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- Nov 07, 2020
Business Quotes
On risk, reinvention and the realities of business.
These quotes cover business from a few honest angles: the risk small operations take on hiring, breaking into an industry you weren't trained for, and how far an entire business can shift over the years. For more, see our Businessman quotes.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not a long-term business model to take advantage of your consumers in ways that are not sustainable.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
In consumer protection, you can say it hurts business; that is, it makes them comply with the law, which is actually what we want them to do, but it helps consumers.
- Hot
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are taking a business-as-usual position at my agency, though business before 9/11 wasn't that hot either!
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
As business moves forward, you realize that God has his hand on the whole business and that he brought people to you who are like-minded. It starts with faith.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Handsome' means many things to many people. If people consider me handsome, I feel flattered - and have my parents to thank for it. Realistically, it doesn't hurt to be good-looking, especially in this business.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be publishing Stephen King, to be a friend to Stephen, when he is absolutely what got me into this business, is a really neat thing and something I don't take for granted.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I value my education, but I cannot put a value on it. I know it has been worth some money to me - I don't think 'The Post' would have hired me if I had lacked a degree - but I probably could have earned about the same if I had stayed in the insurance business, where I worked while going to college at night.
- Exercise
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- Nov 07, 2020
A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never get the accountants in before I start up a business. It's done on gut feeling, especially if I can see that they are taking the mickey out of the consumer.
- Failure
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you're likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you want to be more productive, then start at the start: get there on time. Whether it is a meeting, a flight, an appointment or a date, it's important to ensure you are there when you say you will be there. This may feel like an old-fashioned tip to give, but it has served me well for five decades in business.
- Nov 07, 2020