Business Quotes
Quote : War is the business of barbarians.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Quote : Experiment is necessary in establishing an academy, but certain principles must apply to this business of art as to any other business which affects the artistic tic sense of the community. Great art speaks a language which every intelligent person can understand. The people who call themselves modernists today speak a different language.
Robert Menzies
Quote : ...to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.
Theodore Roosevelt
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Quote : The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
Thomas Paine
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Quote : I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.
Thomas Watson Chairman of IBM
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Quote : Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.
Tom Robbins
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Quote : Writing ought either to be the manufacture of stories for which there is a market demand -- a business as safe and commendable as making soap or breakfast foods -- or it should be an art, which is always a search for something for which there is no market demand, something new and untried, where the values are intrinsic and have nothing to do with standardized values.
Willa Cather
Quote : The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a C the idea must be feasible.
Yale University management professor
, response to Fred Smith's paper proposing a reliable overnight delivery service.
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