962 private quotes tagged business

“The business of the advertiser is to see that we go about our business with some magic spell or tune or slogan throbbing quietly in the background of our minds.” — Marshall McLuhan

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“Billions are wasted on ineffective philanthropy. Philanthropy is decades behind business in applying rigorous thinking to the use of money.” — Michael Porter

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“Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops.” — Thomas J. Watson

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“In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits.” — Lee Iacocca

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“Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.” — Michel de Montaigne

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“If you have ideas, you have the main asset you need, and there isn't any limit to what you can do with your business and your life. Ideas are any man's greatest asset.” — Harvey S. Firestone

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“If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectable.” — Will Rogers

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“Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.” — Samuel Johnson

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“Every business and every product has risks. You can't get around it.” — Lee Iacocca

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“My dream of politics all my life has been that it is the common business, that it is something we owe to each other to understand and discuss with absolute frankness.” — Woodrow Wilson

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“Design must reflect the practical and aesthetic in business but above all... good design must primarily serve people.” — Thomas J. Watson

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“Well, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you're likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line.” — Richard Branson

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“'Tis the business of little minds to shrink but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.” — Thomas Paine

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“War is the business of barbarians.” — Napoleon Bonaparte

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“The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.” — Pablo Picasso

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“Christmas is over and Business is Business.” — Franklin P. Adams

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“Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.” — Ambrose Bierce

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“Not a tenth of us who are in business are doing as well as we could if we merely followed the principles that were known to our grandfathers.” — William Feather

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“There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.” — Lee Iacocca

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“The Internet is the Viagra of big business.” — Jack Welch

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“I believe fundamental honesty is the keystone of business.” — Harvey S. Firestone

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“My business is to prevent the future.” — Ray Bradbury

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“My success just evolved from working hard at the business at hand each day.” — Johnny Carson

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“A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it.” — William Feather

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“Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.” — Thomas Carlyle

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