Business Quotes - Page 82

The customer is an object to be manipulated, not a concrete person whose aims the businessman is interested to satisfy.

A committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour.

An invention that is quickly accepted will turn out to be a rather trivial alteration of something that has already existed.

Sell to their needs-not from yours.

The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it's usually lousy.

No one is born a CEO, but no one tells you that. The magazine stories make it sound like Mark Zuckerberg woke up one day and wanted to redefine how the world communicates [by creating] a billion-dollar company. He didn't.

If you are a complete perfectionist, then the truth is that this ice skating business will drive you a little crazy!

Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals. Preferably big ones.

I'm so secretive that when someone asks me, Hey, can you keep a secret? I say That's none of your business.

If you ever have the good fortune to create a great advertising campaign, you will soon see another agency steal it. This is irritating, but don't let it worry you; nobody has ever built a brand by imitating somebody else's advertising.

Every advertisement should be thought of as a contribution to the complex symbol which is the brand image.

The emotional brain responds to an event more quickly than the thinking brain.

Dealing with people is probably the biggest problem you face, especially if you are in business. Yes, and that is also true if you are a housewife, architect or engineer.

Public opinion actually applauds the young woman venturing into the business world, but it still obstinately (and quite illogically) protects the young man in his sacred right to know nothing of housework.

Chart positions aren't the be all and end all.

I have some unfinished business to complete at the University of Oregon.

One does not jump, and spring, and shout hurrah! at hearing one has got a fortune, one begins to consider responsibilities, and to ponder business; on a base of steady satisfaction rise certain grave cares, and we contain ourselves, and brood over our bliss with a solemn brow.

Theories are private property, but truth is common stock.

An Irish man fights before he reasons, a Scotchman reasons before he fights, an Englishman is not particular as to the order of precedence, but will do either to accommodate his customers.

Americans have an abiding belief in their ability to control reality by purely material means... airline insurance replaces the fear of death with the comforting prospect of cash.

The true measure of the value of any business leader and manager is performance.

Until we can receive with an open heart, we are never really giving with an open heart.

I'm quite worried about the fiscal imbalances that we've got and what that might mean in terms of financial crisis ahead.

At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - I'm afraid that's not quite right.

I hope corporations will dedicate a percentage of their top innovators' time to issues that could help people left out of the global economy. This kind of contribution is even more powerful than giving cash or offering employees' time off to volunteer. It is a focused use of what your company does best. It is a great form of creative capitalism, because it takes the brainpower and makes life better for the richest, and dedicates some of it to improving the lives of everyone else.