Economics Quotes - Page 33

• We have to change our culture so you can create wealth from making things and don't just try to make money out of money

  James Dyson

  Business, Trying, Culture

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• For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility.

  Richard Branson

  Business, Mean, Responsibility

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Never invest in a business you can't understand

  Warren Buffett

  Business, Investing, Buffets

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• Almost all systems of economic thought are premised on the idea of continued economic growth, which would be fine and dandy if we lived on an infinite planet, but there's this small, niggling, inconvenient fact that the planet is, in fact, finite, and that, unlike economic theory, it is governed by physical and biological reality

  George Monbiot

  Business, Reality, Ideas

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• Environmental policies are not just about good publicity; they are about responding to the moral imperative to address both climate change and resource depletion...A company culture that is based on measuring everything in purely financial terms will be crippled by a high turnover of staff, customers and suppliers

  Toby Robins

  Business, Environmental, Climate

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• The word 'professional' doesn't hold any magic or mystique. The people who really change the world are usually amateurs

  Dave Hampton

  Business, People, Magic

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• Commercial organisations that operate responsibly have benefitted by increased revenues of 682% compared to 166% for those that don't

  John P. Kotter

  Business, Management, Revenue

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• I never wanted to be a businessman, I just wanted to change the world

  Richard Branson

  Business, World, Management

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• Premium will increasingly be defined in terms of sustainability and environmental compatibility

  Norbert Reithofer

  Business, Environmental, Management

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• Business as usual is dead. Green growth is the answer to both our climate and economic problems

  Anders Fogh Rasmussen

  Business, Growth, Climate

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• The time you want the map... is before you enter the woods

  Brendon Burchard

  Business, Maps, Want

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• There is no business on a dead planet

  David R. Brower

  Business, Management, Planets

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• It's not enough simply to wear the badge of corporate responsibility. Business must accept that real change is the only response to climate change and other environmental crises

  Jonathon Porritt

  Business, Real, Responsibility

  "Sustainability is central to survival" by Jonathan Porritt, www.theguardian.com. November 5, 2006.

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• We believe responsible business can be profitable business

  Stuart Rose

  Business, Believe, Management

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• Hard work will always bring opportunities

  Karren Brady

  Business, Hard Work, Opportunity

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• The amount of time people waste dwelling on failures rather than putting that energy into another project, always amazes me

  Richard Branson

  Business, Dwelling, People

  Sir Richard Branson (2012). “Like A Virgin: Secrets They Won’t Teach You at Business School”, p.26, Random House

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• I have had fun running all of the Virgin businesses, so I never see a setback as a bad experience; it is just a learning curve.

  Richard Branson

  Running, Fun, Business

  "Richard Branson: Five Questions On Business Philosophy" by Richard Branson, www.nbcnews.com. October 23, 2010.

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• We do not believe that you can be 'half responsible' or pick and choose the convenient areas to be responsible in

  Arun Sarin

  Business, Believe, Half

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• Companies that understand their links with the communities they operate in, and their impact on the environment, are most likely to prosper in the long-term

  Digby Jones, Baron Jones of Birmingham

  Business, Impact, Long

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• I waited far too long, being optimistic rather than realistic. I also failed to do my homework

  Gordon Clark

  Business, Optimistic, Long

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• Conducting your business in a socially responsible way is good business. It means that you can attract better employees and that customers will know what you stand for and like you for it

  M. Anthony Burns

  Business, Mean, Way

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• The emphasis placed by more and more companies on corporate social responsibility, symbolises the recognition that prosperity is best achieved in an inclusive society.

  Tony Blair

  Business, Responsibility, Recognition

  "A cringing appeasement of the rich and the powerful" by Polly Toynbee, www.theguardian.com. March 24, 2004.

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• Fifteen years ago, if you said business will help save the environment people would have laughed at you. Today, I believe that is a serious proposition.

  Tony Blair

  Business, Believe, Years

  "Tony Blair: 'A new coalition for the environment'" by Tony Blair, www.theguardian.com. October 24, 2000.

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• Corporations are social institutions. If they don't serve society, they have no business existing

  Henry Mintzberg

  Business, Corporations, Management

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• Designers are inherently optimistic people who try to make the world a better place

  William McDonough

  Business, Optimistic, People

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