Outset Quotes

"If men were basically evil, who would bother to improve the world instead of giving it up as a bad job at the outset?"
-Van Wyck Brooks

"The mayor does seem to have failed, from the outset of this case, to have appreciated that his conduct was unacceptable."
-David Laverick

"We express incredulity that the senior police officer would have made extravagant claims from the outset without first informing themselves of the true facts."
-Gareth Peirce

"I believed from the outset it was not going to be capable, given its narrow base, of being successful in the country."
-Joe Clark

"If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all."
-Dan Rather

"We see ourselves as being SMB-enablers because we talk to our customers at the outset in order to find out what data is important to them. The main dashboard displays the main metrics that the person needs to see every day. Therefore, the dashboard contents will differ depending on whether the person is a CEO, CFO, sales manager, or sales rep, for example."
-Craig Sullivan

"Compliant from the outset."
-Alan Green

"We obviously are gratified with the decision. We said from the outset that there is no basis in law or in fact for this suit. As much as we'd like to find easy answers, there are none."
-Doug Lowenstein

"I am grateful that my horizons were not narrowed at the outset."
-Jessye Norman

"We were in control of the game, pretty much from the outset. But, we couldn't put them away."
-Doc Scheppler

"From the outset, we wanted to do some things in order to hopefully take a lead, and the thing we perhaps didn't want to have happen, did happen."
-George Gwozdecky

"From the outset, this was a very consumer-centric solution. What we've crafted is a means to allow consumers to feel safe in dealing with commercial messages."
-Richard Gingras

"It was a very passionate love affair at the outset. But it soured quite quickly and their divorce was very bitter."
-Hanoch Gutfreund

"We've said from the outset that we don't comment on speculation and it now appears that all this was just that, speculation."
-Willie Jacobsz

"At the outset, at least, all three groups had something else to recommend them, as well: They were headquartered 3,000 miles away from the East Side of Manhattan."
-Tom Wolfe

"Victory must be assured in advance. And the American public must be all for it from the outset."
-Evan Thomas