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“No nation can be really great unless it is great in peace, in industry, integrity, honesty. Skilled intelligence in civic affairs and industrial enterprises alike; the special ability of the artist, the man of letters, the man of science, and the man of business; the rigid determination to wrong no man, and to stand for righteousness-all these are necessary in a great nation.”

Source: The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: American ideals. Administration-Civil service

“What the carburetor, sparkplug and self-starter are to an automobile, initiative, private enterprise and executive ability are to industry as a whole, including the wage earner, wage payer, wage spender and wage saver, i.e., the investor. If the sparkplug and self-starter get out of commission, the car will come to a standstill.”

Ifs Self Whole Ability Car Industry Including Enterprise Executives Investors Initiative Automobile Starters Private Enterprise Standstill Self Starter

Author:William J. H. Boetcker

“If the sewing societies, the avails of whose industry are now expended in supporting and educating young men for the ministry, were to withdraw their contributions to these objects, and give them where they are more needed, to their advancement of their own sex in useful learning, the next generation might furnish sufficient proof, that in intelligence and ability to master the whole circle of sciences, woman is not inferior to man.”

Source: Letters on the equality of the sexes, and the condition of woman: Addressed to Mary S. Parker

“In retailing, the formula happens to be a basic liking for human beings, plus integrity, plus industry, plus the ability to see the other fellow's point of view.”

Humans Happens Human Beings Ability Views Industry Integrity Fellows Point Of View Plus Formulas Ability To See Retailing

Author:James Cash Penney

“America's economic strength depends on industry's ability to improve productivity and quality and to remain on the cutting edge of technology, and that's why the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is so important.”

Important America Ability Quality Technology Cutting Economic Depends Industry Edges Productivity Awards Cutting Edge

Author:Ronald Reagan

“The cable industry has risen to new heights in their apparent willingness and ability to gouge the American consumer. Cable rates [have] increased an unbelievable five-and-a-half times faster than inflation.”

Ability Half Five Industry Rate Faster Consumers Height Willingness Unbelievable Inflation Cables Risen Half Time

Author:John McCain

“Then, again, the ability to organize and conduct industrial, commercial, or financial enterprises is rare; the great captains of industry are as rare as great generals.”

Ability Industry Financial Enterprise Captains Organize Captains Of Industry

Book:What Social Classes Owe to Each Other

Source: What Social Classes Owe to Each Other

“When product performance outstrips the ability of customers to use that performance in an industry, the competitive game changes. Under those circumstances you have to decouple components businesses from assembly businesses.”

Use Games Ability Products Industry Circumstances Performances Customers Components Assembly

Author:Clayton Christensen

“People like Sean Penn, he is someone that is politically progressive and yet is still at the top of his game in the industry. So I love that he is out there just virtually shaming all the people that voted for Prop 8. He was a really great example of a straight ally, someone who used his talent and used his ability to further our cause, not just for political progressiveness but also specifically for gay marriage and specifically for Harvey Milk's entire life.”

People Stills Political Used Games Causes Ability Talent Example Industry Gay Progressive Allies Milk Really Great Gay Marriage Props Sean Harvey

Author:Margaret Cho

“The co-opting of the environmental movement by the petroleum industry had a shattering effect. It crushed nascent biofuel businesses, killed research, cut off critical funding, stopped the building of new infrastructure, dissolved powerful alliances and seeded America with doubt over our ability to free ourselves from petroleum.”

America Ability Powerful Doubt Cutting Effects Movement Building Industry Research Environmental Critical Infrastructure Funding Crushed Alliances Shattering Petroleum Biofuels

Author:Josh Tickell

“I think there are a lot of people in this industry that have the ability, that have the position, they have the opportunity, they have the privilege to call the shots and could do it too.”

People Thinking Opportunity Ability Position Industry Shots Privilege

Author:Ava DuVernay