Fear would have told the Wright brothers not to fly. Fear would have told Rosa Parks to change seats. Fear would have told Steve Jobs that people hate touchscreens.

It’s really troubling from a public policy standpoint to have business conducted this way. It gives government and government officials a black eye.

The more details, depth and thought you put into your ideas the more valuable they become.

Sir Gerald Moore: I was at dinner last evening, and halfway through the pudding, this four-year-old child came alone, dragging a little toy cart. And on the cart was a fresh turd. Her own, I...

There is power born of humility . . . Humility, in business and in life, is a powerful asset and does not denote lowliness, unimportance, or self-deprecation.

That’s astounding. If you’re in business, like we all are, you know that for a direct mailing, you’re lucky to get a half-percent return. They are getting a 5 percent return.

Entrepreneurs see the “no diving” sign and back-up to get a running start.

Our transition to Intel processors is going very well, and our music business just experienced another quarter of outstanding growth.

He rules, he’s real tough when it comes to business. I’m like a sponge right now. I know I can pick up things from him.

We will be looking to sell the business and are confident this will be achieved, as the Hunter brand is held in such high esteem worldwide.

If you do not take opportunity to advance and reward the deserving, your subordinates will not carry out your commands, and disaster will ensue.

Conceal your dispositions, and your condition will remain secret, which leads to victory; show your dispositions, and your condition will become patent, which leads to defeat.

We see tremendous business opportunities from the new law.

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

Most of the masses still believe in magic, you know. Spells. Potions. It’s a big business, I am told.

It didn’t bother our business.

The hard disk drive business has stunted our growth.

Creativity is a renewable resource. Challenge yourself every day. Be as creative as you like, as often as you want, because you can never run out. Experience and curiosity drive us to make unexpected, offbeat...

Alaska has the third best tax system for business in the nation for the second year in a row.

The richest people in the world build networks and invest in people; everyone else looks for work and invests in survival.

Obviously the schedule charter business has not been successful for them.

You have to combine instinct with a good business acumen. You just can’t be creative, and you just can’t be analytical.

Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.

He knows the media side of the business and is a technology visionary. And at a time when after hearing about convergence of technology and the media for so long, the two are completely and...

You should welcome pain; it is the greatest motivator in life.

Small business owners know that their most critical asset is their information, yet it is stored on computers that can crash and are susceptible to viruses, power outages and theft. Backup systems won’t protect data...

Real estate is the best investment on earth, however, when the music stops playing, which happens occasionally, don’t be the one left without a chair.

Improvement is not enough, you also needs innovation.

You need a team for war, not for negotiation.

Show a single way in which something can be said really good and it does not affect the self-vested interest of someone anyway.

This includes its ever-developing business in the provision of tracks, buckets and other spare parts for the machines.

Our credit business contributed very strong growth in operating income, … We are pleased with the quality of our credit portfolio and our ongoing productivity improvements.

The recent weak data should remind us that the exceptional gains in business confidence and new export orders may be overly optimistic.

Entrepreneurship is when an individual retrieves a red hot idea from the creativity furnace without the constraint of the heat of lean resources, and with each persistent blow of the innovation hammer shapes the still...

Never make a sales pitch as the way you introduce yourself. What you CAN say is how you help people and businesses.

if my business partner was possessed by a brain-eating monster from beyond spacetime tomorrow, what is the worst thing they could do to me?

Coke relies on soft drinks for this huge piece of their business and those products have been in a secular decline and that’s where Coke makes its money.

If you’re creative, if you can think independently, if you can articulate passion, if you can override the fear of being wrong, then your company needs you more than it ever did. And now your...

Have an attitude of positive expectation.

I always have my own opinion before my boss says his.

Given the size of Nomura’s business, it’s not much of a surprise the earnings came in like this. I’m more concerned about whether Nomura can recoup the money it’s spent expanding in investment banking, including...

Regardless of gender, one has to be willing to take what belongs and what has been promised, by not backing down and by not giving up. Never be willing to throw in the towel and...

It was weird at first. It’s part of business and, unfortunately, that’s how it is. Our friendship is always going to be there. I have a lot of friends who are not here any more.

I pride myself in being a deep thinker, and I want you to be one too.

Think big from the beginning.

To reboot your association for success, you must shift your beliefs to realize how vitally important key investments in technology can be as an ongoing and personalized communication tool with your members.

Entrepreneurs adopt the ways of the adept and adapt to a changing environment. Actually, entrepreneurs are more enterpreneurs, because they are forever entering into new territory.

If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be ‘meetings.

Have the best course for all your actions.

A responsible woman is one who sees opportunities of service and responds to them quickly. In her dwells the ability to see and respond to opportunities.