- Creativity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Service Quotes
On service, duty, and the trust it depends on.
Some quotes here treat service as an academic or civic duty - sociology existing to protect individual freedom, classical language once required for public documents - while another simply credits good service for winning loyal customers. Education covers the more institutional side.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Profit is not the legitimate purpose of business. The legitimate purpose of business is to provide a product or service that people need and do it so well that it's profitable.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try to use whatever I know about photography to be of service to the people I'm photographing.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once it becomes impossible for members of Congress to make a career of legislative service, the temptation to bend a vote for whatever reason may yield to the better angels of their nature.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
When a company is charging money for a product - as Evernote does for all above its most basic service, and same for Dropbox and SugarSync - you understand its incentive for sticking with that product.
- Healers
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of the people in San Francisco think of themselves as healers - not just as people delivering this base service, but giving their clients spiritual help. It's almost like being an actor, playing a different part for each trick.
- Replace
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- Nov 07, 2020
I prefer to bring these to the service of story rather than to let them replace narrative.
- Chamber
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- Nov 07, 2020
My passion for service came from my parents, and my community involvement began at a very young age, when I volunteered with the local Chamber of Commerce in Lowell, MA to help revitalize our city.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
A store's best advertisement is the service its goods render, for upon such service rest the future, the good-will, of an organization.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated by law.
- Environmentalists
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think environmentalists do no service to their cause by taking fundamentalist stances. I am not defending corporate India's track record, but for many environmental problems, there are technological solutions.
- Medical
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- Nov 07, 2020
The worst job I ever had was when I had to try to sell a service for medical waste treatment.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in Turks & Caicos, a bug jumped out of my room service menu. That kind of freaked me out.
- Embarking
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- Nov 07, 2020
The experience in Iraq has taken away the essential trust which political leaders need before embarking on military action. It was meant to be about weapons of mass destruction rather than regime change. Unfortunately, the nation was misled, and secret service information was misused.
- Nov 07, 2020