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" There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you've been in the business. "

Oscar De La Hoya

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" The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows. "

Aristotle Onassis

" What's the subject of life - to get rich? All of those fellows out there getting rich could be dancing around the real subject of life. "

Paul A. Volcker

" I discovered a long time ago that if I focus on doing the right thing for the long term to improve the lives of consumers and customers all over the world, the business results will come. "

" I think everybody has their own way of looking at their lives as some kind of pilgrimage. Some people will see their role as a pilgrim in terms of setting up a fine family, or establishing a business inheritance. Everyone's got their own definition. Mine, I suppose, is to know myself. "

" 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

" You can't operate a company by fear, because the way to eliminate fear is to avoid criticism. And the way to avoid criticism is to do nothing. "

" Great Wass Island Preserve is a 1,579-acre Nature Conservancy jewel, a place of spectacular botanical interest, and Jonesport is situated on a postcard-pretty harbor. Tourism is not serious business in those parts - boat building and fishing are - and there are no signs telling how to get to Great Wass. But I know. "

" It's good to stand for something, to believe in something and base your business on values. "

Jerry Greenfield

" It's a really interesting and diverse business. You're a farmer first, then a winemaker, then you're onto marketing and distribution. So it's multi-faceted and really engaging. I've learned more in the last couple years than in the ten prior to that, so it's been pretty interesting. "

" We don't want to give a business that is not going to come through the troubled waters a loan that they can't pay back. "

" A bankruptcy judge can fix your balance sheet, but he cannot fix your company. "

" It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts. "

" When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything. "

Dwight D. Eisenhower

" Successful technologies often begin as hobbies. Jacques Cousteau invented scuba diving because he enjoyed exploring caves. The Wright brothers invented flying as a relief from the monotony of their normal business of selling and repairing bicycles. "

" The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell. "

" 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. "

" The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind ahead even more than teamwork. "

" It's a battle to be seen in the world of advertisers and in the world of business as a serious force. "

" Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything. "

W. Clement Stone

" 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. "

" The reason why it is so difficult for existing firms to capitalize on disruptive innovations is that their processes and their business model that make them good at the existing business actually make them bad at competing for the disruption. "

Clayton M. Christensen

" My show 'The Big House' was picked up; they flew me to New York. I'm about to step on stage to announce Kevin Hart's 'The Big House.' And a hand grabs my shoulder, 'Kevin no, they just decided to cancel it.' It's a serious smack-in-the-face business, and either you can take it, or you can't. "

" I'm in the retail business, not the circus business. "

" In every business, in every industry, management does matter. "

" The problem is that many times people suspend their common sense because they get drowned in business models and Harvard business school teachings. "

" A manager doesn't hear the cheers. "

" I was at this casino minding my own business, and this guy came up to me and said, 'You're gonna have to move, you're blocking a fire exit.' As though if there was a fire, I wasn't gonna run. If you're flammible and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit. "

" Our core values and business ethics will always be paramount in all that we do, and we are always looking to do the right thing and settle claims fairly and accurately. "

Tricia Griffith

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" The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.' "

Orison Swett Marden

" I would like to, in some capacity, observe how Tom Cruise goes about his business when it comes to making a movie and how he behaves on set and how he interacts with the crew because from everything that I've heard, it is the template for professionalism and just the way to conduct yourself as an actor. "

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