To communicate is our chief business; society and friendship our chief delights; and reading, not to acquire knowledge, not to earn a… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
I've had a lot of friends in the business that got out earlier than normal. They tell me they got out too… — LaVell Edwards Copy Share Image
Our established businesses of hydrocarbons, energy, and petrochemicals pretty much run on their own, with their own proven leaders. This has helped… — Mukesh Ambani Copy Share Image
“Isn't it remarkable what God can do without our help? Sometimes we think, My company needs me. My church needs me. My… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
Show me the business man or institution not guided by sentiment and service; by the idea that he profits most who serves… — Charles H Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Businesses will have to lead the charge - demanding uniform, national, predictable rules to govern this transition, so that there is a… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
What prudent merchant will hazard his fortunes in any new branch of commerce when he knows not that his plans may be… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Let the progress of the meal be slow, for dinner is the last business of the day; and let the guests conduct… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Copy Share Image
As I get older, everything feels like it's fundamentally connected, and once you've accepted the idea that business is right, and the… — Herbert Copy Share Image
“He didn't give a shit what Sin did, who she "mated" with, or what she did with her assassin business. But this… — Larissa Ione Copy Share Image
Companies that understand the purpose and philosophy behind the 'why' are usually astute, high-performing organizations that tap directly into the pulse of… — Don Yaeger Copy Share Image
The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I was supposed to do a film with Bill Shatner called 'Free Enterprise 2.' They were calling me into wardrobe, and they… — David Hedison Copy Share Image
I had learned many years ago in private business never to take responsibility without adequate authority; and the new Secretary of Defense,… — Stuart Symington Copy Share Image
Rejection is a big part of show business. It can be tough on anyone who doesn't have fairly good self-esteem. Especially kids,… — Angela Cartwright Copy Share Image
When we call a capitalist society a consumers democracy we mean that the power to dispose of the means of production, which… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
If a city has a 30% Negro population, then it is logical to assume that Negroes should have at least 30% of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I think people are quite refreshed with politicians who aren't concerned with what Arctic Monkeys track they like, but with the day-to-day,… — Bill Bailey Copy Share Image
To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Our attitude has always been that if you hire good people and provide good wages and good jobs and more than that… — James Sinegal Copy Share Image
Through their own actions, customers can hold companies responsible to higher standards of social responsibility. Through collective action, they can leverage their… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
Obviously I've got a great team of people within the company. You can't operate all by yourself. We have a good board… — Roger Penske Copy Share Image
Evie: "Can we not talk?" Jack: "But you're such a charming conversationalist. Still, if you'd prefer to simply bask in the glory… — Kiersten White Copy Share Image
I don't know what the average income of Muslim-Americans is, but Muslim-American immigrants of recent vintage, I bet they have a very… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
“. . . there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
If I have my way, I'm going to dissolve the Forest Service. They're in the business of harvesting trees and they're not… — Don Young Copy Share Image
With clearly defined roles and a focus on communication, it's much easier to make your company come across as well-organized and on… — Kathryn Minshew Copy Share Image
Intuition, if you are fashion designer is really the key to everything. I just really have a feeling it's the right moment… — Monita Rajpal Copy Share Image
When a company creates a product that directly or indirectly adversely impacts the health of people, that product must be regulated. The… — Kenneth C. Griffin Copy Share Image
By definition, startups are not constrained by the limits of established company culture. And so they push boundaries and develop new technologies… — J. B. Pritzker Copy Share Image
Stock prices have been quoted in fractions for two centuries, based on a system descended from Spanish pieces of eight. Each dollar… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Being an entrepreneur, everyone needs to hear a personal anecdote from you once in a while or see you go out of… — Martin Zwilling Copy Share Image
I love producing my kids and my wife's TV show. I love doing that. I think that's my most natural space in… — Willi Smith Copy Share Image
“One of the sad little secrets of the writing life is that it’s become like the movie business, where a movie has… — Brian Morton Copy Share Image
“the brothers’ total expenses for everything from 1900 to 1903, including materials and travel to and from Kitty Hawk, came to a… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
If a student takes a Stanford computer class and a Princeton business class, it shows they are motivated and have skills. We… — Daphne Koller Copy Share Image
He who before was the money owner, now strides in front as capitalist; the possessor of labor-power follows as his laborer. The… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
There is an increasing gap between academic research and business application. Sometimes the incentives for success in the academic world are not… — Dave Ulrich Copy Share Image
“Going in the company of negative people is just like having thick muddy soil underfoot... They will only draw you back if… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
But Apple really beats to a different drummer. I used to say that Apple should be the Sony of this business, but… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
