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“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”

“We grew to our present size almost against ourselves. It was not a deliberately planned commercial venture in the sense that I sat down and said that we were going to make ourselves into a huge financial octopus. We evolved by necessity. We did not sit down and say to ourselves, 'How can we make a big pile of dough?' It just happened.”

Said Bigs Business Happened Huge Grew Down And Financial Size Sat Venture Dough Octopus

Author:Walt Disney

“President Coolidge said, 'I don't want the Government to go into business.' Well, if I was Mr. Coolidge I wouldn't worry over that. The Government never has been accused of being a business man.”

Ifs Men Want Wells Has Beens Said Government President Business Worry Accused Business Man

Author:Will Rogers

“There is little that can be said about most economic goods. A toothbrush does little but clean teeth. Aspirin does little but dull pain. Alcohol is important mostly for making people more or less drunk ... There being so little to be said, much is to be invented.”

People Littles Doe Said Important Pain Business Economic Clean Alcohol Teeth Drunk Dull Goods Aspirin Toothbrushes

Author:John Kenneth Galbraith

“The fact that used cars is our largest category is a good example. We would not have sat in a conference room and said, "Hey, how about used cars?" So what can be learned that is extensible to other companies is to ask what are your customers doing with your products that maybe you didn't anticipate that they would do? How do you think of your customers as your research and development lab, as opposed to having an R&D lab at headquarters?”

“If you believe that every life has equal value, it’s revolting to learn that some lives are seen as worth saving and others are not. We said to ourselves: “This can’t be true. But if it is true, it deserves to be the priority of our giving.””

Ifs Giving Believe Said Values Business Equal Deserve Priorities Being True Saving If You Believe

Author:Bill Gates

“I feel lazy when I'm not working. I learned all my business sense from my dad. He always believed in me, and I think the last thing he said to me before he passed away was, 'I know you're gonna be OK. I'm not worried about you.'”

Thinking Knows Feels Said Lasts Business Relationship Dad My Dad Worried Lazy Passed Away Business Sense

Author:Kim Kardashian

“If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what's said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.”

Source: Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln(1832-1865) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)

“Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, 'Too much of a good thing can be wonderful'.”

Said Success Business Company Too Much Wonderful Good Things West Investing Why Not Assets Buffets Mae Too Much Of A Good Thing

Author:Warren Buffett

“I never said it would be easy. Giving up is easy.”

Giving Said Would Be Easy Business Giving Up Quitting

Book:Inside: Inside Out\Outside In

Source: Inside: Inside Out\Outside In

“It was quite tough, not many opportunities. I remember in primary school, one of my teachers said, "As for you young man, you haven't got much of a future."”

Men Inspirational Said School Remember Young Opportunity Challenges Business Teacher Havens Tough Criticism Primaries Young Man Primary School

Author:John Ilhan

“I always said that mega-mergers were for megalomaniacs.”

Said Business Mega Mergers Megalomaniacs

Author:David Ogilvy

“No one on his deathbed ever said, "I wish I had spent more time on my business."”

Said Death Wish Business More Time Deathbed

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