Big corporations Quote by William S. Knudsen

The big corporation is not in the least remarkable for efficiency; it is only too big to be blamed for its inefficiency.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

“When companies get big, they devote most of their care and feeding to the business that got them big. This is as it should…

— Eric Schmidt

Some companies simply aren't meant to be bigger than they are. They provide products and services that satisfy their customers in a way that…

— Patrick Lencioni

That said, there is a tendency to help the large industrial conglomerate more quickly than the small company you have never heard of. That…

— Lawrence Eagleburger

Most companies aim to get bigger. But beyond a certain point, bigness becomes synonymous with badness. Think of Big Pharma, Big Auto, Big Oil.…

— Andrew Hill

Big business depends entirely on the patronage of those who buy its products: the biggest enterprises loses its power and its influence when it…

— Ludwig von Mises

Large corporations, of course, are blinded by greed. The laws under which they operate require it - their shareholders would revolt at anything less.

— Aaron Swartz

Small companies tend to go out of business. Large ones don't.

— Aneel Bhusri

When business became big business - conglomerates employing hundreds and even thousands of people - companies divided themselves into still smaller units.

— Jill Lepore

As companies get bigger, they tend to slow down. It's a universal law.

— Dara Khosrowshahi

In the simplest terms, a fast-growing company can't keep growing at the same fast rate forever. It eventually has to slow down.

— Om Malik

The public may admire a corporation for its impressive size. Who in the United States doesn't? But when a business, however gigantic, gets smug…

— Raymond Loewy