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“It was left for the present age to endow Covetousness with glamour on a big scale, and to give it a title which it could carry like a flag. It occurred to somebody to call it Enterprise. From the moment of that happy inspiration, Covetousness has gone forward and never looked back.”

Giving Moments Bigs Inspiration Age Left Business Gone Greed Scales Titles Enterprise Flags Glamour Covetousness

Author:Dorothy L. Sayers

“any effort at large-scale reorganization - that is, any project spanning more than two years and, more generally, anything that has not already been done - is inevitably doomed to failure.”

Years Two Done Effort Business Projects Scales Two Years Doomed Large Scale Reorganization

Book:Bonjour Laziness: Why Hard Work Doesn't Pay

Source: Bonjour Laziness: Why Hard Work Doesn't Pay

“I'm amazed by the potential of more companies employing integrated philanthropic initiatives at earlier stages in their life cycle. What if this were done on an even more massive scale? Consider what would happen if a top-tier venture-capital firm required the companies in which it invested to place 1% of their equity into a foundation serving the communities in which they do business.”

Source: The Business of Changing the World: Twenty Great Leaders on Strategic Corporate Philanthropy

“We will have an unchallenged, open, panoramic opportunity on a global scale to demonstrate the finest aspects of what we know in this country: peace, freedom, democracy, human rights, benevolent sharing, love, the easing of human suffering. Is that going to be our list of priorities or not?”

Knows Inspirational Humans Country Suffering Opportunity Challenges Business Democracy Rights Aspect Human Rights Lists Priorities Scales Finest Benevolent Human Suffering Sharing Love

Author:Jimmy Carter

“There are really very few economies of scale in centralising or standardising advertising.”

Business Economy Scales Advertising

Author:Stephen King

“We're about to see an acceleration in technological platforms that, for marketers, will be on a scale rivalled only by the arrival of color TV.”

Business Color Tvs Scales Platforms Technological Arrivals Marketers Acceleration

Author:Eric Schmidt