Customer Quotes · Page 174

Spend at least as much time researching a stock as you would choosing a refrigerator.

— Peter Lynch

To me, 'design thinking' is another way of saying empathize with the customer. It's consideration for the person you're designing for.

— Joe Gebbia

The thing most people don't pick up when they become an entrepreneur is that it never ends. It's 24/7.

— Robert Kiyosaki

I put heavy weight on certainty. It's not risky to buy securities at a fraction of what they're worth.

— Warren Buffett

The entrepreneurial instinct is in you. You can't learn it, you can't buy it, you can't put it in a bottle. It's…

— Alan Sugar

On Wall Street, fraudulent schemes tend to thrive during economic booms, and to blow up when times turn tough.

— James Surowiecki

The insane pursuit of the holy grail of a balanced budget in the end is going to drive the economy into a…

— William Vickrey

Pitching. You're pitching yourself constantly which is probably why there are so many plays about sales. I think also it's like life.

— Liev Schreiber

A stock is not just a ticker symbol or an electronic blip; it is an ownership interest in an actual business, with…

— Benjamin Graham

Absolutely pay off credit card debt. If you're not getting a match in your 401(k) and you've got credit card debt, you've…

— Suze Orman

My philosophy is that all stocks are bad. There are no good stocks unless they go up in price. If they go…

— William O'Neil

“War metaphors invade our everyday business language: we use headhunters to build up a sales force that will enable us to take…

— Peter Thiel

“Peter Drucker quotes a definition of an entrepreneur as someone who moves resources from areas of lower productivity and yield to areas…

— Andrew S. Grove

If you can follow only one bit of data, follow the earnings - assuming the company in question has earnings. I subscribe…

— Peter Lynch

Sector-specific price declines, uncomfortable as they may be for producers in that sector, are generally not a problem for the economy as…

— Ben Bernanke

Being an entrepreneur and starting new companies require a lot of sacrifice. Sacrifice that you have to make. Because in order to…

— Anousheh Ansari

“No brand is totally safe from private labels. Manufacturer brands can only survive by being unique, well branded and backed with real,…

— Greg Thain

Diversification is a surrogate - and a damn poor surrogate - for knowledge, elements of control, and priceconsciousness.

— Martin J. Whitman

The kind of investors we seek are long term because that's how we make our decisions.

— Tim Cook

Jim Cramer is a very smart man. I watch his show. I just do not follow his advice.

— Robert Kiyosaki

I think we're not going to preserve Fannie and Freddie in anything like their current form. We're going to have to bring…

— Timothy Geithner

“An entrepreneur is someone who is the king of his business one day and its slave the next.”

— Ajeet Sharma

Real entrepreneurs do what they say they're going to do, wannabes ask about it and have tons and tons of coffee meetings.

— Brian Wong

It is critical to bundle all future variable costs of supporting the customer in order to fairly estimate the future contribution.

— Bill Gurley

Regardless of what the future holds, intelligent investment in common stocks offer a solid route for a reasonable return on investment going…

— Michael Burry

We are long-term players in the industry. We're not just crazy and emotional. We try to be logical business managers.

— Frank Lorenzo

Marketing tells a story that spreads. Sales overcomes the natural resistance to say yes.

— Seth Godin

Banks need to think through their ethics very carefully, and many have done so. I dont know any bank that dismisses the…

— Justin Welby

When a stock is selling at a discount to liquidation value per share, a near rock-bottom appraisal, it is frequently an attractive…

— Seth Klarman

“Carve-out a niche, craft a personal pitch, push-out content and your brand is enriched.”

— Ryan Lilly

It is well worth remembering that the customer is the most important factor in any business. If you don't think so, try…

— Napoleon Hill

Financial "synergy" is a will-o'-the-wisp.It looks good on paper, but it fails to work out in practice.

— Peter Drucker

Volatility and length, that's the value on an option. 10 years on a startup stock, that's a big valuable thing.

— Ben Horowitz

Business cycles lengthened greatly during the 20th century, as central banks learned to manage national economies by raising and lowering interest rates.

— Alex Berenson

I think without a doubt, that what is called "financial genius" is merely a rising market.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

If you want to become a great marketer, the place to start is actually selling. one on one, face to face.

— Eben Pagan

Finding your entrepreneurial spirit and making it strong is more important than the idea or business you are developing.

— Robert Kiyosaki

Those carrying a credit card balance should scale back to making the minimum payment each month so they have more money to…

— Suze Orman

The biggest barrier to starting a company isn't ideas, funding or experience. It's excuses.

— Sarah Lacy

As long as you have more cash flowing in than flowing out, your investment is a good investment.

— Robert Kiyosaki