“Obama sees everything backward. Where Americans see individual achievement, he sees government's work. Where we see failing companies, he sees innovation worth subsidizing. Where we see the need for economic growth, he sees a need for higher taxes.” NeedsGovernmentIndividualGrowthCompanyFailingEconomicHigherTaxesAchievementInnovationEconomic GrowthIndividual Achievement Author:Reince Priebus
“Picking winners among the many young companies seeking money is a tough business, even for the most sophisticated investors. Indeed, most professionally run venture funds lose money. For individuals, it's pure folly. Buy a lottery ticket instead. Your chance of winning is likely to be higher.” RunningYoungWinningIndividualLosesChanceCompanyHigherPureToughSeekingWinnerFollyFundInvestorsSophisticatedTicketsVentureLotteryLottery Ticket Author:Steven Rattner
“First, the oil and gas business pays its fair share of taxes. Despite the current debate on energy taxes, few businesses pay more in taxes than oil and gas companies. The worldwide effective tax rate for our industry in 2010 was 40 percent. That's higher than the U.S. statutory rate of 35 percent and the rate for manufacturers of 26.5 percent.” FirstsEnergyPayCompanyShareIndustryHigherTaxesPercentFairsRateCurrentsOilDebateDespiteGasFair ShareOil And Gas Author:John S. Watson
“Running a successful, growing company in Silicon Valley can create an ironic sort of depression and delusion. The better you're doing, the higher the stakes, and higher expectations for you to win. Maybe that's why people say it's so hard. But that doesn't make it hard. That just makes it distracting.” PeopleHardRunningWinningCompanySuccessfulGrowingHigherExpectationsDelusionValleysIronicStakesSiliconSilicon Valley Author:David Ulevitch
“People who get higher pay are more willing to relocate--especially to undesirable locations at the company's behest... A corporate secretary may change companies in the same town; a corporate executive is more likely to change towns with the same company. A talented corporate secretary sees an invitation to relocate as an invitation; a future corporate executive sees an invitation to relocate as an opportunity--and an obligation.” PeopleMayOpportunityPayCompanyWillingHigherTownsObligationCorporateExecutivesSecretaryLocationInvitationsGetting HighUndesirable Author:Warren Farrell
“Cowardice encroaches fast upon such as spend their lives in company of persons higher than themselves.” PersonsCompanyHigherCowardice Author:Samuel Johnson
“Widowhood provided Mama with a higher form of being. In refusing to recover from my father's death she had discovered that her life was endowed with a seriousness her years in the kitchen had denied her. She remained devoted to this seriousness for thirty years. She never tired of it, never grew bored or restless in its company, found new ways to keep alive the interest it deserved and had so undeniably earned.” WayYearsFormFoundFatherInterestCompanyAliveGrewHigherTiredBoredThirtyKitchenDeniedDevotedNew WaysRestlessSeriousnessMamaThirty YearsWidowhood Author:Vivian Gornick
“I've built companies, I've created jobs, I know the frustration of small businesses with higher taxes.” KnowsJobsCompanyHigherTaxesBuiltFrustrationSmall Business Author:Rick Scott
“Italian companies need to re-convert themselves, and such a re-conversion must be toward a better, higher standard.” NeedsCompanyHigherStandardsConversionItalianHigher Standards Author:Brunello Cucinelli
“Speculation in oil stock companies was another great evil ... From the first, oil men had to contend with wild fluctuations in the price of oil. ... Such fluctuations were the natural element of the speculator, and he came early, buying in quantities and holding in storage tanks for higher prices. If enough oil was held, or if the production fell off, up went the price, only to be knocked down by the throwing of great quantities of stocks on the market.” IfsMenFirstsEnoughEvilNaturalCompanyHigherElementsProductionsOilBuyingThrowingQuantitySpeculationTanksStorageKnocked DownFluctuationSpeculatorsNatural ElementsBuying In Author:Ida Tarbell
“...there is no more strategic issue for a company, or any organization, than its ultimate purpose. For those who think business exists to make a profit, I suggest they think again. Business makes a profit to exist. Surely it must exist for some higher, nobler purpose than that.” ThinkingPurposeBusinessExistenceCompanyIssuesHigherUltimateOrganizationEntrepreneurProfitStrategicNoble Causes Author:Ray Anderson
“The value of content seems to get higher as the number of distribution pipes increases. The more distribution companies that want to be the top choice of consumers, the more they will pay for the content.” WantSeemsValuesChoicesNumbersPayCompanyHigherIncreaseConsumersDistributionPipeGetting High Author:Wyc Grousbeck
“It's completely legitimate for a company to continue striving for growth and higher profits. But business activities have to be conducted in a sustainable manner.” GrowthCompanyHigherActivityStriveProfit Author:Paul Achleitner
“Already were seeing graduates of U.S. higher education going back to their home countries and contributing to societies there, where in the past they would have stayed in the U.S. and built new companies here. We have to have immigration reform that allows talented foreigners to become Americans.” CountryHomePastCompanySeeingHigherBuiltImmigrationReformGraduatesForeignersContributingHigher EducationImmigration ReformHome CountryNew Company Author:David Malpass
“Having a higher purpose is more than just about profits. You actually end up making more profits in the long run because employees really are a lot more engaged and customers see the higher purpose in the company.” LongEndsRunningPurposeCompanyHigherProfitCustomersEngagedEmployeeLong RunsHigher Purpose Author:Tony Hsieh
“Competitiveness is defined as the ability of companies to compete while maintaining or improving the average standard of living. If you are cutting wages to become more competitive, that's not really more competitive. It's raising the skill and the efficiency of those workers so that they can support and sustain that higher wage.” IfsAbilityCompanySupportCuttingHigherSkillsStandardsWorkersAverageDefinedEfficiencyImprovingWagesMaintainingStandards Of LivingCompetitiveness Author:Michael Porter
“In general foreign invested companies who come to America to start a company, to open a manufacturing business or whatnot, they actually provide much higher wages than American companies.” AmericaCompanyHigherWagesManufacturing Author:Adam McKay