Famous quotes by Businessman

"If you look to lead, invest at least 40% of your time managing yourself - your ethics, character, principles, purpose, motivation, and conduct. Invest at least 30% managing those with authority over you, and 15% managing your peers"

Dee Hock, Businessman

"An illustration I use to get people to understand it is this: I'll ask major corporate audiences: Why don't you just take all your traditional beliefs about organizations and apply them to the neurons in your brain?"

Dee Hock, Businessman

"We're building a great company, and we're very excited about the future of the company"

Jim Barksdale, Businessman

"There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability"

Robert Half, Businessman

"Inertia is a powerful force in human and political affairs"

Maurice Strong, Businessman

"Every mind is a room packed with archaic furniture"

Dee Hock, Businessman

"An organization, no matter how well designed, is only as good as the people who live and work in it"

Dee Hock, Businessman

"The first step in exceeding your customer's expectations is to know those expectations"

Roy H. Williams, Businessman

"Proposition 19 already is a winner no matter what happens on election day. The mere fact of its being on the ballot has elevated and legitimized public discourse about marijuana and marijuana policy in ways I could not have imagined a year ago"

George Soros, Businessman

"The criminalization of marijuana did not prevent marijuana from becoming the most widely used illegal substance in the United States and many other countries. But it did result in extensive costs and negative consequences"

George Soros, Businessman

"It is not someone's fault if they succeeded, it is someone's fault if they failed"

Herman Cain, Businessman

"Don't blame Wall Street, don't blame the big banks. If you don't have a job and you are not rich, blame yourself!"

Herman Cain, Businessman

"Uncertainty is killing this economy"

Herman Cain, Businessman

"Success is not just about making money or achieving your goals. It's about having a positive impact on the world and making a difference in people's lives"

George Gillett, Businessman

"I believe in hard work, in being honest and fair, and treating people the way I want to be treated"

George Gillett, Businessman

"Google's not a real company. It's a house of cards"

Steve Ballmer, Businessman

"You cannot work with men who won't work with you"

John Harvey Kellogg, Businessman

"When a thing is not worth overdoing, leave it alone!"

Henry S. Haskins, Businessman

"Is God a man with two arms and legs like me? Does He have eyes, a head? Does He have bowels? Well, I do, and that makes me more wonderful than He is!"

John Harvey Kellogg, Businessman

"A car for every purse and purpose"

Alfred P. Sloan, Businessman

"You don't have a very motivated working class, it starts to affect the dynamics of the economy. If workers are disenchanted and disenfranchised, productivity losses will go along with that"

James Sinegal, Businessman

"I believe the Sabbath; I keep the Sabbath"

John Harvey Kellogg, Businessman

"It doesn't do Costco any good if nobody can afford to buy anything"

James Sinegal, Businessman

"Dream small dreams. If you make them too big, you get overwhelmed and you don't do anything. If you make small goals and accomplish them, it gives you the confidence to go on to higher goals"

John H. Johnson, Businessman

"It's better to get smart than to get mad. I try not to get so insulted that I will not take advantage of an opportunity to persuade people to change their minds"

John H. Johnson, Businessman

"Some people are like wheelbarrows, useful only when pushed, and very easily upset. The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing"

Henry S. Haskins, Businessman

"Great companies have high cultures of accountability, it comes with this culture of criticism I was talking about before, and I think our culture is strong on that"

Steve Ballmer, Businessman

"Do you know, that is the root of the whole trouble - has been one of the roots at any rate - is people hearing things and then imagining some more and magnifying it and multiplying it"

John Harvey Kellogg, Businessman

"Better biofuels are a really big deal. That means we can precisely engineer the molecules in the fuel chain and optimize them along the way. So, if all goes well, they're going to have designer bugs in warm vats that are eating and digesting sugars to excrete better biofuels. I guess that's better living through bugs"

John Doerr, Businessman

"Education levels the playing field, allowing everyone to compete"

Joyce A. Myers, Businessman

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