962 private quotes tagged business

“If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.”— George Bernard Shaw

“Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.”— Dale Carnegie

“Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves.”— Herbert Hoover

“Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.”— Thomas A. Edison

“We make silk purses out of silk.”— Warren Buffett

Source:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I7utGAEhDI&t=1m51s

“In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.”— Warren Buffett

“Bring a timer.”— Steve Jobs

Context:To an outsider pushing for just "5 minutes of his time"

“Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.”— Walt Disney

“Many iOS developers model App Store pricing after mass-market superhits. Would you enter the restaurant business by mimicking McDonalds?”— Daniel Jalkut

Source:https://twitter.com/danielpunkass/status/427105052852244480

“Mimicking the herd invites regression to the mean.”— Charlie Munger

“There's no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting.”— David Letterman

“Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.”— Abraham Lincoln

“My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.”— Elon Musk

Source:Elon Musk Biography. p 73.

“Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.”— Thomas A. Edison

“A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.”— Henry Ford

“The purpose of a business is to create a customer.”— Peter Drucker

“The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.”— Bill Gates

“You shouldn't be in the music business if you're posing.”— Rod Stewart

“I am a child but I have to think and act like a woman, this business forces you to.”— Rihanna

“What other people think of me is none of my business.”— Gary Oldman

“This is why I’m taking extra time to really try to get it right. I’ll have plenty of time to refine the style, but I want the basics solid.”— Marco Arment

Context:On building his next project, a podcast client called Overcast.

Source:https://twitter.com/marcoarment/status/427300033697165312

“People really don’t like to hear success explained away as luck — especially successful people.”— Michael Lewis

“If you don't understand the details of your business you are going to fail.”— Jeff Bezos

“I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out.”— Jeff Bezos

“If the service is free, the product being sold is you.”