Acumen Quotes

• For people who have no critical acumen, a state is a mythical entity, for those who think critically it is a rational fiction, created by man in order to facilitate human coexistence.

  Friedrich Durrenmatt

  Men, Thinking, Order

  "The Limits of State Power in Africa: A Case Srudy of the Democratic Republic of Congo". Book by Georges/Sembe Bakaly (p. 14), 2006.

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• My father was a middle manager at an oil company, but I never knew anything about his work. Whatever business acumen I have just got gleaned over the years.

  Donna Mills

  Father, Years, Oil

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• I have to think that I think it's always been a horse race between this administration's temporary political acumen and their completely, utterly, totally bankrupt policies. And they're coming home to roost. It was always a question of time. These guys aren't conservative. These guys are radicals.

  Bradley Whitford

  Horse, Home, Thinking

  "Exclusive Interview: Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip's Bradley Whitford". Interview with Travis Fickett, www.ign.com. September 22, 2006.

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• Leaders are people who can discern the inevitable and act accordingly. When people talk about business acumen, discernment is a big part of it. It's a bit like gut instinct, but a little more developed.

  Donald Trump

  Leadership, Business, People

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• My engineer dad is where my technical acumen comes from. I remember him taking me to the factories to see how what works. Often he used to open up his motorbike to fix things and I saw how the wheels worked. His car used to be open for dissection very regularly. All this taught me and inspired me to look beyond what I could see on the skin.

  Bibhu Mohapatra

  Dad, Car, Skins

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• With age comes acumen. With experience comes insight.

  Chris Bohjalian

  Age, Insight

  Chris Bohjalian (2010). “Secrets of Eden: A Novel”, p.325, Crown

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• Every time I go into a new venture, I find a "rabbi" who has the business acumen to help me understand the mechanics of that industry, the costs involved in developing a product, and what you need to do in order to make a profit.

  Russell Simmons

  New Ventures, Order, Growth

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• I believe we can accelerate our acumen, performance and success by leveraging our associations and spending time with people better than us.

  Robin Sharma

  Believe, People, Association

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• The greater the struggle the more glorious the triumph

  Nick Vujicic

  Struggle, Triumph, Self Realization

  Nick Vujicic (2012). “Unstoppable: The Incredible Power of Faith in Action”, p.62, WaterBrook

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• As you study computer science you develop this wonderful mental acumen, particularly with relational databases, systems analysis, and artificial intelligence.

  Frederick Lenz

  Science, Analysis, Databases

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• For God to prove himself on demand, physically, would be a grave disappointment, and the strongest Christians should be considerably grateful that he chooses not to do so. The skeptic endlessly demands proof, yet God refuses to insult the true intelligence of man, the '6th sense', the chief quality, the acumen which distinguishes man from the rest of creation, faith.

  Criss Jami

  Christian, Atheist, Disappointment

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.80, Criss Jami

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• Acumen Fund's patient capital investment in Western Seed is intended to enhance the food security and economic independence of Kenya's smallholder farmers.

  Jacqueline Novogratz

  Independence, Kenya, Patient

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• I don't think that we need to see [Donald Trump] tax returns to verify his financial acumen. I walk into the Trump Tower every day and I'm like, this guy did pretty well for himself before I got here.

  Kellyanne Conway

  Thinking, Guy, Towers

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• Now, if the Standard Oil Company were the only concern in the country guilty of the practices which have given it monopolistic power, this story never would have been written. Were it alone in these methods, public scorn would long ago have made short work of the Standard Oil Company. But it is simply the most conspicuous type of what can be done by these practices. The methods it employs with such acumen, persistency, and secrecy are employed by all sorts of business men, from corner grocers up to bankers. If exposed, they are excused on the ground that this is business.

  Ida Tarbell

  Country, Business, Men

  Ida M. Tarbell (2009). “The History of the Standard Oil Company”, p.287, Cosimo, Inc.

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• My business acumen is definitely growing.

  Kevin Hart

  Growing

  "EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Hart Talks 'Real Husbands of Hollywood,' Becoming the Next 'Chappelle Show'". Interview with Britni Danielle, www.essence.com. January 10, 2013.

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• The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle.

  Sivananda

  Inspiring, Stay Strong, Struggle

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• Certainly ordinary language has no claim to be the last word, if there is such a thing. It embodies, indeed, something better thanthe metaphysics of the Stone Age, namely, as was said, the inherited experience and acumen of many generations of men.

  J. L. Austin

  Philosophical, Men, Age

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• Pundits are always blaming TV for making people stupid, movies for desensitizing the world to violence, and rock music for making kids take drugs and kill themselves. These things should be the least of our worries. The main problem with mass media is that it makes it impossible to fall in love with any acumen of normalcy. There is no 'normal,' because everybody is being twisted by the same sources simultaneously.

  Chuck Klosterman

  Falling In Love, Stupid, Kids

  Chuck Klosterman (2004). “Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto”, p.4, Simon and Schuster

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• Nobody talks of entrepreneurship as survival, but that's exactly what it is and what nurtures creative thinking.

  Anita Roddick

  Success, Business, Thinking

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• I'm trying to do the best I can. I'm not concerned with tomorrow, but with what goes on today.

  Mark Spitz

  Inspirational, Sports, Swimming

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• I don't read reviews about myself with any special eagerness or attention unless they are masterpieces of wit and acumen, and I never reread them.

  Vladimir Nabokov

  Special, Attention, Reviews

  Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (1973). “Strong opinions”, McGraw-Hill Companies

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• First, those who disagree with market efficiency simply assert that it stands to common sense that greater effort to get facts and greater acumen in analyzing those facts will pay off in better performance somehow measured. (By this logic, cure for cancer must have been found by 1955).

  Paul Samuelson

  Cancer, Common Sense, Effort

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• Donald Trump has built a business through hard times and through good times. He's brought an extraordinary business acumen, he's employed tens of thousands of people in America.

  Mike Pence

  Hard Times, America, People

  Source: www.politico.com

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• I started The Body Shop in 1976 simply to create a livelihood for myself and my two daughters, while my husband, Gordon, was trekking across the Americas. I had no training or experience and my only business acumen was Gordon's advice to take sales of £300 a week. Nobody talks of entrepreneurship as survival, but that's exactly what it is and what nurtures creative thinking.

  Anita Roddick

  Daughter, Mother, Husband

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• The mere possession of monopoly power, and the concomitant charging of monopoly prices, is not only not unlawful, it is an important element of the free-market system. The opportunity to charge monopoly prices - at least for a short period - is what attracts 'business acumen' in the first place; it induces risk taking that produces innovation and economic growth.

  Antonin Scalia

  Opportunity, Monopoly Power, Competition

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