“The spy boom has been a beautiful windfall for architects, construction companies, IT specialists, and above all defense contractors, enriching thousands of private companies and dozens of local economies hugging the Capital Beltway.” Has BeensBeautifulCompanyEconomyDefenseLocalsConstructionArchitectDozenHugSpySpecialistsEnrichingContractorConstruction Company Book:Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power Source: Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power
“I'm a pro! No, what I mean is I have performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company in England. I have been all over the place. I have studied theatre for seven years.” YearsMeanHas BeensCompanyEnglandSevenTheatreRoyalSeven Years Author:Kunal Nayyar
“This is the free enterprise system. The only place in the world that I can recall where companies never failed was the old Soviet Union. This is what investors do in free enterprise and capitalism system. [...[ And, yes, free enterprise system can be cruel. But the problem with this administration is that small businesses are the one who had suffered the most, the kind that need investors, the kinds that don't need the hundreds of pages, thousands of pages of regulations that continue to plague them and have them hold back on the hiring investment.” WorldNeedsKindHas BeensI CanProblemCompanyRepublicanPagesCapitalismUnionsInvestmentAdministrationEnterpriseInvestorsSovietRegulationRecallsSoviet UnionSmall BusinessPlagueHiringPlaces In The WorldFree Enterprise Author:John McCain
“I think everyone should sell whatever product they want to sell for whatever price they want to sell it for, but ultimately the market will dictate what it is and people will have to charge less money for everything. Record companies have been overcharging people for way too long and now this is the trouble that they're in.” PeopleThinkingWayWantShouldLongHas BeensCompanyRecordsTroubleProductsSellsRecord CompaniesOvercharging Author:Black Francis
“A good many times I have been present at gatherings of people who, by the standards of the traditional culture, are thought highly educated and who have with considerable gusto been expressing their incredulity at the illiteracy of scientists. Once or twice I have been provoked and have asked the company how many of them could describe the Second Law of Thermodynamics. The response was cold: it was also negative. Yet I was asking something which is about the scientific equivalent of: Have you read a work of Shakespeare's?” PeopleHas BeensLawScienceCultureCompanyColdStandardsNegativeScientistAskingResponseSnowTraditionalEducatedGood ManGatheringIlliteracyProvokedThermodynamicsIncredulityGustoTwo Cultures Book:THE TWO CULTURES: AND A SECOND LOOK Source: THE TWO CULTURES: AND A SECOND LOOK
“Gossip and slander are not victimless crimes. Words do not just dissipate into midair. . . . Words can injure and damage, maim and destroy - forcefully, painfully, lastingly. . . . Plans have been disrupted, deals have been lost, companies have fallen, because of idle gossip or malicious slander. Reputations have been sullied, careers have been ruined, lives have been devastated, because of cruel lies or vicious rumors. . . . Your words have such power to do good or evil that they must be chosen carefully, wisely, and well.” LifeWellsHas BeensLyingEvilLostDealsCompanyCareersPlansCrimeChosenReputationFallenDamageGossipIdleRuinedViciousRumorSlanderDevastatedMaliciousIdle GossipRuined Life Author:Wayne D. Dosick
“In order to get one of the greatest inventions of the modern age, in other words, we thought we needed the solitary genius. But if Alexander Graham Bell had fallen into the Grand River and drowned that day back in Brantford, the world would still have had the telephone, the only difference being that the telephone company would have been nicknamed Ma Gray, not Ma Bell.” IfsWorldHas BeensStillsIdeasAgeOrderDifferencesCompanyModernGeniusNeededRiversInventionFallenGrayBellsSolitaryTelephonesModern AgeGraham Bell Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“When there is some fear about accounting and growth and the economy, food stocks are a decent place to be, ... This company has been through a bit of a restructuring the last couple of years. Management is doing a great job. The company is improving and people are buying chocolate. So, what a great week to buy it.” PeopleYearsHas BeensJobsLastsBitsGrowthCompanyEconomyWeekCoupleManagementDecentBuyingChocolateImprovingAccountingGreat JobRestructuring Author:Liz Miller
“My passion has been to build an enduring company where people were motivated to make great products. Everything else was secondary. Sure, it was great to make a profit, because that was what allowed you to make great products. But the products, not the profits were the motivation.” PeopleHas BeensMotivationPassionCompanyProductsEndureProfitMotivatedMy Passion Author:Steve Jobs
“You don't win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training. There's no such thing as an overnight opera sensation. Great law firms or design companies don't spring up overnight... Every great company, every great brand, and every great career has been built in exactly the same way: bit by bit, step by step, little by little.” WayLittlesHas BeensMotivationalLawWinningBitsCompanyStepsCareersWeekDesignSpringTrainingBuiltGoldBrandsFirmSensationsOperaMedalGold MedalsGreat CompanyLaw Firms Author:Seth Godin
“Filling a need that others aren't addressing has always been a focus of the companies that I have been involved with.” NeedsHas BeensCompanyFocusInvolvedFilling Author:Craig McCaw
“Confronted by too much emptiness ... the brain invents. Loneliness creates company as thirst creates water. How many sailors have been wrecked in pursuit of islands that were merely a shimmering?” Has BeensWaterBrainCompanyToo MuchLonelinessPursuitIslandsEmptinessThirstSailor Author:Margaret Atwood
“It pains me to see my old company, which has meant so much to America, on the ropes. But Chrysler has been in trouble before, and we got through it, and I believe they can do it again... Let's face it, if your car breaks down, you're not going to take it to the White House to get fixed. But, if your company breaks down, you've got to go to the experts on the ground, not the bureaucrats.” IfsBelieveHas BeensPainAmericaFacesHouseI BelieveCan DoWhiteCompanyBreakTroubleCarFixedExpertsWhite HouseBreaking DownRopeBureaucratsChrysler Author:Lee Iacocca