--- title: "21 Fortune 500 Quotes by 20 authors" description: "Browse 21 Fortune 500 quotes by 20 authors. Discover the best Fortune 500 sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b19/mikko-hypponen-16915_fortune_how-many-of-the-fortune-500-are-hacked-5_1157439.png" --- > [How many of the 'Fortune' 500 are hacked? 500.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikko-hypponen/how-many-of-the-fortune-500-are-hacked-500/) [Mikko Hypponen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikko-hypponen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b19/mikko-hypponen-16915_fortune_how-many-of-the-fortune-500-are-hacked-5_1157439.png) > [The fact is, there are Fortune 500 companies that have been founded during recessions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/the-fact-is-there-are-fortune-500-companies-that-have-been-founded/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/715/marianne-williamson-90_business_the-fact-is-there-are-fortune-500-compan_497628.png) > [If I wasn't an actress I would run a fortune 500 company.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sela-ward/if-i-wasn-t-an-actress-i-would-run-a-fortune-500-company/) [Sela Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sela-ward/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f30/sela-ward-20638_actresses_if-i-wasn-t-an-actress-i-would-run-a-for_1528802.jpg) > [It's a very valuable skill to succeed in life whether you work for a startup or a Fortune 500 company.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-kawasaki/it-s-a-very-valuable-skill-to-succeed-in-life-whether-you-work-for-a/) [Guy Kawasaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-kawasaki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/433/guy-kawasaki-1292_business_it-s-a-very-valuable-skill-to-succeed-in_2352971.png) > [Disruption is about risk-taking. But then you become a Fortune 500 company, which is about risk mitigation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-case/disruption-is-about-risk-taking-but-then-you-become-a-fortune-500/) [Steve Case](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-case/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a81/steve-case-8001_business_disruption-is-about-risk-taking-but-then_2699867.png) > [Mom-and-pop businesses have the same issues as the Fortune 500. The difference is that big companies spend millions on consultants to fix them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-myers/mom-and-pop-businesses-have-the-same-issues-as-the-fortune-500-the/) [Christopher Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-myers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06e/christopher-myers-49713_big-companies_mom-and-pop-businesses-have-the-same-iss_1170353.png) > [“just seventy-one companies from the original Fortune 500 compiled in 1955 remain on the list today.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernadette-jiwa/just-seventy-one-companies-from-the-original-fortune-500-compiled-in/) [Bernadette Jiwa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernadette-jiwa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3e/bernadette-jiwa-29564_fortune-500_just-seventy-one-companies-from-the-orig_2266449.jpg) > [I'm fundamentally not interested in the Fortune 500 companies - in US, Mexico, anywhere. The real backbones of economic growth are small…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/i-m-fundamentally-not-interested-in-the-fortune-500-companies-in-us/) [Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d7/tom-peters-967_backbone_i-m-fundamentally-not-interested-in-the_1756777.png) > [“It’s easy to like the idea of being the CEO of a Fortune 500 company. It’s harder to like the hours, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-kaufman/it-s-easy-to-like-the-idea-of-being-the-ceo-of-a-fortune-500-company/) [Josh Kaufman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-kaufman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42b/josh-kaufman-18426_business_it-s-easy-to-like-the-idea-of-being-the_27961.png) > [My friends and family are amazed I've done so well. I was not a model student. No one expected that I'd build…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-thompson/my-friends-and-family-are-amazed-i-ve-done-so-well-i-was-not-a-model/) [John W. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-w-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8d/john-w-thompson-23369_amazed_my-friends-and-family-are-amazed-i-ve-do_3034499.jpg) > [I was a VP of marketing, I was regional sales manager in fashion, and marketing director in communications and product development. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-stanger/i-was-a-vp-of-marketing-i-was-regional-sales-manager-in-fashion-and/) [Patti Stanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-stanger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcf/patti-stanger-9742_communication_i-was-a-vp-of-marketing-i-was-regional-s_1484721.jpg) > [Since I became CEO, 87 percent of the companies in the Fortune 500 are off the list. What that says is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-t-chambers/since-i-became-ceo-87-percent-of-the-companies-in-the-fortune-500-are/) [John T. Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-t-chambers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e9/john-t-chambers-7002_fortune_since-i-became-ceo-87-percent-of-the-com_1028725.jpg) > [The NBAs a Fortune 500 company. Thats how you look at it. And all the other Fortune 500 companies out there in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmelo-anthony/the-nbas-a-fortune-500-company-thats-how-you-look-at-it-and-all-the/) [Carmelo Anthony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmelo-anthony/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d22/carmelo-anthony-5382_approach_the-nbas-a-fortune-500-company-thats-how_516261.jpg) > [If you thought the advent of the Internet, the spread of cheap and efficient information technology, and the growing fragmentation of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-surowiecki/if-you-thought-the-advent-of-the-internet-the-spread-of-cheap-and/) [James Surowiecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-surowiecki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa9/james-surowiecki-2196_advent_if-you-thought-the-advent-of-the-interne_126030.png) > [I doubt very much that the chief executives of any of the Fortune 500 corporations can name five edible plants, five native…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/i-doubt-very-much-that-the-chief-executives-of-any-of-the-fortune-500/) [Paul Hawken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hawken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60c/paul-hawken-3831_any_i-doubt-very-much-that-the-chief-executi_1388558.png) > [Most managers are just trying to survive. That's why a lot of smarter guys have been let go from Fortune 500 companies:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-o-brien/most-managers-are-just-trying-to-survive-that-s-why-a-lot-of-smarter/) [Walter O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-o-brien/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fce/walter-o-brien-15403_fortune_most-managers-are-just-trying-to-survive_3088430.jpg) > [Most Fortune 500 companies began as small start-ups whose entrepreneurial founders slowly developed the infrastructure, hired the staff, sourced manufacturers or built…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-resnick/most-fortune-500-companies-began-as-small-start-ups-whose/) [Lynda Resnick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-resnick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/547/lynda-resnick-16697_built_most-fortune-500-companies-began-as-smal_2196058.jpg) > [The NBA's a Fortune 500 company. That's how you look at it. And all the other Fortune 500 companies out there in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmelo-anthony/the-nba-s-a-fortune-500-company-that-s-how-you-look-at-it-and-all-the/) [Carmelo Anthony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmelo-anthony/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/243/carmelo-anthony-5382_approach_the-nba-s-a-fortune-500-company-that-s-h_751654.jpg) > [“It doesn’t matter if you work at a fast food joint or if you are the CEO of a Fortune 500 company.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-angel-affect/it-doesn-t-matter-if-you-work-at-a-fast-food-joint-or-if-you-are-the/) [The Angel Affect](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-angel-affect/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/the-angel-affect-23464_angels_it-doesn-t-matter-if-you-work-at-a-fast_445903.jpg) > [Small and mid-sized companies in this country historically have been responsible for creating the overwhelming majority of new jobs in the private…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-milken/small-and-mid-sized-companies-in-this-country-historically-have-been/) [Michael Milken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-milken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/056/michael-milken-31197_business_small-and-mid-sized-companies-in-this-co_254676.jpg) > [“Women start companies at twice the rate of men and employ more people than the Fortune 500 combined.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-conrad-levinson/women-start-companies-at-twice-the-rate-of-men-and-employ-more-people/) [Jay Conrad Levinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-conrad-levinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d0/jay-conrad-levinson-17254_feminism_women-start-companies-at-twice-the-rate_1201823.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fortune-500/#itemlist", "name": "Fortune 500 Quotes", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "How many of the 'Fortune' 500 are hacked? 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