Quotes about american-business
american-businessman created derby instead knocked people picked reaction saying wrong
I think a lot of people picked wrong in the Derby and it created a reaction that, instead of saying they were wrong, they knocked the horse.
american-businessman attention business improvement shall speed telegraph turn year
I think after this year I shall give up the Telegraph business to you and Col. Speed and I will turn my attention to the improvement of the property. Ezra Cornell
american-businessman buy ford henry national products prosperous requires workers
Henry Ford was right. A prosperous economy requires that workers be able to buy the products that they produce. This is as true in a global economy as a national one. John Sweeney
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He'll come back to visit, but not to stay, not to live.
american-businessman blessed clean willing
If someone is blessed as I am is not willing to clean out the barn, who will?
american-businessman telling
I was telling the truth. I feel like we got that point across.
american-businessman sort takes
The president said that this is not removing a mole. You know, removing a mole, that's an outpatient sort of an operation. This was removing a cancer, removing a cancer takes more time.
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If you want to know how I feel, I'll summarize it in one word - terrible. Gary Bettman
american-businessman list
In all planing you make a list and you set priorities. Alan Lakein
american-businessman proud seems steadily time
Sometimes it seems like there's more footnotes than text. This isn't something we're proud of, and over time we'd like to see our footnotes steadily shrink. Barry Diller
american-businessman definition
It's the perfect definition of a settlement. Both parties didn't get what they wanted. David Geffen
american-businessman cbs hired usher
I just needed a job. Before being hired as an usher at the CBS Theatre, I didn't even know there was a show business! David Geffen
american-businessman harder money thinks
Happy is harder than money. Anybody who thinks money will make you happy hasn't got money. David Geffen
american-businessman apply ask corporate major neurons people
An illustration I use to get people to understand it is this: I'll ask major corporate audiences: Why don't you just take all your traditional beliefs about organizations, and apply them to the neurons in your brain? Dee Hock
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Make another list of things done for you that you loved. Do them for others, always. Dee Hock
american-businessman centuries device took wheel
Think about technological float: it took centuries for the wheel to gain universal acceptance. Now any microchip device can be in use around the world in weeks. Dee Hock
american-businessman corner fill instantly
Make an empty space in any corner of your mind, and creativity will instantly fill it. Dee Hock
american-businessman essential judgment radically requires reward uncommon whose
It is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it requires uncommon humility, tolerance, and wisdom. Dee Hock
american-businessman detailed kept
I never kept a diary, but I wrote detailed notes of my travels. David Rockefeller
american-businessman appreciation art aspects historians history informed learned technical
I learned more from my mother than from all the art historians and curators who have informed me about technical aspects of art history and art appreciation over the years. David Rockefeller
american-businessman believe government people servant
I believe that government is the servant of the people and not their master. David Rockefeller
american-businessman emerged
Mother's interest in contemporary American artists emerged during the 1920s. David Rockefeller
american-businessman art considered notions rejected works
The conventional notions of art have changed, and a lot of things done today are considered works of art that would have been rejected in the past. David Rockefeller
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I can only say that I have had a wonderful life. David Rockefeller
american-businessman decided doubling money
MoMA is doubling its space, and I decided to raise the money for it. David Rockefeller
american-businessman gentlemen income internal owe personal revenue send small
You know, gentlemen, that I do not owe any personal income tax. But nevertheless, I send a small check, now and then, to the Internal Revenue Service out of the kindness of my heart. David Rockefeller
american-businessman art owe
I owe much to mother. She had an expert's understanding, but also approached art emotionally. David Rockefeller
american-businessman stimulus
Well, you know, we've got a lot of stimulus in the economy already from the tax cut, from the lowered interest rates, and also from the refinancing of mortgages. Franklin Raines
american-businessman chains creative pool recruiting restaurant shrinking workers
With a shrinking pool of young workers and a decreasing unemployment rate, all restaurant chains have to be more creative in their recruiting efforts. Carl Karcher
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As long as they're willing to pay to prove it, I'm willing to let them. Arnold Rothstein
american-businessman people resentful
It's not people who resent successful people; it's resentful people who resent successful people.
american-businessman define happiness life means spent taken time
If you have not taken the time to define what happiness means to you, what have your spent your whole life pursuing?
american-businessman good people whom
Show interest in all people, not just those from whom you want something. Making people feel important and good about themselves is just the right thing to do.