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Quotes by Businessman

"How long soever it hath continued, if it be against reason, it is of no force in law."

"The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves-and the better the teacher, the better the student body."

"Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty."

"This kind of prelude was succeeded by the concerto itself which he executed with a degree of spirit and firmness that no one has ever pretended to equal."

"The key is growth margins went in the right direction, unit volume increased quarter on quarter, and expenses came down. We threw off over $300 million in cash. All of those were in the right direction. So I think we're on our way."

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

"If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse."

"The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule."

"I think of art as the highest level of creativity. To me, it is one of the greatest sources of enjoyment."

"It is when life pushes you down that you learn to get up and go higher."

"This just makes me know and understand that there is no one reality that suits all, just one that suits each of us."

"Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive."

"The more informative your advertising, the more persuasive it will be."

"The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and we'll go out and spend more and then it will all trickle down to the rest of you. But that has not worked the last 10 years, and I hope the American public is catching on."


"The goal of winning is not losing two times in a row."

"Letting someone control your life for you and decide what you will be is a sure way of creating things to regret on the day of reckoning."

"Because we employ no professional preachers, it means that every sermon or lesson in church is given by a regular member - women and men, children and grandparents."

"As long as I own this football team and long after I'm gone, they will always be the Washington Redskins."

"You do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when I've had a bundle of ideas come along, and I've had long dry spells. If I get an idea next week, I'll do something. If not, I won't do a damn thing."

"We typically hear numbers that there are 34 million households that are in stocks in some form. Well, I say that what's occurred is if you have a job in this country, you're in stocks."

"Nobody is thinking they're going to come out here and put a team here and become a multimillionaire. I don't know anybody that comes into the NFL like that."

"We had every problems starting a big top could have. The tent fell down on the first day. We had problems getting people into the shows. It was only with the courage and arrogance of youth that we survived."

"When you want to do your homework, fill out your tax return, or see all the choices for a trip you want to take, you need a full-size screen."

"There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something."

"Non-technical questions sometimes don't have an answer at all."

"Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy."

"Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best."

"Any one who believes that any great enterprise of an industrial character can be started without labor must have little experience of life."

"Ford, as I understand it, had done away with the concept of regional management, and now they've re-introduced that in Europe, so it's kind of a two-way street."

"Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program."

"In the '20s they were telling us wed all have our own private plane and take vacations to the moon."
Moon,

"The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability."

"User-centered design means understanding what your users need, how they think, and how they behave - and incorporating that understanding into every aspect of your process."

"Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level."

"The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself."

"Perhaps they do not recognize themselves, for a rich man is even harder to define than a poor one."

"The overwhelming majority of my rated wealth consists of investments in companies that produce goods and services."

"A good father believes that he does wisely to encourage enterprise, productive skill, prudent self-denial, and judicious expenditure on the part of his son."

"Only a monopolist could study a business and ruin it by giving away products."

"But maybe because the dot-com world gives people positions at a younger age, and many women are prominent in this business, it will help change the view about who can run big companies."

"At first, we couldn't be establishment, because we didn't have any money. We were guerrilla marketers, and we still are, a little bit. But, as we became No. 1 in our industry, we've had to modify our culture and become a bit more planned."

"The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth."

"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."

"I have, in my partner George Roberts, a person who is the most wonderful man in the world to me. He's like a brother to me. Creating with him, being side by side with him, in whatever we try to do, is a real pleasure to me."
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