Acquisition Quotes

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Don't you know what marriage means in this world? They are mergers and acquisitions disguised as marriages. In other words, the takeover syndromes. — Seo Do-young
And to do that not only for the war fighter, but also to help prepare the people in the acquisition, personnel and policy worlds who… — Stephen Cambone
Relationships, not achievements or the acquisition of things, are what matters most in life. — Rick Warren
So far as business and money are concerned, a country gains nothing by a successful war, even though that war involves the acquisition of immense… — Havelock Ellis
The rules are changed now, there's not any way to build a team today. It's just how much money you want to spend. You could… — Whitey Herzog
Even as the unborn babe is in the womb of his mother, these five are fixed as his life destiny: his life span, his activities,… — Chanakya
It is an art of no little importance to administer medicines properly: but, it is an art of much greater and more difficult acquisition to… — Philippe Pinel
If you are working or you are running a business you have to set aside time and money to invest in your continued formal education… — Strive Masiyiwa
It is not the desire of new acquisitions, but the glory of conquests, that fires the soldier's breast; as indeed the town is seldom worth… — Samuel Johnson
Legionary life is beautiful, not because of riches, partying or the acquisition of luxury, but because of the noble comradeship which binds all Legionaries in… — Corneliu Zelea Codreanu
All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births in… — Milarepa
Happiness is an endowment and not an acquisition. It depends more upon temperament and disposition than environment. — John James Ingalls
Accounting consequences do not influence our operating or capital-allocation decisions. When acquisition costs are similar, we much prefer to purchase $2 of earnings that is… — Warren Buffett
Education, in its highest sense, is conscious training of mind or body to act unconsciously. It is conscious formation of mental habits, not mere acquisition… — William George Jordan
Acquisition of skills requires a regular environment, an adequate opportunity to practice, and rapid and unequivocal feedback about the correctness of thoughts and actions. — Daniel Kahneman
The artist appeals to that part of our being which is not dependent on wisdom; to that in us which is a gift and not… — Joseph Conrad
The artist appeals to that part of our being...which is a gift and not an acquisition - and, therefore, more permanently enduring. — Joseph Conrad
Asset-heavy businesses generally earn low rates of return - rates that often barely provide enough capital to fund the inflationary needs of the existing business,… — Warren Buffett
It's such a nice change to get to play a wretched, shallow, mergers-and-acquisitions woman. My true colors come out. — Sigourney Weaver
There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control… — Abraham Joshua Heschel

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