Top 1200 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Businessmen - Page 20

To be happy in this world, first you need a cell phone and then you need an airplane. Then you're truly wireless.

When you have a dream that you can't let go of, trust your instincts and pursue it. But remember: Real dreams take work, They take patience, and sometimes they require you to dig down very deep. Be sure you're willing to do that.

Every time you make the hard, correct decision you become a bit more courageous, and every time you make the easy, wrong decision you become a bit more cowardly. If you are CEO, these choices will lead to a courageous or cowardly company.

It takes a big idea to attract the attention of consumers and get them to buy your product. Unless your advertising contains a big idea, it will pass like a ship in the night. I doubt if more than one campaign in a hundred contains a big idea.

Forget what others whisper in your ears. Most of that is pure rubbish that obstructs the view to what really is important. Always make your own decisions. That is what makes us human.

Content begets content.

You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have something to live for.

For any collaboration to work, each partner must have a strong sense of identity. If one overpowers the other, it's like mixing lemonade with water - you wind up diluting the brew.

With risk, sometimes you have tremendous success, sometimes not so much.

Sustainability has to be a way of life to be a way of business.

Looking at the world through a sustainability lens not only helps us 'future proof' our supply chain, it also fuels innovation and drives brand growth.

The endorsement process is an evolution. What you try to do is you endorse someone that you believe in and their ideas and their solutions align with yours.

Tenacity is not about avoiding being overwhelmed but being indomitable in the face of the overwhelming odds of your venture's failure.

The man who has done his best has done everything.

The blockchain is going to change everything more than the Internet has.

A great accomplishment shouldn't be the end of the road, just the starting point for the next leap forward.

Our customers call and e-mail us to say that's how it feels when a Zappos box arrives. And that's how we view this company.

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

Why shouldn't Harry Kane take corners? If he happens to be the best striker of a ball in the team and gives you the best delivery, why shouldn't he do it?

Wealth is only ever actually created from the bottom-up, with free people employing their distinctly human creativity and finding ways to serve and employ others.

There are no road signs to help navigate. And, in fact, no one has yet determined which side of the road we're supposed to be on.

There is little success where there is little laughter.

MySpace gives our members the ability to reach such an incredible range of people and have direct contact with them. I'm not sure how that devalues friendship so much as it expands the range of potential friends you can have.

Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.

Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.

The key thing is knowing how to adapt. Adapting to the group that you have at your disposal; adapting to the place where you're working; adapting to the local environment. This is crucial: adaptability.

Cooking is an art, but all art requires knowing something about the techniques and materials. Using modernist techniques, you get more control, and that allows you to be more artistic, not less!

If someone asks me what cloud computing is, I try not to get bogged down with definitions. I tell them that, simply put, cloud computing is a better way to run your business.

The more often we see the things around us - even the beautiful and wonderful things - the more they become invisible to us. That is why we often take for granted the beauty of this world: the flowers, the trees, the birds, the clouds - even those we love. Because we see things so often, we see them less and less.

Younger hackers are hard to classify. They're probably just as diverse as the old hackers are. We're all over the map.

You don't own a 3DS? What's wrong with you?

When I arrived at Lugo, the whole world told me you can't play that football in Segunda B. I said we could, and was there six years.

The one point gamers all hate is the point where they have to put the controller down.

The concept of fair value accounting is correct and useful, but the application during periods of crisis is problematic. It's another one of those unintended consequences of making a rule that's supposed to be good that turns out the other way.

I'm a little bit of an eternal optimist. People always say to me, 'If you go do this and it fails, what are you going to do?' I don't care. I'm going to give it my best shot. That's what I'm going to do. If it doesn't work, it doesn't work. And I'll try again.

I studied what principles under-laid peace and prosperity and concluded the only way to achieve societal well-being was through a system of economic freedom.

I was useless in the classroom; I would spend my time looking out of the window after the first 10 minutes. But when you do an apprenticeship, you don't have to wait for the teacher to tell you when it's time to start, because you are on the shop floor learning for real.

I tend to eat things in fours. I'll eat four nuts, four grapes, four chips at a time. I don't know why. It's not really a superstition. I don't think anything bad will happen if I don't, but three potato chips doesn't seem right.

Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.

There is no royal road to a successful life, as there is no royal road to learning. It has got to be hard knocks, morning, noon, and night, and fixity of purpose.

My rooting interest these days is first and foremost competitive hockey, and secondly in officials not making a mistake.

Companies that change best over time know first and foremost what should not change.

Employee loyalty begins with employer loyalty. Your employees should know that if they do the job they were hired to do with a reasonable amount of competence and efficiency, you will support them.

As long as the attitude is to only show the sheet metal, then automobile advertising will continue to be wretched.

Linux is its own worst enemy: it's splintered, it has different distributions, it's too complex to run for most people.

The market is often stupid, but you can't focus on that. Focus on the underlying value of dividends and earnings.

There's nothing I hate more than someone who speaks in the draft room with absolute conviction, but they have nothing to back it up.

Technology advances at exponential rates, and human institutions and societies do not. They adapt at much slower rates. Those gaps get wider and wider.

Stay focused on the mission.

Management innovation is going to be the most enduring source of competitive advantage. There will be lots of rewards for firms in the vanguard.

If the cash runs out, it's like a heart attack for you and your business. Keep that front and centre of your mind, and you will have financial security and not be struggling to pay the bills.

The idea behind a dish - the delight and the surprise - makes a difference. Great literature surprises and delights, and provokes us. It isn't just 'Here's the facts - boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl.' It's how you tell it.

Don't call me, I'll call you... I'm out.

The best way to sell your company for a lot of money is to have a good company.

Hackers are seen as shadowy figures with superhuman powers that threaten civilization.

Our mission is to help students in need and to democratize philanthropy.

You have to stick to your principles and when you believe in something, to fight for it.

I can't do anything quietly anymore.

In real open source, you have the right to control your own destiny.

Undoubtedly there are, in connection with each of these things, cases of fraud, swindling, and other financial crimes; that is to say, the greed and selfishness of men are perpetual.