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"That doesn't mean you have to have the lowest costs in the industry to succeed. But you need to make sure the activities and product attributes that increase your costs above the other guy bring in at least that much more in revenue, and hopefully more."

"That doesn't mean you have to have the lowest costs in the industry to succeed. But you need to make sure the activities and product attributes that increase your costs above the other guy bring in at least that much more in revenue, and hopefully more."

Gerard Arpey, American Businessman

Business, Succeed

13

"Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business."

"Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business."

Zig Ziglar, American Author

Business, Opportunity, Complaining, Customer

13

"The business is so upside down now. It's not just about the bling-bling."

"The business is so upside down now. It's not just about the bling-bling."

Tim Reid, American Actor

13

"I feel lazy when I'm not working. I learned all my business sense from my dad. He always believed in me, and I think the last thing he said to me before he passed away was, 'I know you're gonna be OK. I'm not worried about you'."

"I feel lazy when I'm not working. I learned all my business sense from my dad. He always believed in me, and I think the last thing he said to me before he passed away was, 'I know you're gonna be OK. I'm not worried about you'."

Kim Kardashian, American Celebrity

Business, Dad, Sense

13

"For too long, our country's version of an energy policy has consisted of Americans waking up every day and wondering how much it will cost to drive to work, how much it will cost to keep their business running, how much it will cost to heat or cool their homes."

"For too long, our country's version of an energy policy has consisted of Americans waking up every day and wondering how much it will cost to drive to work, how much it will cost to keep their business running, how much it will cost to heat or cool their homes."

Bob Beauprez, American Politician

Business, Work, Policy, Americans

13

"The thing that interests me least about the radio business is the radio business. But I've had to learn a little bit about it. It's not rocket science: You get ratings, that's good."

"The thing that interests me least about the radio business is the radio business. But I've had to learn a little bit about it. It's not rocket science: You get ratings, that's good."

Al Franken, American Comedian

13

"It's time for the IRA to go out of business."

"It's time for the IRA to go out of business."

Mitchell Reiss, American Diplomat

13

"In business, the competition will bite you if you keep running, if you stand still, they will swallow you."

"In business, the competition will bite you if you keep running, if you stand still, they will swallow you."

Victor Kiam, American Businessman

Business, Competition, Running, Will

13

"Regardless of how me or this man right here or anybody else in this business get, when we walk on an airplane in first-class looking like this, we're gonna get searched."

"Regardless of how me or this man right here or anybody else in this business get, when we walk on an airplane in first-class looking like this, we're gonna get searched."

Method Man, American Musician

Business, First, Man, Right

13

"Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts."

"Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts."

Margaret Sanger, American Activist

Business, Facts

13

"Starbucks represents something beyond a cup of coffee."

"Starbucks represents something beyond a cup of coffee."

Howard Schultz, American Businessman

Business, Coffee

13

"There's nobody in the business strong enough to scare me."

"There's nobody in the business strong enough to scare me."

Tupac Shakur, American Musician

13

"The most important lesson I've learned in this business is how to say no. I have said no to a lot of temptations, and I am glad I did."

"The most important lesson I've learned in this business is how to say no. I have said no to a lot of temptations, and I am glad I did."

Penelope Cruz, Spanish Actress

Business, Temptations

13

"If we're going to create the best business climate to create higher paying jobs and retain our young people, we're going to have to build a workforce prepared for the opportunities of the future."

"If we're going to create the best business climate to create higher paying jobs and retain our young people, we're going to have to build a workforce prepared for the opportunities of the future."

John Hoeven, American Politician

Business, People, Climate, Future

13

"When you are skinning your customers, you should leave some skin on to grow again so that you can skin them again."

"When you are skinning your customers, you should leave some skin on to grow again so that you can skin them again."

Nikki Giovanni, American Poet

13

"I learned to take the first job that you have in the business that you want to get into. It doesn't matter what that job is, you get your foot in the door."

"I learned to take the first job that you have in the business that you want to get into. It doesn't matter what that job is, you get your foot in the door."

Wes Craven, American Director

Business, First, Job, Want

13

"But certainly the laser proved to be what I realized it was going to be. At that moment in my life I was too ignorant in business law to be able to do it right, and if I did it over again probably the same damn thing would happen."

"But certainly the laser proved to be what I realized it was going to be. At that moment in my life I was too ignorant in business law to be able to do it right, and if I did it over again probably the same damn thing would happen."

Gordon Gould, American Physicist

Business, Life, Law, Right

13

"I would like to work with anyone in the business who wants to give respect back to the Jamaican vibe."

"I would like to work with anyone in the business who wants to give respect back to the Jamaican vibe."

Sean Paul, Jamaican Musician

Business, Work, Respect

13

"I've made 30 movies and for the most part my movies work. In a business where success is an exception and not the rule, I've mostly been successful."

"I've made 30 movies and for the most part my movies work. In a business where success is an exception and not the rule, I've mostly been successful."

Eddie Murphy, American Comedian

Business, Movies, Success, Work

13

"There are times in show business when you work so much you think you will pop your cork, and then suddenly you can't find any work."

"There are times in show business when you work so much you think you will pop your cork, and then suddenly you can't find any work."

Martha Reeves, American Musician

Business, Work, Will

13

"The stores and the things like that, the business side of things came out at the point when, I'd say probably in the early '70s, it looked like the year of the singer-songwriter was over, 'cause music changed in our time and the spotlight was out."

"The stores and the things like that, the business side of things came out at the point when, I'd say probably in the early '70s, it looked like the year of the singer-songwriter was over, 'cause music changed in our time and the spotlight was out."

Jimmy Buffett, American Musician

Business, Music, Time

13

"Most of the effort in the software business goes into the maintenance of code that already exists."

"Most of the effort in the software business goes into the maintenance of code that already exists."

Wietse Venema, Dutch Scientist

Business, Effort, Software

13

"You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new."

"You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new."

Steve Jobs, American Businessman

Business, Time, Want

13

"Success in show business depends on your ability to make and keep friends."

"Success in show business depends on your ability to make and keep friends."

Sophie Tucker, American Entertainer

Business, Success, Ability, Friends

13

"That's the ultimate gratification in any business situation - do customers buy the product? And do they use it and do they come back and buy more of it?"

"That's the ultimate gratification in any business situation - do customers buy the product? And do they use it and do they come back and buy more of it?"

Jim Barksdale, American Businessman

13

"As I've said, in 2007, we're free to go and we'll just have to do what's best for the business."

"As I've said, in 2007, we're free to go and we'll just have to do what's best for the business."

Mario Lemieux, Canadian Athlete

13

"I believe in the Wal-Mart school of business. The less people pay, the more they enjoy it."

"I believe in the Wal-Mart school of business. The less people pay, the more they enjoy it."

Garth Brooks, American Musician

Business, People, School

13

"There are several books that I have-the Physics of Star Trek, Star Trek and Business, there are manuals on command style and countless scholarly papers that have been written about the significance of Next Generation."

"There are several books that I have-the Physics of Star Trek, Star Trek and Business, there are manuals on command style and countless scholarly papers that have been written about the significance of Next Generation."

Patrick Stewart, English Actor

Business, Books, Physics, Style

13

"I've been doing TV for fourteen years, and I've always had a fascination with the political business side. It's ruled my life. Ratings or no ratings have decided where I live, who I work with, and how long I'll be doing that particular job."

"I've been doing TV for fourteen years, and I've always had a fascination with the political business side. It's ruled my life. Ratings or no ratings have decided where I live, who I work with, and how long I'll be doing that particular job."

Charlotte Ross, American Actress

Business, Work, Life, Job

13

"QuickBooks - the very fact that we could even dream to make something in the business arena, and that it would then succeed - was a total revolution to me."

"QuickBooks - the very fact that we could even dream to make something in the business arena, and that it would then succeed - was a total revolution to me."

Scott Cook, American Businessman

Business, Dream, Fact, Revolution

13

"What the customer demands is last year's model, cheaper. To find out what the customer needs you have to understand what the customer is doing as well as he understands it. Then you build what he needs and you educate him to the fact that he needs it."

"What the customer demands is last year's model, cheaper. To find out what the customer needs you have to understand what the customer is doing as well as he understands it. Then you build what he needs and you educate him to the fact that he needs it."

Edna St. Vincent Millay, American Author

Business, Customer, Fact, Needs

13

"It's show business. No show, no business."

"It's show business. No show, no business."

Dick Wolf, American Producer

13

"In this business, you're either Brad Pitt right away, or you're already going down the ladder."

"In this business, you're either Brad Pitt right away, or you're already going down the ladder."

Skeet Ulrich, American Actor

Business, Right

13

"There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from there."

"There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from there."

Colonel Sanders, American Celebrity

Business, Man, Reason

13

"You have got to have discipline and focus - on the customer and how you run the business."

"You have got to have discipline and focus - on the customer and how you run the business."

Jim Cantalupo, American Businessman

Business, Discipline, Customer, Focus

13

"Subsequent to the original Quicken, the whole idea that we, as a consumer products company, could actually make business products, that was a whole revolution in our thinking."

"Subsequent to the original Quicken, the whole idea that we, as a consumer products company, could actually make business products, that was a whole revolution in our thinking."

Scott Cook, American Businessman

Business, Idea, Company, Revolution

13

"I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create."

"I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create."

William Blake, English Poet

Business, Reason, Will

13

"When you feel like this isn't your business, get out of the business."

"When you feel like this isn't your business, get out of the business."

Andy Lau, Chinese Actor

13

"Research has been called good business, a necessity, a gamble, a game. It is none of these - it's a state of mind."

"Research has been called good business, a necessity, a gamble, a game. It is none of these - it's a state of mind."

Martin H. Fischer, American Physician

Business, Mind, Necessity, Research

13

"Decreased business base increases overhead. So does increased business base."

"Decreased business base increases overhead. So does increased business base."

Norman Ralph Augustine, American Author

13

"But the business side of it, as with most creative things, there is no room for business. It is about art. It's not about marketing."

"But the business side of it, as with most creative things, there is no room for business. It is about art. It's not about marketing."

Warren Cuccurullo, American Musician

Business, Art, Marketing

13

"There was never any danger of Business 2.0 ever going under."

"There was never any danger of Business 2.0 ever going under."

James Daly, American Actor

Business, Danger

13

"The manufacture of wax candles was another important branch of business in the nunnery."

"The manufacture of wax candles was another important branch of business in the nunnery."

Maria Monk, Canadian Celebrity

13

"And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business."

Pamela Anderson, American Actress

13

"I'm an introvert at heart... And show business - even though I've loved it so much - has always been hard for me."

"I'm an introvert at heart... And show business - even though I've loved it so much - has always been hard for me."

Roy Rogers, American Entertainer

Business, Heart

13

"I sold my most valuable possession, but I knew that because I worked at Hewlett Packard, I could buy the next model calculator the very next month for a lower price than I sold the older one for!"

"I sold my most valuable possession, but I knew that because I worked at Hewlett Packard, I could buy the next model calculator the very next month for a lower price than I sold the older one for!"

Steve Wozniak, American Businessman

Business, Possession

13

"Writers are in the entertainment business, and it gives me lots of pleasure to entertain my readers."

"Writers are in the entertainment business, and it gives me lots of pleasure to entertain my readers."

Brian Lumley, English Writer

Business, Entertainment, Pleasure, Writers

13

"I think we have to notice that the business processes we use right now for thinking and planning and budgeting and strategy are all delivered on very tight agendas."

"I think we have to notice that the business processes we use right now for thinking and planning and budgeting and strategy are all delivered on very tight agendas."

Margaret J. Wheatley, American Writer

Business, Strategy, Now, Planning

13

"The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark."

"The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark."

Jack Anderson, American Journalist

Business, Government

13

"The amateur porn business makes $11 billion a year. They don't get bad reviews."

"The amateur porn business makes $11 billion a year. They don't get bad reviews."

Joe Pantoliano, American Actor

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