Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carly Fiorina

Many people see technology as the problem behind the so-called digital divide. Others see it as the solution. Technology is neither. It must operate in conjunction with business, economic, political and social system.

Karl Marx

A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings out that it is a very strange thing, abounding in metaphysical subtleties and theological niceties.

Karl Marx

Catch a man a fish, and you can sell it to him. Teach a man to fish, and you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.

Joseph Joubert

We live in an age in which superfluous ideas abound and essential ideas are lacking.

Milton Friedman

The great virtue of free enterprise is that it forces existing businesses to meet the test of the market continuously, to produce products that meet consumer demands at lowest cost, or else be driven from the market. It is a profit-and-loss system. Naturally, existing businesses generally prefer to keep out competitors in other ways. That is why the business community, despite its rhetoric, has so often been a major enemy of truly free enterprise.

Milton Friedman

There is one and only one responsibility of business: to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game.

Milton Friedman

Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation.

H. L. Mencken

There is always an easy solution to every problem - neat, plausible, and wrong.

Grace Hopper

If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It is much easier to apologise than it is to get permission.

Grace Hopper

It's always easier to apologize for something you've already done than to get approval for it in advance.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Don't do business with anyone who has a history of suing people.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

If you need to bring in a business partner, make sure your partner brings along some money.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

In business or in life, don't follow the wagon tracks too closely.

Grandma Moses

I don't advise any one to take it [painting] up as a business proposition, unless they really have talent... But I will say that I have did remarkable for one of my years, and experience.

Gene Mauch

You can't lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself.

Gary Hirshberg

Quality, quality, quality: never waver from it, even when you don't see how you can afford to keep it up. When you compromise, you become a commodity and then you die

Gary Hamel

Companies do not do new things because they understand it but because they feel it.

Gary Hamel

Ideas that transform industries almost never come from inside those industries.

Jean Monnet

Everyone is ambition. The question is whether he is ambitious to be or to do.

Jim Craig

...how engaged are your employees right now? You may consider such a question impossible to answer, but the truth is, you need to know this if you want a more profitable, ethical organization, as everyone must share the same values to make the changes genuine

Jessamyn West

If you train people properly, they won't be able to tell a drill from the real thing. If anything, the real thing will be easier.

I chose my house because I could walk to all of the businesses downtown. But that doesn't mean I want to be able to wave to the pharmacist from my kitchen window.

Amy Grant

I choose to live in Nashville because my whole family is there. I couldn't re-engage with the ever-changing face of the company, so I'm not begrudging any of that. As the music business continues to change, I don't know if it would ever make sense to sign with two majors. Record companies just have to reinvent the wheel as they go.

I can confirm that officials from the Korean (Fair Trade Commission) paid an unscheduled visit to our offices in Seoul ... during normal business hours.

Jorge Gonzalez

I came this morning to open the restaurant. I have a business to take care of. And none of my employees were there. I had to close the restaurant.

I don't look at it as a huge milestone. To me it just means you've been in the business for a long time. Also, it's not about me, it's about all those players that have gotten the wins. I just stand on the sidelines.

Anita Pallenberg

I don't like the fashion world. It's too nasty, too rip-off, too hard. And now it's all Gucci and Prada; it's very difficult to make your own business.

Terry Wogan

I don't like seeing myself on screen. Whenever I see or hear myself, I think, 'What is that eejet doing now?' I'm in the wrong business. I don't like the limelight.

Jeffrey R. Immelt

I do business in 170 countries; none of them is perfect. There is not even one country that I think of, and I am like, 'God, that did everything that I wanted it to do.'

I do know we carry with us a high level of credibility in elections when people are making determinations about where candidates stand on business issues.

Amy Bloom

I do my business in the morning, and then at 2 P.M., I write fiction for the rest of the day. I like my husband, so I don't work at weekends.

Santonio Holmes

(College football) is way more exciting than the NFL. It's more of a business when you get to the NFL. Now, it's more like having fun.

B. F. Skinner

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