Talk of nothing but business, and dispatch that business quickly.
Aldus Manutius (1449 - 1515), Placard on the door of the Aldine Press
The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the
business known as gambling.
Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
Drive thy business or it will drive thee.
Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
The chief business of the American people is business.
Calvin Coolidge (1872 - 1933), Speech in Washington, Jan. 17, 1925
There's no business like show business, but there are several
businesses like accounting.
David Letterman (1947 - )
In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative
original thinker unless you can also sell what you create. Management
cannot be expected to recognize a good idea unless it is presented to
them by a good salesman.
David M. Ogilvy
Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work.
But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just
as great today as they ever were.
David Rockefeller (1915 - )
Here’s my theory about meetings and life; the three things you can’t
fake are erections, competence and creativity. That’s why meetings
become toxic they put uncreative people in a situation in which they
have to be something they can never be. And the more effort they put
into concealing their inabilities, the more toxic the meeting becomes.
One of the most common creativity-faking tactics is when someone puts
their hands in prayer position and conceals their mouth while they nod
at you and say, 'Mmmmmm. Interesting.' If pressed, they’ll add, 'I’ll
have to get back to you on that.' Then they don’t say anything else.
Douglas Coupland
'Whom are you?' he asked, for he had attended business college.
George Ade (1866 - 1944), "The Steel Box", 1898
Good design can't fix broken business models.
Jeffrey Veen, Designing the Friendly Skies, 06-21-06
I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather
cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.
John Cleese (1939 - )
You never really hear the truth from your subordinates until after 10
in the evening.
Jurgen Schrempp, Former CEO of DaimlerChrysler
A dinner lubricates business.
Lord William Stowell
To succeed as a team is to hold all of the members accountable for
their expertise.
Mitchell Caplan, CEO, E*Trade Group Inc.
My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892
Letting your customers set your standards is a dangerous game,
because the race to the bottom is pretty easy to win. Setting your own
standards--and living up to them--is a better way to profit. Not to
mention a better way to make your day worth all the effort you put into
it.
Seth Godin, Seth Godin's Blog, 07-28-06
I ran the wrong kind of business, but I did it with integrity.
Sydney Biddle Barrows, in Marian Christy, ''Mayflower Madam' Tells All,'
Boston Globe, 1986
Designing your product for monetization first, and people second will
probably leave you with neither.
Tara Hunt, HorsePigCow, 07-12-06
No one travelling on a business trip would be missed if he failed to
arrive.
Thorstein Veblen (1857 - 1929)
In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the
windshield.
Warren Buffett (1930 - ) |