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" I rate enthusiasm even above professional skill. "

Edward Appleton

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" A passionate belief in your business and personal objectives can make all the difference between success and failure. If you aren't proud of what you're doing, why should anybody else be? "

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" No man is a success in business unless he loves his work. "

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" Remind people that profit is the difference between revenue and expense. This makes you look smart. "

" Government should seek more strategic approaches to developing dynamic, resilient infrastructure. Business must be more creative in offering financing solutions as partners with government, and people must support sustainable innovation as a public policy priority. "

Frans van Houten

" I'm coming out with a wine... I'm actually a restaurateur. I have Famous Famiglia Pizzeria that has opened up in the Sacramento airport. I'm also working with my business partner on opening up the Linnethia Lounge. "

" My philosophy is it's none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier. "

Anthony Hopkins

" Microsoft has had two goals in the last 10 years. One was to copy the Mac, and the other was to copy Lotus' success in the spreadsheet - basically, the applications business. And over the course of the last 10 years, Microsoft accomplished both of those goals. And now they are completely lost. "

" Employers have recognized for some time that it's smart business to have a diverse workforce - one in which many views are represented and everyone's talents are valued. Well, disability is part of diversity. "

" For me, the winning strategy in any start-up business is, 'Think big but start small.' "

Carmen Busquets

" Throughout my years in business, I discovered something. I would always ask why you do things. The answers that I would invariably get are: 'Oh, that's just the way things are done around here.' Nobody knows why they do what they do. Nobody thinks very deeply about things in business. "

" Creating the right advisory board for your startup can be the single most important step you take in building a new business. "

" I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate. "

" Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time. "

Benjamin Franklin

" Now, when it's time to get down to business, I get down to business. "

Juan Pablo Montoya

" Rural technology is moving from kind of the back office to where everything, every company - sales, marketing, customer acquisition, new product development, media - all industries are becoming technology industries. And it's not information technology: it's business technology. "

" The CIA is made up of boys whose families sent them to Princeton but wouldn't let them into the family brokerage business. "

Lyndon B. Johnson

" I think there are a lot of technocrats in the business who would much rather work with just wheels and gears and machinery. Those things interest them more than humanity and I wish them the best of luck. "

" Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business. "

Winston Churchill

" Spend a lot of time talking to customers face to face. You'd be amazed how many companies don't listen to their customers. "

" I was a journeyman chef of middling abilities. Whatever authority I have as a commenter on this world comes from the sheer weight of 28 years in the business. I kicked around for 28 years and came out the other end alive and able to form a sentence. "

Anthony Bourdain

" Small business people are people with goals and values that can't be calculated on a profit and loss statement. "

" I think the path is different for everybody. Go after the doors that are open to you. That has always been my motto getting into the music business. Do the things that seem to be good opportunities and work hard at it. Try to make good decisions and be nice. Hopefully all of that will pay off at some point. "

Chris Stapleton

" More and more businesses are seeing the potential of a more sustainable business model, driven both by the firm belief that business can be a force for good and by the realization that the cost of inaction often exceeds the cost of action - notably when it comes to the growing threat of climate change and water scarcity. "

" We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects. "

Alexis de Tocqueville

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Kristen Stewart

" I like to play cards. I'm not very good, because I don't want to calculate, I just play by instinct. But I've learned a lot of business philosophy by playing poker. "