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“Having taught economics courses at private vocational schools and universities, I have always had a problem with GNP as a yardstick of prosperity. GNP is improved by increases in questionable activities such as consumption of cigarettes and the production of weapons. Moreover, a substantial increase in car accidents will favorably affect GNP because more funerals, hospital visits, car repairs, and new car purchases will result.”

“The importance of discretion increases with closeness to the top of a hierarchical organization.”

Business Organization Importance Increase Discretion Closeness

Book:Men and Women of the Corporation

Source: Men and Women of the Corporation

“Anything that you do to increase job security automatically does work for you. It makes your employees a closer part of the unit.”

Doe Jobs Business Security Increase Employee Units

Author:Roger Smith

“Just because you are CEO, don't think you have landed. You must continually increase your learning, the way you think, and the way you approach the organization. I've never forgotten that.”

Thinking Way Inspirational Business Approach Organization Increase Forgotten Ceo Business Leaders

Author:Indra Nooyi

“The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.”

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Author:Colin Powell

“The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.”

Motivational Desire Business Education Knowledge Increase Riches Thirst Acquisition Desire For Knowledge Thirst For Knowledge Increasing Knowledge

Book:The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

Source: The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

“...treasure what it means to do a day's work. It's our one and only chance to do something productive today, and it's certainly not available to someone merely because he is the high bidder. A day's work is your chance to do art, to create a gift, to do something that matters. As your work gets better and your art becomes more important, competition for your gifts will increase and you'll discover that you can be choosier about whom you give them to.”

Giving Mean Art Important Matter Motivational Today Chance Business Increase Competition Available Treasure Get Better Productive Working It Motivational Business

Author:Seth Godin

“The meek shall inherit the earth, but they'll never increase market share.”

Earth Business Share Increase Meek

Author:William G. McGowan

“We will have to become 'perpetual marketers', to learn to be channel and data planners without losing our human insight or creativity; to vastly increase the level of accountability and provide more relevant experiences for customers.”

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Author:John Woodward

“We've weathered several periods when times weren't so good, and so I don't think we'll cancel our advertising now. In fact, we might even increase it.”

Thinking Facts Might Business Periods Increase Advertising Weathered

Author:Will Keith Kellogg

“The need to engage businesses and decision makers with customers can only increase in importance, and as it does, the market research industry must recognise that engagement is a facet of what we do.”

Needs Doe Decision Business Industry Research Importance Increase Customers Makers Engagement Recognise Facets Market Research Decision Makers

Author:Alex Johnston

“There is one and only one responsibility of business: to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game.”

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Book:Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition

Source: Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition

“Long ago, Sir Isaac Newton gave us three laws of motion, which were the work of genius. But Sir Isaac's talents didn't extend to investing: He lost a bundle in the South Sea Bubble, explaining later, 'I can calculate the movement of the stars, but not the madness of men.' If he had not been traumatized by this loss, Sir Isaac might well have gone on to discover the Fourth Law of Motion: For investors as a whole, returns decrease as motion increases.”