Business School Quotes

• The mind can only see what it is prepared to see.

  Edward de Bono

  Preparation, Mind, Executives

  Edward de Bono (2017). “Teach Yourself To Think”, p.115, Penguin UK

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• Business schools reward complex behavior but it's the simple behavior that makes you successful in life

  John C. Maxwell

  School, Successful, Simple

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• To invest successfully, you need not understand beta, efficient markets, modern portfolio theory, option pricing or emerging markets. You may, in fact, be better off knowing nothing of these. That, of course, is not the prevailing view at most business schools, whose finance curriculum tends to be dominated by such subjects. In our view, though, investment students need only two well-taught courses - How to Value a Business, and How to Think About Market Prices.

  Warren Buffett

  Business, School, Thinking

  Richard J. Connors, Warren Buffett (2010). “Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha”, p.152, John Wiley & Sons

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• The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective.

  Warren Buffett

  Business, War, School

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• Business schools don't create successful people. They simply accept them, then take credit for their success.

  Josh Kaufman

  School, Successful, People

  Josh Kaufman (2010). “The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business”, p.46, Penguin

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• Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence." (Harvard Business School definition of leadership)

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Success, School, Impact

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• Don't go to business school.

  Paul Hawken

  Business, School, School Bus

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• If Thomas Edison had gone to business school, we would all be reading by larger candles.

  Mark McCormack

  Reading, School, Gone

  Mark H. McCormack (2016). “What They Don't Teach You At Harvard Business School”, p.9, Profile Books

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• 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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• I guess when you go to business school you never turn business off.

  Mindy Kaling

  School, Turns

  Interview with Kathryn Borel, www.believermag.com.

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• Hiring people with diverse backgrounds brings in a flexibility of thought and openness to new ways of doing things, as opposed to hiring clones from business schools who have been taught a codified way of doing business.

  Yvon Chouinard

  School, People, Way

  Yvon Chouinard (2016). “Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman--Including 10 More Years of Business Unusual”, p.199, Penguin

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• Business schools make a fortune forcing their students to take in a HUGE amount of information. The majority of it is theoretical. The majority of that is useless.

  Josh Kaufman

  School, Majority, Useless

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• I believe no amount of business school training or work experience can teach what is ultimately a matter of personal character. Businesses are not dishonest or greedy, people are. Thus, a business, successful or not, is merely a reflection of the character of its leadership.

  S. Truett Cathy

  Believe, School, Character

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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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• My background was computer science and business school, so eventually I worked my way up where I was running product groups - development, testing, marketing, user education.

  Melinda Gates

  Running, School, Marketing

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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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• From what I've seen, you either get grounded in that kind of positive thinking early on in life or you don't. Establishing priorities and using your time well aren't things you can pick up at the Harvard Business School. Formal learning can teach you a great deal, but many of the essential skills in life are the ones you have to develop on your own.

  Lee Iacocca

  School, Positive Thinking, Skills

  Lee Iacocca, William Novak (2011). “Iacocca: An Autobiography”, p.21, Bantam

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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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• Creating the culture of burnout is opposite to creating a culture of sustainable creativity. This is something that needs to be taught in business schools. This mentality needs to be introduced as a leadership and performance-enhancing tool.

  Arianna Huffington

  Creativity, School, Opposites

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• Most executives, many scientists, and almost all business school graduates believe that if you analyze data, this will give you new ideas. Unfortunately, this belief is totally wrong. The mind can only see what it is prepared to see.

  Edward de Bono

  Believe, School, Data

  Edward De Bono (1992). “Serious Creativity: Using the Power of Lateral Thinking to Create New Ideas”, Harpercollins

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• I went to art school in Chicago for a year at Columbia College. I had this whole master plan of getting into sustainable development and green architecture and construction, so I wanted to go to business school and then get my masters in construction and development.

  Nico Tortorella

  Art, School, College

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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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• 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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• Business schools are failing to teach the students about the risks of market failures. We need to include some material on market failures in the core of curriculum.

  Pankaj Ghemawat

  School, Risk, Needs

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• Any path you take, if you commit with passion, you can be successful. By going to business school, certain opportunities may open up to you sooner. But it's who you are and how you take advantage of your opportunities that matter.

  Dan Rosensweig

  Passion, School, Successful

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