Don't let anyone persuade you that anything we do in life less than our own best, is a worthy thing. read more

Don't let anyone persuade you that anything we do in life less than our own best, is a worthy thing. You must never compromise with your life. We know when we are doing first-rate things. When we satisfy ourselves with second-rate things, it is the beginning of a long, long death. We die from that minute.

There are few actions on Earth more profane than a governmental dream holding hostage the well-being of humanity. When such read more

There are few actions on Earth more profane than a governmental dream holding hostage the well-being of humanity. When such an abrogation occurs, the moral obligation between the government and the people dissolves, and ethics is reduced to insignificance.

I thought I had it. My coach (Brian Johnson) told me to hit if off the front of the rim read more

I thought I had it. My coach (Brian Johnson) told me to hit if off the front of the rim and bounce back for a 3.

We went to some clear-out plays to attack and try to draw some fouls on them. I didn't know if read more

We went to some clear-out plays to attack and try to draw some fouls on them. I didn't know if that was going to work, but eventually it did.

The ones that are lost will probably be lost for good.

The ones that are lost will probably be lost for good.

we cannot give in to terror.

we cannot give in to terror.

They gave me an opportunity to play. It helped me grow as a player, every year I played there.

They gave me an opportunity to play. It helped me grow as a player, every year I played there.

In terms of production output costs, Thailand is approximately 20 percent higher and the Philippines is approximately 30 percent higher read more

In terms of production output costs, Thailand is approximately 20 percent higher and the Philippines is approximately 30 percent higher than China.

BB&T over the years largely has grown through the merger-and- acquisition process, acquiring community banks and thrifts, and that's been read more

BB&T over the years largely has grown through the merger-and- acquisition process, acquiring community banks and thrifts, and that's been successful on our part. Over the last year we've had a little of this indigestion from a lot of mergers over a short period. We needed to take a little breather to refocus on organic revenue growth, and we think we're near that period of time where our internal operations are where we want, so we're looking at getting back into the (M&A) business.