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Quotes by Businessman

"No plan can prevent a stupid person from doing the wrong thing in the wrong place at the wrong time - but a good plan should keep a concentration from forming."

"Every minute you spend in your life is either spent bringing you closer to your goals or moving you away from your goals."


"Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve."

"For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth."

"Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket."

"Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done."

"Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim."


"The utility model of computing - computing resources delivered over the network in much the same way that electricity or telephone service reaches our homes and offices today - makes more sense than ever."

"If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around."

"No, I never thought about my father's money as my money."

"Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned."


"The most compelling reason for most people to buy a computer for the home will be to link it to a nationwide communications network. We're just in the beginning stages of what will be a truly remarkable breakthrough for most people - as remarkable as the telephone."


"Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice."

"Enthusiasm glows, radiates, permeates and immediately captures everyone's interest."


"That is - the reason for that is that home prices are only going to go up. Now, they've never gone down nationwide in our - since we've been keeping track of this."

"We expect all our businesses to have a positive impact on our top and bottom lines. Profitability is very important to us or we wouldn't be in this business."


"It's hard to tell with these Internet startups if they're really interested in building companies or if they're just interested in the money. I can tell you, though: If they don't really want to build a company, they won't luck into it. That's because it's so hard that if you don't have a passion, you'll give up."

"The most beautiful thing in the world is a ballpark filled with people."

"I have healed the sick by the power of the God. I have spoken with the gift of tongues."

"As the inventor of the Immortality Device, I basically just tell people what I honestly think."

"Children remind us to treasure the smallest of gifts, even in the most difficult of times."

"It's not people who resent successful people; it's resentful people who resent successful people."

"Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past."

"The movement for the environment really only started in the mid 1970's."

"I am alwaysstalking you, my dear. with my thoughtsmy words.my breath."

"We feel good about our running backs as we have them right now, and we will continue to see how they progress."

"As children we recognized that we belonged to an unusual, even exceptional, family, but the effect was different on each of us."

"Just to cover the increase in fuel costs over the past two years, American would have had to raise fares nearly $75 per round-trip ticket. During this time period, our average fare increased by only $15."

"I can't think of a time that the U.S. government asked us or instructed us not to report or air something."

"The question is not is there a God, but is there anything else except God? God is everyone and each of us is a little bit."

"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."

"Once, power was considered a masculine attribute. In fact, power has no sex."

"To make mistakes is to live, because no one is born knowing everything."

"I was with Ted Turner when he came to see Kofi Annan - the Secretary-General of the UN - to announce his decision to put $1 billion to the service of UN projects and programs."

"I contend that not only can you laugh at adversity, but it is essential to do so if you are to deal with setbacks without defeat."

"Europe has always represented a major strategic opportunity to achieve our goal of creating and building an enduring global brand."


"Power is the ability to get things done."

"When you read a book and its words agree with what you think, your view of the world or your feelings at the time, you discover that there are people out there that think like you. That takes away a feeling of loneliness."


"Tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it."

"Mobile entertainment is a huge opportunity. We are committed to mobile just as much as we are to PCs."

"So I picked a field where I had a little exposure. Where I thought I could have an enormous challenge, and have a chance to really do some good, to be a pioneer in an area, and not just be like everyone else."

"There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all."


"Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity."

"Using rhetorical questions in speeches is a great way to keep the audience involved. Don't you think those kinds of questions would keep your attention?"
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