Famous Quotes & Sayings

I would guess that any criticism about Wal-Mart could have some element of truth with 1,500,000 people.

In some ways, people forget about average working people, and how they live their lives.

We want to set a tone going into our fiscal year that starts Feb. 1, that Wal-Mart Stores is going to be aggressive in taking care of customers, taking care of our associates, communications and merchandising.

I expect that our associates will walk with a little more bounce in their step and understand that this company is behind them and has respect for them.

When I was in Taiwan, I was taught in school that Taiwan is part of China.

Joan Blades

When we compile a petition, we often have members go to their representative's or Senator's offices and deliver it in person. This way they can experience a real connection with the staff.

James Sinegal

We would rather have our employees running our business.

Henry Kravis

Since we formed the firm in 1976, we've bought some 38 different companies, and we spent about $65 billion, buying these different companies.

Since I arrived at CNN, it has grown into one of the largest and most trusted news organizations in the world.

Christie Hefner

She no longer has a staple in her navel.

Gus Hall

Mobilize people to vote and to re-elect Clinton as the only way to defeat.

Joan Blades

Moveon is not a one-way broadcast media. The Internet, when used best, is a two-way media. We have a forum in which people can post comments and those comments can be rated. We get a sense of what people feel most passionately about.

David Rockefeller

Mother also loved Asian art, but she preferred the ceramics and sculpture of earlier Chinese and Korean dynasties, as well as Buddhist art.

Bill Veeck

McGraw had been a great friend of my father's in the days when McGraw was managing the New York Giants and my daddy was president of the Chicago Cubs.

Gordon Getty

Maturity? There are things that come with experience - managing your craft. What I've picked up since my earlier music is not profundity.

Trip Hawkins

Lower labor costs and tax benefits have, for example, caused publishers like EA, UbiSoft, and others to move more production to Canada.

Robert K. Greenleaf

Many attempts to communicate are nullified by saying too much.

Steve Case

So I think relatively early on I probably was on a path to be more of an entrepreneur, and I think everybody in my family kind of sensed that.

So if I die, somebody else from the corporation will take over the business.

Franklin Raines

We're just sort of like the Eveready bunny. And we just keep going and we expect that to continue because of the strength of that housing market.

James Sinegal

We always strive to be the best in the wage package.

James Sinegal

We want to turn our inventory faster than our people.

Jim Rogers

Throughout history the public has always piled into the latest bull market right at the top so few have caught on to the bull market in commodities.

J. Paul Getty

There are at least 50 cities in the world that would have liked to obtain the Getty Collection.

J. Paul Getty

My yachts were, I suppose, outstanding status symbols.

J. Paul Getty

My wealth is not a subject I relish discussing.

J. Paul Getty

My formula for success is rise early, work late, and strike oil.

John Wanamaker

It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbrokers do that, and then merely at dinner parties.

John Naisbitt

Lawyers are like beavers: They get in the mainstream and dam it up.

Bill Gates

Life is not fair; get used to it.

Bill Gates

Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself.

Jay Chiat

Right now most of the communication going on about technology seems unnecessarily obscure and overly technical. Apple still seems to do the best job.

John H. Johnson

Retirement is not in this company's vocabulary. If you are well and able to work, you can stay at the company and that's what I plan to do.