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" Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either. "

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" One of the most important tasks as a leader in a startup is to pick the right metric to track. This is often referred to as the 'compass metric' because it will be your compass for growth. It's important to note that 'compass metrics' will likely change over the lifetime of a business. "

" I've got to keep breathing. It'll be my worst business mistake if I don't. "

" Movies like 'Chef' are not really box-office monsters in the summertime and don't really fit into Hollywood's business model any longer. Even if 'Chef' is successful, it will be successful in the context of what it is. There's a limited upside to a film that's so small, but there's also limited exposure for the people who backed me. "

" Investment banking is not a business; it is a personal service where bankers work hand in hand with their clients. And it is a service that must not simply be about making bigger and bigger deals that reap rewards for only a small group of executives. "

" Music is not a very stable business. It comes and it goes, and so does money, but your education stays with you for the rest of your life. When you have that education, and you have nothing to fall back on, you can get a get a job anywhere. "

" The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive taste for well-being which men acquire in times of equality. "

Alexis de Tocqueville

" We are not trying to prevent new clean energy businesses from succeeding. Any business that's economical, that can succeed in the marketplace, any form of energy, we're all for. As a matter of fact, we're investing in quite a number of them, ourselves - whether that's ethanol, renewable fuel oil. "

" I had tremendous success in show business - star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 'The Apprentice' was one of the most successful shows. "

" It took forever for me to get work because I was a political comic, and now it's become good business, and God knows how long that'll last. You have to do it night after night after night to kind of make it. I still find myself on 'Piers Morgan' or on some show and I think, 'I hope this is funny.' "

" Music is spiritual. The music business is not. "

Claudio Monteverdi

" I've always thought legal addictions are a great way to create a business. Starbucks is a wonderful example. "

" I notice that young men go to the universities in order to become doctors or philosophers or anything, so long as it is a title, and that many go in for those professions who are utterly unfit for them, while others who would be very competent are prevented by business or their daily cares, which keep them away from letters. "

Galileo Galilei

" I'm working at trying to be a Christian, and that's serious business. It's like trying to be a good Jew, a good Muslim, a good Buddhist, a good Shintoist, a good Zoroastrian, a good friend, a good lover, a good mother, a good buddy - it's serious business. "

" Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work. "

" What is clear is that business leaders must commit to champion change - to be transparent about their goals for change, to align their incentives systems to drive the change, and to make sure their work environments are flexible in a way that allows men and women who choose to work to be able to achieve all of their potential. "

" The one thing I have learned as a CEO is that leadership at various levels is vastly different. When I was leading a function or a business, there were certain demands and requirements to be a leader. As you move up the organization, the requirements for leading that organization don't grow vertically; they grow exponentially. "

" Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets. "

" All you have in business is your reputation - so it's very important that you keep your word. "

Richard Branson

" I believe a lot of players that start to think about money - 'Oh my goodness; I'm up for a new contract' - they don't have a great season because they're thinking about all these different things. Do your business on the field, and everything takes care of itself. "

LaDainian Tomlinson

" 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. "

" Great companies are built on great products. "

" We don't have a monopoly. We have market share. There's a difference. "

" In business, the idea of measuring what you are doing, picking the measurements that count like customer satisfaction and performance... you thrive on that. "

" The Postal Service's unmatched ability to reach every household and business in America six days a week is a vital part of the nation's infrastructure. "

" Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. "

" There are people with otherwise chaotic and disorganized lives, a certain type of person that's always found a home in the restaurant business in much the same way that a lot of people find a home in the military. "

Anthony Bourdain

" We have an unwavering commitment to our social responsibility program; it's good for business, and we know it's the right thing to do. "

Robert J. Fisher

" To be the best CEO you can be, you have to be passionate about the business you're running. And I have true passion for the financial markets and the financial industry. "

" We're in the business of selling pleasure. We don't sell handbags or haute couture. We sell dreams. "

Alain Wertheimer