Corporations Quotes - Page 21

• Right now, the technological world plus God or spirituality is evolving. I think America has become a little bit too corrupt, government's a little too corrupt, too greedy. Many corporations are too greedy. The labor unions are too greedy. That effects charities and religious organizations. I just think it's greed. That's why, in 1985, I had to figure out how to give before I received. The more I focus on giving, for less and less, the more and more I make.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Religious, Thinking, Government

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• The problem with addicted people, communities, corporations, or countries is that they tend to lie, cheat, or steal to get their 'fix.' Corporations are addicted to profit and governments to power.

  Helen Caldicott

  Country, Lying, Power

  Helen Caldicott (2009). “If You Love This Planet: A Plan to Save the Earth (Revised and updated)”, p.236, W. W. Norton & Company

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• The larger the corporation, the greater the risk that you are flying blind.

  Patrick Dixon

  Flying, Risk, Blind

  Patrick Dixon (2011). “Futurewise”, p.11, Profile Books

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• Institutional blindness is a major threat to the future of all corporations.

  Patrick Dixon

  Blindness, Threat, Majors

  "Futurewise". Book by David Perkins, 1998.

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• " many seemingly independent businessmen or craftsman are more or less well paid retainers of larger corporations, such as the cobbler, operating a United States shoe machine or an automobile dealer holding a license of the General Motors Corporation."

  Paul A. Baran

  Independent, Shoes, United States

  "The Political Economy Of Growth" by Paul A. Baran, Ch. 4, (p. 84), 1957.

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• The true friend of property, the true conservative, is he who insists that property shall be the servant and not the master of the commonwealth; who insists that the creature of man’s making shall be the servant and not the master of the man who made it. The citizens of the United States must effectively control the mighty commercial forces which they have called into being. There can be no effective control of corporations while their political activity remains. To put an end to it will be neither a short nor an easy task, but it can be done.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  True Friend, Men, Political

  Theodore Roosevelt (2004). “Letters and Speeches”

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• We are not hated because we practice democracy, value freedom, or uphold human rights. We are hated because our government denies these things to people in Third World countries whose resources are coveted by multinational corporations. That hatred we have sown has come back to haunt us in the form of terrorism....

  Howard Zinn

  Country, Rights, Government

  "A People's History of the United States". Book by Howard Zinn, www.huffingtonpost.com. 1980.

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• Let the wealthier countries and corporations of the world fund an Emergency Organization.

  Steven Van Zandt

  Country, Organization, World

  "We Need An Emergency Boss" by Steven Van Zandt, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 13, 2010.

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• The ideal body is everywhere you look, and we are made to feel like failures by advertisers and corporations who shame us into buying their products.

  Caitlin Stasey

  Buying, Looks, Body

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• Here was a corporation behaving like a monster though the individuals who owned its stock were human cultivated men. A corporation has no soul.

  Margaret Case Harriman

  Men, Soul, Monsters

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• Corporations never actually mention 'money'; that would be vulgar. They prefer such words as 'turnover,' 'profit,' 'salary,' 'revenue,' 'budget,' 'premium,' and 'savings,' all much more refined.

  Corinne Maier

  Business, Salary, Would Be

  Corinne Maier (2007). “Bonjour Laziness: Why Hard Work Doesn't Pay”, p.19, Vintage

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• The responsiveness of a firm to the consumer is directly proportionate to the distance on the organization chart from the consumer to the chairman of the board.

  Virginia Knauer

  Distance, Organization, Boards

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• What they are planning for us; sex, religion, money in the New World Order. Which is more corrupt? The liberal media or the multi-national corporations? Why truly big money wants your children to try drugs, even while they campaign to discourage these evils. How the brilliant scientists have come up with the proven methods to destroy your family. All you have to do is let your guard down.

  Hans von Seeckt

  Sex, Children, Media

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• In 1921, Harry Houdini started his own film company called - wait for it - the Houdini Picture Corporation.

  Kage Baker

  Waiting, Film, Houdini

  Kage Baker (2012). “Ancient Rockets: Treasures and Train Wrecks of the Silent Screen”, p.29, Tachyon Publications

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• I don't represent corporations. There's people that own corporations, but I represent the people of my district.

  Charlie Melancon

  "Situation Room" with Wolf Blitzer, transcripts.cnn.com. June 17, 2010.

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• The two party system just means that the corporations cut two checks instead of one.

  Barry Crimmins

  Party, Mean, Cutting

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• I don't represent large corporations and I don't want their money.

  Bernie Sanders

  Want

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• At best, most college presidents are running something that is somewhere between a faltering corporation and a hotel.

  Leon Botstein

  Education, Running, College

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• A talented executive would be somebody who knows how to surround themselves with a lot of people that will make him look good. You could say that about a politician or you could say that about a head of a major corporation or what have you. The people you surround yourself with it's very important.

  Clint Eastwood

  People, Important, Would Be

  "Clint Eastwood Describes His Near-Death Experience, Says 'American Sniper' Is Anti-War (Exclusive)". Interview with Stephen Galloway, www.hollywoodreporter.com. March 16, 2015.

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• Many self-employed people provide services that are nonessential. So whether you get your hair done less or your hair cut less, or your nails done less, as a writer and a speaker I was very clear that corporations weren't being as open and as generous and I wasn't getting the kind of work that I usually got.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Cutting, Hair, Self

  "After Suffering Loss, Iyanla Vanzant Starts Over". "Tell Me More" with Lynn Neary, www.npr.org. May 27, 2009.

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• Johnny Rotten isn't punk. Maybe that's punk to somebody, but these people are participating and challenging the corporations that are telling us what punk is and what good music is.

  Kathleen Hanna

  People, Challenges, Rotten

  Interview with Nina Corcoran, allstonpudding.com.

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• It's the idea that we as people can control our own destinies. The government and the corporations, more even than the government, can't dictate what artwork we're supposed to like or what comedy we're supposed to laugh at.

  Kathleen Hanna

  Destiny, Government, Ideas

  Interview with Nina Corcoran, allstonpudding.com.

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• Profit maximization is the murderous strategy of global corporation hierarchies

  Jean Ziegler

  Hierarchy, Strategy, Profit

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• The fortunes amassed through corporate organization are now so large, and vest such power in those that wield them, as to make it a matter of necessity to give to the sovereign - that is, to the Government, which represents the people as a whole - some effective power of supervision over their corporate use. In order to insure a healthy social and industrial life, every big corporation should be held responsible by, and be accountable to, some sovereign strong enough to control its conduct.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Strong, Government, Order

  Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge (2017). “THEODORE ROOSEVELT - Ultimate Collection: Memoirs, History Books, Biographies, Essays, Speeches &Executive Orders: America and the World War, The Ancient Irish Sagas, The Naval War of 1812, Hero Tales From American History, Winning of the West, Through the Brazilian Wilderness, History as Literature...”, p.3320, Madison & Adams Press

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• I hope always to be busy, even if only directing an orchestra in the pit. However, I should prefer to produce movies or be the directing head of a radio corporation.

  Rudy Vallee

  Pits, Orchestra, Radio

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