“Little by little, the pimps have taken over the world. They don't do anything, they don't make anything - they just stand there and take their cut.” WorldLittlesBusinessTakenCuttingPimp Book:The Madwoman of Chaillot: Comedy in Two Acts Source: The Madwoman of Chaillot: Comedy in Two Acts
“Charge less, but charge. Otherwise, you will not be taken seriously, and you do your fellow artists no favours if you undercut the market.” IfsArtistBusinessTakenFellowsFavourUndercut Author:Elizabeth Aston
“Believing that fundamental conditions of the country are sound and there is nothing in the business situation to warrant the destruction of values that has taken place on the exchanges during the past week, my son and I have for some days been purchasing sound common stocks. We are continuing and will continue our purchases in substantial amounts at levels which we believe represent sound investment values.” BelieveCountryPastValuesSoundLevelsCommonBusinessSituationTakenWeekConditionsSonAmountDestructionFundamentalsInvestmentMy SonContinuingWarrantsPurchasing Author:John D. Rockefeller
“If you're going to invest a valuable asset (like time), go ahead and make it productive. Use a postit or two, or some index cards or a highlighter. Not to write down stuff so you can forget it later, but to create marching orders. It's simple: if three weeks go by and you haven't taken action on what you've written down, you wasted your time.” IfsWritingTwoUseActionOrderThreeStuffSimpleForgetBusinessTakenWrittenWeekHavensValuableCardsProductiveAssetsForget It Author:Seth Godin
“Well, it's taken time to get this going, but he was right. If you give people a chance to associate themselves with a cause they care about, while buying a great product, they will. That was how the RED Campaign was born, here in Davos.” PeopleIfsGivingWellsCareCausesBornChanceBusinessTakenProductsRedCampaignsBuyingAssociatesDavos Author:Bill Gates
“Man's ignorance of the Law of Love in personal and world relationships will not serve as an excuse to save him from disaster. Wealth cannot be acquired from others by might, for wealth thus taken will impoverish him who takes anything which is not given. Nor can power be thus acquired, for the weakness of the despoiled will prevail against the might of the despoiler.” MenWorldMightLawGivenWealthBusinessTakenIgnoranceWeaknessExcuseDisasterIgnorance Of The Law Author:Walter Russell
“... it is a lonely programme. The very virtues you cultivate become walls that inevitably separate you from your kind.... A new danger comes to your soul, and intolerance and impatience with those who are as you have been all but destroy that which you have taken such pains to build up. Not alone are there spiritual barriers between you and the friends that you have, but your business training has made your mind incisive. In the swift rush of business you have no time for small debates and petty dilemmas.” MindKindHas BeensMadeSoulPainSpiritualBusinessVirtueTakenLonelinessDangerWallTrainingLonelyDebateYour SoulBarriersIntolerancePettyNot AloneImpatienceDilemmaProgrammes Author:Alice Foote MacDougall