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Quotes by Businessman
"We have a maxim in the House of Commons, and written on the walls of our houses, that old ways are the safest and surest ways."
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"If you are not egotistical, you will welcome the opportunity to learn more."
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"Ambivalence about family responsibilities has a long history in the corporate world."
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"Basically, our goal is to organize the world's information and to make it universally accessible and useful."
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"We are shifting from a managerial society to an entrepreneurial society."
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"My philosophy all my life has been the pursuit of excellence."
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"You know the funny thing, I don't get along with rich people. I get along with the middle class and the poor people better than I get along with the rich people."
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"You learn in this business: It you want a friend, get a dog."
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"September 11 stands on its own as a terrible tragedy."
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"We were a fast-growing company, and I was a demanding boss."
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"Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success."
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"Design, in its broadest sense, is the enabler of the digital era - it's a process that creates order out of chaos, that renders technology usable to business. Design means being good, not just looking good."
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"He who sells what isn't his'n, Must buy it back or go to prison."
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"A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets."
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"The five separate fingers are five independent units. Close them and the fist multiplies strength. This is organization."
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"If you don't understand that you work for your mislabeled 'subordinates,' then you know nothing of leadership. You know only tyranny."
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"Unlike productions in the other arts, all television shows are born to destroy two other shows."
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"One of the men attached to the prison was the occasion of great amusement on the part of the prisoners, as well as the spectators, by taking a large lump of ice to show these strangers from the tropics."
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"In an information society, education is no mere amenity; it is the prime tool for growing people and profits."
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"Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing."
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"Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right."
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"Eagles don't flock, you have to find them one at a time."
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"Personality is to a man what perfume is to a flower."
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"I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user."
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"It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime."
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"When we can find some humor in our upsets, they no longer seem as large or as important as they once did."
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"The sun stands for energy and youth, which is what I thought the circus should be about."
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"There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it."
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"Take our own company as an example: We're living proof, we jump with our own parachutes."
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"The rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances."
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"The purpose of a business is to create a customer."
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"Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning."
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"If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito."
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"Well, I am a Republican, and I would run as a Republican. And I have a lot of confidence in the Republican Party. I don't have a lot of confidence in the president. I think what's happening to this country is unbelievably bad. We're no longer a respected country."
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"I'm of course disillusioned with what has happened to World cinema. Now cinemas in both Eastern and Western Europe are filled with the same blockbusters from Hollywood."
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"I believe it has been said that one copy of The Times contains more useful information than the whole of the historical works of Thucydides."
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"The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself."
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"One, we committed to put about 650 people in the field to focus totally on customer satisfaction."
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"I want to make wines that harmonize with food - wines that almost hug your tongue with gentleness."
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"The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people."
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"It's through curiosity and looking at opportunities in new ways that we've always mapped our path at Dell. There's always an opportunity to make a difference."
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"When it comes to social consequences, they've got all different people acting in different ways, very difficult to even have a proper criterion of success. So, it's a difficult task."
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"I believe our editorial decisions reflected our constant desire to make sure that we fully cover and analyze any issue and give our viewers all the information they need."
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"A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it is written on."
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"We were therefore obliged to unload our boats of their cargoes and pass them empty over the falls by means of long cords which we had provided for such purposes."
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"Work eight hours and sleep eight hours and make sure that they are not the same hours."
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"Well, the whole story is in the book, but the short answer is that I was the first information architect in an organization that was traditionally design-oriented, and I felt I needed a tool to help me gain the trust and support of my colleagues."
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