercultural understanding is a key dimension of the Australian Curriculum. The deployment of technology opens up opportunities for global partnerships and collaboration to grow, increasing opportunities for greater understanding between cultures. Votes: 0

In order to attract and maintain romantic and spiritual partnerships, you must be what it is that you're seeking. That is, you always need to put forth what you want to attract. Votes: 0

The virtue of the civil partnerships scheme lay in the attempt to treat the needs of gay and lesbian couples as what they are, not to bundle them into some other category. Votes: 0

As a supporter of the Prostate Cancer Foundation and their Home Run Challenge program, I am extremely grateful for the valuable partnerships and relationships built with Major League Baseball and our affiliates. Votes: 0

Shortly after taking office in 1993, President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore called for a shift in American technology policy toward an expansion of public investments in partnerships with private industry. Votes: 0

I left Xerox for the non-profit sector because it was clear to me that only public/private partnerships can pull off a turnaround plan at the scale we need to tackle global poverty. Votes: 0

But perhaps the next step isn't to, once again, expand the otherwise narrow definition of marriage but to altogether abolish the false distinction between married families and other equally valid but unrecognized partnerships. Votes: 0

I think most Americans understand that radical Islam can't be compromised with or appeased. And the only way we can be safe is to form partnerships over there that will protect us over here. Votes: 0

Blip.tv is growing its audience by forming partnerships with traditional TV manufacturers and a new breed of company in the set-top box market that lets consumers connect to the Internet via their televisions. Votes: 0

Best players I played with? Striker wise, well, I had a great record with Emile Heskey - he would be one of my favourite partnerships because we were so different and worked together so well. Votes: 0