Company Quotes · Page 121

I wouldn't mind being taller, because when I'm in the company of people who are absurdly tall, there's something about them that…

— Steve Albini

I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when nobody calls.

— Henry David Thoreau

Yes, I have a lot of business interests. But I don't work for just anyone, and I choose the companies very carefully.

— Pele

I'm just focusing on 'Let's Stay Together' and slowly building my production company. I'm trying to get into writing as well.

— Kyla Pratt

Leading a big company means never allowing a company to take itself too seriously.

— Jack Welch

If you don't go to every level of your company, you distance yourself from the marketplace and from your people.

— Aaron Levie

I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes, but I laugh, and eat well,…

— Langston Hughes

The intentions of record companies are not good, from the musician's perspective.

— Melissa Auf der Maur

I recognize that virtually every company that comes in here has a perspective. It's often not difficult to understand why they have…

— Charles James

I wanted to have a global company, so I chose a global name. Alibaba is easy to spell, and people everywhere associate…

— Jack Ma

Blip.tv is growing its audience by forming partnerships with traditional TV manufacturers and a new breed of company in the set-top box…

— Adam Ostrow

Doing theater anywhere, especially in L.A., is a constant uphill battle, and there's also the unsexy parts of the business that you're…

— Finn Wittrock

We invest in undervalued companies that exhibit strong fundamentals, above-market dividend yields and historic earnings growth, which our analysis indicates will persist.…

— David Dreman

Effort and pain may not be avoided. Physical and psychological breakdowns occur. The support of a like-minded group, dedicated to The Art…

— Mark Twight

Most of the female-directed films, if they got distribution, would have fewer dollars to support the film and play in fewer theaters…

— Catherine Hardwicke

In determing "the right people," the good-to-great companies placed greater weight on character attributes than on specific educational background, practical skills, specialized…

— James C. Collins

To the best of my recollection, I became a philosopher because my parents wanted me to become a lawyer. It seems to…

— Jerry Fodor

If you look at the economics of Nokia, roughly half of the company, half of the business, half of how we think…

— Stephen Elop

As far as Paris goes, we don't know for sure yet how these guys communicate among themselves and how they communicated back…

— Michael Morell

This is the free enterprise system. The only place in the world that I can recall where companies never failed was the…

— John McCain

(1) Be convinced that exactness in rising is one of the most important practices in the Company and that as the day…

— Vincent de Paul

Some of the power has shifted from companies to people. Using social media tools (blogs, wikis, tagging, etc.) more individuals are creating…

— Charlene Li

The thief who is in prison is not necessarily more dishonest than his fellows at large, but mostly one who, through ignorance…

— George Bernard Shaw

Companies watch what consumers are doing like a hawk. Just as one letter to a politician can signal an insipient problem, for…

— John Elkington

If you'd asked me a few years ago about debt settlement companies, I probably would have told you to avoid them.

— Jean Chatzky

There was no model how to make a documentary production company work. I figured it out as I went along.

— Morgan Neville

People intuitively realize that there is strength in numbers and take comfort in the company of others, especially in times of anxiety…

— Leonard Mlodinow

Fred Astaire was retired when he worked in 'The Pleasure of His Company.' They were lucky to get him to play the…

— Debbie Reynolds

The world is moving, and a company that contents itself with present accomplishments soon falls behind.

— George Eastman

Power stems from 'rainmaking,' as law firms put it: the ability to bring resources into the company.

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

It turns out that doing the right thing, treating people right, is also the right thing for the company.

— James Goodnight

Your first company is like your first baby.You have this unconditional, irrational love.

— Julia Hartz

I left Iran back in 1985. I lived in Turkey for a while, then I went to Germany. I joined a theater…

— Navid Negahban

A great company in the media business needs visionary leaders, not a conglomerate structure headquartered in Columbus Circle that second guesses.

— Carl Icahn

I get offers to do huge-budget music videos with big production companies all the time, but I have no interest.

— Grimes

The ability to sign a cheque is the least reliable guide to a company's fitness.

— David Plowright

The first thing you do is don't let the jobs leave. The companies are leaving.

— Donald Trump

I have been in the business long enough to know what an intense amount of work it takes to operate a theater…

— Demian Bichir

Pushing a company agenda on social media is like throwing water balloons at a porcupine.

— Erik Qualman

Companies that get confused, that think their goal is revenue or stock price or something. You have to focus on the things…

— Tim Cook