Business Quotes - Page 4

• Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.

  Frank Zappa

  People, Political, Politics

  "W. C. Privy's Original Bathroom Companion". Book by Erin Barrett and Jack Mingo (p. 134), 2003.

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• Just because something is typed-whether it is typed on a business card or typed in a newspaper or book-this does not mean that it is true.

  Daniel Handler

  Truth, Book, Writing

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• An enterprise's most vital assets lie in its design and other creative capabilities.

  Lee Kun-hee

  Lying, Creativity, Design

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• After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, and so on - have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear - what remains? Nature remains.

  Walt Whitman

  Nature, Simplicity, Politics

  1876-77 Speciman Days, 'New Themes Entered Upon'.

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• Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.

  Nolan Bushnell

  Inspirational, Success, Taken

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• Even in the face of massive competition, don't think about the competition. Just think about the customer.

  Mike McCue

  Thinking, Competition, Faces

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• The single most important thing you can do in business is to be yourself.

  Sherry Lansing

  Being Yourself, Important, Shedding Light

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• My mentor said, 'Let's go do it', not 'You go do it'. How powerful when someone says, 'Let's!'

  Jim Rohn

  Motivational, Powerful, Humorous

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Mar 03, 2017

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• The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.

  Josh Billings

  Grease, Complaining, Wheels

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• Having the best product means nothing if the people won't buy it.

  Donald A. Norman

  Mean, People, Products

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• Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Life, Graduation

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• I think it's very important that whatever you're trying to make or sell or teach has to be basically good. A bad product and you know what? You won't be here in ten years.

  Martha Stewart

  Educational, Thinking, Years

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• The Internet will help achieve "friction free capitalism" by putting buyer and seller in direct contact and providing more information to both about each other.

  Bill Gates

  Inspiring, Success, Technology

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• If the other guy is getting better, then you'd better be getting better faster than the other guy is getting better... or you're getting worse.

  Tom Peters

  Guy, Get Better, Faster

  Tom Peters (2010). “The Circle of Innovation: You Can't Shrink Your Way to Greatness”, p.14, Vintage

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• People that pay for things never complain. It's the guy you give something to that you can't please.

  Will Rogers

  Teaching, People, Giving

  Will Rogers (1981). “Will Rogers' Weekly Articles: The Coolidge Years, 1925-1927”, Oklahoma State Univ Pr

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• I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user.

  Bill Gates

  Inspiring, Success, Communication

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• All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them.

  Walt Disney

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "How to Be Like Walt : Capturing the Magic Every Day of Your Life". Book by Pat Williams, 2004.

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• If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be 'meetings.'

  Dave Barry

  Life And Love, Humor, Funny Work

  Dave Barry (1999). “Dave Barry Turns 50”, Random House Digital, Inc.

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• There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it, and when he can.

  Mark Twain

  Life, Money, Carpe Diem

  Following the Equator ch. 56, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar" (1897)

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• You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspiring, Success, Jobs

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• Nobody who bought a drill actually wanted a drill. They wanted a hole. Therefore, if you want to sell drills, you should advertise information about making holes – NOT information about drills!

  Perry Marshall

  Entrepreneur, Want, Information

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• The chief business of the American people is business.

  Calvin Coolidge

  People, Chiefs, Prospering

  Address before the American Society of Newspaper Editors,Washington, D.C., 17 Jan. 1925.

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• The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks.

  Rupert Murdoch

  Guy, Bucks, Economy

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• To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business.

  J. Paul Getty

  Inspirational, Knowledge, Self Improvement

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• I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.

  Clint Eastwood

  Famous Inspirational, Rain, Believe

  "7 Habits Of Famous People Who Have No Intention Of Slowing Down" by Yagana Shah, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 25, 2016.

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