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" Call it the Tiger Mom effect: In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option. "

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" The institutions of college athletics exist primarily as unreality fueled by deceit. The unreality is that universities should be in the business of providing large spectacles of mass entertainment. The fundamental absurdity of that notion requires the promulgation of the various deceits necessary to carry it out. "

" To nurture the sort of relationships that will truly help propel you towards accomplishing great things, you need to forget transactional networking and focus on having in-depth conversations with fewer people about subjects you really care about. "

" I'm a big fan of small business ownership. I think it's the backbone of American innovation. But to be successful, you first have to have the courage to go for it. "

" If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable. "

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

" I firmly believe that success lies in the combination of both talent and business savvy, and that the magic comes through partnership between both. "

Delphine Arnault

" A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well. "

" Any time you make more than a couple of friends at an event, I think that you actually made no friends. "

" If you help a chicken out of an egg, most of the time that bird will die. If you help a moth out of a cocoon, it'll die because they don't go through that struggle and maturation. I can give you a fish for the day and you'll eat a day, but if I teach you to fish, you'll eat for a lifetime. Maybe even start a business. "

" This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going to change more in the next 10 years than it has in the last 50. "

" When you are very idealistic, but caught in a world which is all about business, it creates anguish. "

" I really love travelling to places where I get to learn something new about a new group of people or a new place. Learn some history, contemplate some business ideas, and sort of get off the beaten track a little bit. "

" Studying design has made me a much, much more astute observer of this aspect of business. And I'm working mightily to improve my empathic skills. I've dramatically improved my ability to read facial expressions - and I'm trying to be a better, more attentive listener. "

" Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny. "

" An organization, no matter how well designed, is only as good as the people who live and work in it. "

" An entrepreneur is not a person who starts a company, but he is the person who actually solves a problem. "

" No partnership between two independent companies, no matter how well run, can match the speed, effectiveness, responsiveness and efficiency of a solely owned company. "

Edward Whitacre, Jr.

" If you're doing business, not that simple to only buy. You have to create something. You have to create something that never exist for the future. "

" I believe fundamental honesty is the keystone of business. "

Harvey S. Firestone

" What's important now are the characteristics of the brain's right hemisphere: artistry, empathy, inventiveness, big-picture thinking. These skills have become first among equals in a whole range of business fields. "

" The common question that gets asked in business is, 'why?' That's a good question, but an equally valid question is, 'why not?' "

" My laptop helps me carry on my business functions and stay in touch with my executives when I'm abroad. "

" Prosperous farmers mean more employment, more prosperity for the workers and the business men of every industrial area in the whole country. "

Franklin D. Roosevelt

" We, as entrepreneurs, can be held responsible for our actions every single day, not every election cycle. "

" Oprah Winfrey is a big role model for me from a business capacity and a creative capacity. She is an incredible interviewer who cultivated a certain style by inserting her own personhood into a show on national television at a time when no one was talking about empowerment, spirituality, or our inner lives. "

" Being tall is an advantage, especially in business. People will always remember you. And if you're in a crowd, you'll always have some clean air to breathe. "

" Not for nothing is their motto TGIF - 'Thank God It's Friday.' They live for the weekends, when they can go do what they really want to do. "

Richard Nelson Bolles

" If you are passionate about entrepreneurship like I am, you too can instill this passion in your children. "

" If the head man in a company is not working 12 hours a day, doing things, taking risks, but also standing with his people in the trenches at the most difficult of times, then the company loses something. "

" Alignment of business strategy and risk appetite should minimize the firm's exposure to large and unexpected losses. In addition, the firm's risk management capabilities need to be commensurate with the risks it expects to take. "