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" Civilizations are not remembered by their business people, their bankers or lawyers. They're remembered by the arts. "

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" I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night. "

" To rule a country of a thousand chariots, there must be reverent attention to business, and sincerity; economy in expenditure, and love for men; and the employment of the people at the proper seasons. "

" With success comes responsibility of playing your part, to do what you can to help not only those that helped you get to where you're at, but the future of who's going to be playing a part of your business and everything you do in your entire career. "

" A stock certificate is not a tool, like a shovel, or a commodity, like a pound of cheese. What we sell a customer is not a share in a business, but a view of the Elysian Fields. A financier is a creative artist. Our function is to stimulate the imagination. We are poets! "

" Punctuality is the soul of business. "

Thomas Chandler Haliburton

" The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green. "

" Managers are responsible for setting workplace policies under which teachers can succeed. Managers are responsible for negotiating contracts that create the conditions under which teachers can succeed. "

" Unfortunately, the boards of art institutions tend to be populated with well-meaning supporters of the arts who often lack any business background or appetite for imposing appropriate discipline. "

" I don't care what straight people do, I don't care what gay people do. I don't care what nobody do. That's they business. I just care about what I do. You know what I'm saying? "

" Judges should be in the business of declaring what the law is using the traditional tools of interpretation, rather than pronouncing the law as they might wish it to be in light of their own political views. "

" Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything. "

John Kenneth Galbraith

" The opportunity is often lost by deliberating. "

Publilius Syrus

" The fast-food industry is in very good company with the lead industry and the tobacco industry in how it tries to mislead the public, and how aggressively it goes after anybody who criticizes its business practices. "

" A well-maintained physique is a great business card. Ideas and intelligence are what matters, but if you have a well-maintained physique, it's better. "

" Customer discovery is the process of translating a founder's vision for the company into hypotheses about each component of the business model and creating a set of experiments to test each hypothesis. "

" No one on his deathbed ever said, I wish I had spent more time on my business. "

" Time is the most valuable thing you have - and I'm not just talking about the minutes for which you're paid. "

" Within that dream of working with your partner, you want to be able to separate and have a home life. You have to be able to be husband and wife at the same time as business partners. "

" When sustainability is viewed as being a matter of survival for your business, I believe you can create massive change. "

Cameron Sinclair

" I believe that I have been basically anarchistic, anti-religion and anti-industry and business. In other words, anti-bureaucracy. I would like to see people behave well without having to have priests stand by, politicians stand by, or people collecting bills. "

" The first article carrying Vonnegut's byline, 'This Business of Whistle Purchasing,' a lighthearted criticism of a school fund-raiser, was submitted at the urging of his sophomore English teacher. "

Charles J. Shields

" My passion for innovation and my interest in the 'business of science' has seen Biocon commercialize many innovative platforms and products. "

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

" I don't create companies for the sake of creating companies, but to get things done. "

" Every life a legacy, every small business a school. "

Michael E. Gerber

" Being a Midwesterner, I know that many of the middle-class manufacturing jobs that had been at the heart of our economy are either gone or going, and they're not coming back. "

" Networking has been cited as the number one unwritten rule of success in business. Who you know really impacts what you know. "

Sallie Krawcheck

" 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. "

" Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment. "

Grenville Kleiser

" I don't think it ever does any harm in any business to feel that there is someone there who cares about it. If you look at any business, fashion being the most obvious, the aura, or the reality of the designer, is part of what creates it. It's true in luxury goods stores and in good food stores. It leaves a palpable sense that someone cares. "

" The phrase 'change the world' is tossed around Silicon Valley conversations and business plans as freely as talk of 'early-stage investing' and 'beta tests.' "

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