Famous quotes by Businessman

"In the United States three new methods of transportation made their appearance at almost the same time - the steamboat, the canal boat, and the rail car"

John Moody, Businessman

"The greatest power is often simple patience"

E. Joseph Cossman, Businessman

"Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves"

E. Joseph Cossman, Businessman

"When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts"

Larry Ellison, Businessman

"I am a passionate traveler, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal education"

David Rockefeller, Businessman

"In the decade before the Civil War, various north and south lines of railway were projected and some of these were assisted by grants of land from the Federal Government"

John Moody, Businessman

"A museum has to renew its collection to be alive, but that does not mean we give on important old works"

David Rockefeller, Businessman

"We believe that within five years, 96 percent of British consumers will have access to the Internet, whether it be through a personal computer, a set-top box or a mobile phone"

Richard Branson, Businessman

"Ridiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines won't make people enjoy life more, and it sends out terrible messages to the people who work for them. It would be so much better if that money was spent in Africa - and it's about getting a balance"

Richard Branson, Businessman

"Like getting into a bleeding competition with a blood bank"

Richard Branson, Businessman

"A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts"

Richard Branson, Businessman

"Movement isn't progress"

Thomas J. Leonard, Businessman

"Today, the US spends less on defense as a percentage of our economy than we did at any time since he Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. For the world's only superpower, that is an invitation to very serious trouble"

Steve Forbes, Businessman

"If you have more money than you need, you have to give it away. It's a duty. I get to choose whom to sponsor, and I like to give to the areas that I know something about"

Gordon Getty, Businessman

"Thought, not money, is the real business capital"

Harvey S. Firestone, Businessman

"The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people"

Harvey S. Firestone, Businessman

"To a child, often the box a toy came in is more appealing than the toy itself"

Allen Klein, Businessman

"No problem can be solved until it is reduced to some simple form. The changing of a vague difficulty into a specific, concrete form is a very essential element in thinking"

J. P. Morgan, Businessman

"Integrity reveals beauty"

Thomas J. Leonard, Businessman

"They can't do without electricity. They can do with less electricity"

Kenneth Lay, Businessman

"We must guard against the overreaching hand of big government trying to take away our freedom. And we must always protect the environment in a manner consistent with our values"

Steve Forbes, Businessman

"There's plenty of juice to keep this economy going"

Steve Forbes, Businessman

"Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see farther"

J. P. Morgan, Businessman

"The last thing I would have ever expected to happen to me in my life would be that, in fact, I would be accused of doing something wrong and maybe even something criminal"

Kenneth Lay, Businessman

"A lifestyle is what you pay for; a life is what pays you"

Thomas J. Leonard, Businessman

"If you hire only those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are. Always remember that you often find outstanding people among those you don't particularly like"

Soichiro Honda, Businessman

"A manager is not a person who can do the work better than his men; he is a person who can get his men to do the work better than he can"

Frederick W. Smith, Businessman

"And it would be fair. Everyone will pay the same tax and it will eliminate tax cheaters and corporate shenanigans"

Steve Forbes, Businessman

"A hatred of failure has always been part of my nature"

Paul Getty, Businessman

"My formula for success is rise early, work late, and strike oil"

Paul Getty, Businessman

Page 26 of 152

See the complete list of businessman people