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"It seemed pathetic and terrible to me and it still does, that men and women work eight hours a day at jobs that bring them no joy, no reward save a few dollars."

"It seemed pathetic and terrible to me and it still does, that men and women work eight hours a day at jobs that bring them no joy, no reward save a few dollars."

Hortense Odlum, American Executive

Men, Women, Work, Day

42

"What you want, when you want it. As opposed to everything you could ever want, even when you don't."

"What you want, when you want it. As opposed to everything you could ever want, even when you don't."

Marissa Mayer, American Executive

39

"Taxes should be lower, flatter, and simpler, in that order."

"Taxes should be lower, flatter, and simpler, in that order."

David Boaz, American Executive

38

"We are not concerned about innovation shifting from the U.S. I still believe that the U.S. still has capabilities for innovation."

"We are not concerned about innovation shifting from the U.S. I still believe that the U.S. still has capabilities for innovation."

Craig Mundie, American Executive

37

"We don't take a macro view... We'd look at every company to figure out if trade sanctions are helpful or hurtful."

"We don't take a macro view... We'd look at every company to figure out if trade sanctions are helpful or hurtful."

Robert Pozen, American Executive

37

"The utmost thing is the user experience, to have the most useful experience."

"The utmost thing is the user experience, to have the most useful experience."

Marissa Mayer, American Executive

37

"No where to go, and all day to get there."

"No where to go, and all day to get there."

John A. Simone, Sr., American Executive

Day, John A. Simone, Sr.

36

"How many wives have been forced by the death of well-intentioned but too protective husbands to face reality late in life, bewildered and frightened because they were strangers to it!"

"How many wives have been forced by the death of well-intentioned but too protective husbands to face reality late in life, bewildered and frightened because they were strangers to it!"

Hortense Odlum, American Executive

Death, Life, Husbands, Reality

35

"Today is either the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning. Today we are making history."

"Today is either the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning. Today we are making history."

Eckhard Pfeiffer, German Executive

History, Beginning, End, Today

34

"Our theory is, if you need the user to tell you what you're selling, then you don't know what you're selling, and it's probably not going to be a good experience."

"Our theory is, if you need the user to tell you what you're selling, then you don't know what you're selling, and it's probably not going to be a good experience."

Marissa Mayer, American Executive

Experience, Selling, Theory

33

"Imminent GM bankruptcy was always fiction, created by Wall Street and the media."

"Imminent GM bankruptcy was always fiction, created by Wall Street and the media."

Robert Lutz, American Executive

33

"People who think it doesn't matter who owns our auto industry are flat wrong."

"People who think it doesn't matter who owns our auto industry are flat wrong."

Robert Lutz, American Executive

28

"God's creatures, great and small... eat them one, eat them all."

"God's creatures, great and small... eat them one, eat them all."

John A. Simone, Sr., American Executive

God, John A. Simone, Sr.

28

"The key to wisdom is knowing all the right questions."

"The key to wisdom is knowing all the right questions."

John A. Simone, Sr., American Executive

Wisdom, Key, Questions, Right

27

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