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Quotes by Businessman

"Technology is the fashion of the '90s. It affects everyone, and everyone is interested in it - either from fear of being left behind or because they have a real need to use technology."

"I don't think people buy technology products because of the personalities of the people behind them."


"The mechanical and social achievements of our day must not blind our eyes to the fact that, in all that relates to man, his nature and aspirations, we have added little or nothing to what has been so finely said by the great men of old."

"The notion of the world as a village is becoming a reality."

"The first essential in a boy's career is to find out what he's fitted for, what he's most capable of doing and doing with a relish."


"If you keep your eye on the profit, you're going to skimp on the product. But if you focus on making really great products, then the profits will follow."

"The greatest power is often simple patience."

"Whether you are sixteen or over sixty, remember, understatement is the rule of a fine makeup artist."

"All things being equal, people will do business with a friend; all things being unequal, people will still do business with a friend."

"Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions."

"It's better to get smart than to get mad. I try not to get so insulted that I will not take advantage of an opportunity to persuade people to change their minds."

"Because the truth is our wages are really competitive and they're good."


"CNN International, Al-Jazeera and BBC are the same in how they report mostly that America is wrong and bad."

"What we learned several years ago was that one of our weaknesses would be if we didn't develop enough people with the know-how to run our company, it would come to the point where we would just stop."

"I'm kind of like a samurai. They say if you want to be a samurai, you can't be afraid of dying, and as soon as you flinch, you get your head cut off. I'm not afraid of losing this business."

"All right, I will read what's in my pocket."

"Don't go away. I don't want to be alone. I can't stand being alone."

"Creativity varies inversely with the number of cooks involved in the broth."

"For every expert that says humans are the cause of "climate change" there are 10 more who say we aren't."

"A leader is a person you will follow to a place you wouldn't go by yourself."

"What is research but a blind date with knowledge?"

"Many of them are doing it because they are concerned about smart growth."

"My father was so much more than an accomplished businessman."

"Almost everyone will find something in our services worth paying for."

"I just want you to know you aren't going to church with a crook."

"All my life I knew that there was all the money you could want out there. All you have to do is go after it."


"I've been blessed to find people who are smarter than I am, and they help me to execute the vision I have."

"I take full responsibility for what happened at Enron. But saying that, I know in my mind that I did nothing criminal."


"The way companies hang on to their marketshare is by being scared."

"We measured our success not just by how much money we made, but by how much we contributed to the community. It was a two-part bottom line."


"I therefore set to work, and after two and a half years of not inconsiderable labour I now have the privilege and the satisfaction of accompanying the early volumes of the series with this preface."

"This is America's Team and we are confident this outstanding group of athletes will make our country proud."

"I want the BBC to be a mass market public service broadcaster still funded by the licence fee... and the licence fee is more durable than many people in the commercial sector believe."

"I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement."

"Through a blog, an ordinary citizen such as myself can use the Internet, this thing invented by Albert Gore, to talk from my house to the U.S. capital and to make use of my right to point out to government officials and to the media when they are wrong."

"Obviously the shift to gas and the need for large amounts of gas in the United States is going to be a major focus of attention on the part of producers."

"A lot of artists are much more concerned about how their work is used and how it's disseminated. That, to artists, is as important as the money, for some people."

"Basic philosophy, spirit and drive of an organization have far more to do with its relative achievements than do technological or economic resources, organizational structure, innovation and timing."

"The best museums and museum exhibits about science or technology give you the feeling that, hey, this is interesting, but maybe I could do something here, too."

"Without competition, the spectacular development of technology that we have seen in the last one hundred years in this country would not have happened."

"A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away."

"You say I started out with practically nothing, but that isn't correct. We all start with all there is, it's how we use it that makes things possible."

"And I believe in having an administration that has clearly defined goals, objectives and time lines such that it and its people can be held accountable."

"We are afraid to face the hard questions. We are willing to tackle drugs, crime, and public education only if it doesn't cost us any new taxes."

"If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today."
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