Business School Quotes - Page 2

• You wouldn't want to be called a sell-out by selling a product. Selling out was frowned on, whereas now you can major in it at business school.

  Alan Alda

  Business, School, Want

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• Most business schools are geared toward churning out investment bankers and management consultants.

  Vivek Wadhwa

  School, Bankers, Management

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• In Business School they taught us about cash flow, not about corporate politics; about return on equity, not about egos and pride. Oh, there were optional courses on 'Organizational Behavior' and 'Managerial Skills,' but these were a little too bloodless to convey what I learned on the job.

  Mary Cunningham Agee

  Leadership, Jobs, Business

  Mary Cunningham, Mary Cunningham Agee, Fran Schumer (1984). “Powerplay: what really happened at Bendix”, Simon & Schuster

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• I run my company according to feminine principles, principles of caring, making intuitive decisions, not getting hung up on hierarchy or all those dreadfully boring business-school management ideas; having a sense of work as being part of your life, not separate from it; putting your labor where your love is; being responsible to the world in how you use your profits; recognizing the bottom line should stay at the bottom.

  Anita Roddick

  Running, Business, School

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• A great advantage I had when I started The Body Shop was that I had never been to business school.

  Anita Roddick

  Business, School, Body

  Anita Roddick (1994). “Body and soul: profits with principles, the amazing success story of Anita Roddick & the Body Shop”, Three Rivers Press

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• I was a general business major, which meant that in any business school and particularly at Smith School, which is a very good school, you do a lot of team projects. Well I was the guy who gave the presentations for the team projects.

  Kevin Plank

  Team, School, Guy

  "A $10 Business". "I Am American Business" Interview, www.cnbc.com. June 24, 2012.

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• I teach in the medical school, the School of Public Health, the Kennedy School of Government, and the Business School. And it's the best perch... because most of my work crosses boundaries.

  Michael Porter

  School, Government, Medical

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• I do not know whether to be delighted or outraged by the fact that Literary Theory: An Introduction was the subject of a study by a well known U.S. business school, which was intrigued to discover how an academic text could become a best-seller.

  Terry Eagleton

  School, Literary Theory, Facts

  Terry Eagleton (2011). “Literary Theory: An Introduction”, p.10, John Wiley & Sons

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• When a young woman tells me that she wants to become and actor, I say, 'No, be a writer. Or go to business school and learn how to run a studio.' The only real change will come from behind the scenes.

  Halle Berry

  Running, Real, School

  "Berry Almost Chose Bylines Over Marquees". Interview with Geoff Pevere, www.thestar.com. April 13, 2007.

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• The only thing I ever learned was that some people are lucky and other people aren't and not even a graduate of the Harvard Business School can say why.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  School, People, Luck

  Kurt Vonnegut (1988). “The Sirens of Titan: An Original Novel”, Laurel

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• I went to business school but left after four months because I just didn't want to be a puppet of society, stuck in an office, craving some sunlight.

  Michelle Rodriguez

  School, Office, Four

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• In 15 years from now half of US universities may be in bankruptcy ... in the end I'm excited to see that happen. So pray for Harvard Business School if you wouldn't mind.

  Clayton Christensen

  School, Years, Mind

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• Nothing can kill the future dreams and goals of a new graduate than 50k of debt like an anvil over your head. I got to Indiana University not because I visited the campus and loved everything about it. I picked Indiana University because I saw a list of the top 10 business schools and it was the cheapest.

  Mark Cuban

  Dream, School, Goal

  Interview with Ryan Babikian, elitedaily.com. May 30, 2012.

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• I took a job at the Walt Disney Company and after 18 months decided to go to business school at Harvard. I was awestruck by the campus. My first reaction was I dont belong here. Then I said, Im here; lets get on with it.

  Jason Kilar

  Jobs, School, Months

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• Very few, if any, first-generation black or white or Asian kids will pursue a Ph.D. They'll pursue the professions for economic security. Many will go to law school and/or business school.

  Henry Louis Gates

  School, Kids, Law

  "Henry Louis Gates Uncovers 'Faces Of America'". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. February 17, 2010.

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• Most of my writing friends are working in academia. Most of my business school friends are always talking about bringing companies public, and money, and making money, and lots and lots of money. It's just a different environment.

  Victoria Chang

  Writing, School, Talking

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I didn't leave business school to go bankrupt.

  Steve Ballmer

  School

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• Fun is at the core of the way I like to do business and it has been key to everything I've done from the outset. More than any other element, fun is the secret of Virgin's success. I am aware that the ideas of business as being fun and creative goes right against the grain of convention, and it's certainly not how the they teach it at some of those business schools, where business means hard grind and lots of 'discounted cash flows' and net' present values'.

  Richard Branson

  Fun, School, Mean

  Richard Branson (2005). “Losing My Virginity: The Autobiography”, Virgin Pub

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• I've lectured at the Harvard Business School several times.

  Christie Hefner

  School, Harvard

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've been among their critics [MBA programs]. Much of what I've seen in business schools is quite non-rigorous. Anecdotal histories are stretched to illustrate favored slogans. Evidence of their effectiveness is similarly anecdotal.

  Charles R. Morris

  School, Mba Programs, Effectiveness

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• I never went to business school. I was just bumbling through a lot of my life. I was like the guy behind the curtain in The Wizard of Oz.

  David Geffen

  School, Guy, Wizards

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• If you're looking to become an entrepreneur then don't waste your time going to university or business school - just get on and do it.

  Richard Branson

  School, Entrepreneur, Waste

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• At the Harvard Business School, I really felt I had gained the ability to resolve difficult issues. But I also felt that I wasn't in the mainstream with my fellow students. During job-hunting season, for example, everybody shaved their beards for interviews. I thought, 'This is crazy.' So I grew a beard.

  Thomas G. Stemberg

  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

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• In the United States we have the great Harvard Business School, but America is the country with the greatest debt in the world.

  Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

  Country, School, America

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• Let me tell you, very frankly, when I went to the Harvard Business School I was more or less a committed socialist.

  P. Chidambaram

  School, Harvard, Socialist

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