“Socrates' fame spread all over Greece, and the most respected and educated men from all around came to him, in order to enjoy his friendly company and instruction.” MenOrderEnjoyCompanyFameSpreadEducatedFriendlyInstructionGreeceEducated Man Author:Moses Mendelssohn
“I'd say we [Apple Inc.] are the most creative of the technology companies and definitely the most artist-friendly. Almost everyone in the music business uses a Mac and everyone has an iPod.” UseArtistCompanyTechnologyCreativeApplesFriendlyMusic BusinessMacsIpodsApple Inc Author:Steve Jobs
“The first American insurance company was the Friendly Society for the Mutual Insurance of Houses Against Fire, founded in Charles Town in South Carolina, in 1735.” FirstsHouseCompanyFireTownsSouthFriendlyMutualCarolinaInsurance CompaniesSouth Carolina Author:Andrew Tobias
“How friendly are your companies' first words? Just try this...start all conversations with customers using one of the following words or phrases: 'great!' 'no problem', 'you're in luck', 'that's my favorite problem'.” TryingFirstsProblemCompanyConversationLuckMy FavoriteFollowingCustomersPhrasesFriendlyNo Problem Author:Jeffrey Gitomer
“An absent friend gives us friendly company when we are well assured of his happiness.” GivingWellsHappinessCompanyFriendlyAssuredAbsentAbsent Friends Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“The world has paid a heavy price for the lack of democracy in most of the Middle East. Operation Ajax [CIA code for the August 1953 coup] taught tyrants and aspiring tyrants there that the world's most powerful governments were willing to tolerate limitless oppression as long as oppressive regimes were friendly to the West and to Western oil companies. That helped tilt the political balance in a vast region away from freedom and toward dictatorship.” WorldLongGovernmentPoliticalPowerfulCompanyDemocracyMiddleTaughtWillingBalancePaidWestWesternHeavyOilEastOppressionCodeOperationsRegionsFriendlyMost PowerfulTyrantsRegimesMiddle EastDictatorshipTolerateLimitlessCiaAugustCoupsTiltOil CompaniesAjaxPowerful Government Author:Stephen Kinzer