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Company Quotes - Page 17

I always found myself in the company of Australians, who were like a reminder that I'd touched bottom.

Paul Theroux (2006). “The Great Railway Bazaar”, p.64, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Speak the language of the company you are in; speak it purely, and unlarded with any other.

Lord Chesterfield, David Roberts (2008). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.67, Oxford University Press

Usually speaking, the worst-bred person in company is a young traveller just returned from abroad.

Jonathan Swift, Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols (1801). “The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin”, p.221

Nothing keeps a company honest and efficient like the threat of other companies coming along and taking its business away.

"Market Magic: Competition Polices Companies, and It Sure Beats Regulation and Lawyers". www.abcnews.go.com. April 16, 2008.

The companies that are lasting are those that are authentic.

Howard Schultz, Dori Jones Yang (1997). “Pour your heart into it: how Starbucks built a company one cup at a time”

Original visions are often wrong. Companies have to morph as they learn what customers don't want.

"Interview with Guy Kawasaki | Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist, Author (Enchantment)". Interview with Sameer Kamat, www.mbacrystalball.com. June 26, 2011.