Company Quotes - Page 39

• If anything, Calvin Klein is the iconic company in terms of fashion. They do have iconic images for their campaigns.

  Djimon Hounsou

  Fashion, Campaigns, Term

  "Djimon Hounsou ‘Never Back Down’". Interview with Kam Williams, newsblaze.com. March 11, 2008.

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• I switched to painting with my left hand to be in better company.

  Helen Van Wyk

  Hands, Left Hand, Painting

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• In the new conditions created by the global economy, the information revolution and the growth of smart technologies, it is more necessary than ever for all companies to be guided by their rich spiritual inheritance, as spiritual enterprises.

  Ted Malloch

  Spiritual, Smart, Technology

  "Doing Virtuous Business: The Remarkable Success of Spiritual Enterprise". Book by Ted Malloch, 2011.

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• I want to do more drama. Comedy is the path of least resistance for my company. People know we can do them. People know they get a good response. People want to make them. Who am I to push up against that?

  Ice Cube

  Drama, People, Want

  Source: movieweb.com

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• Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.

  George Herbert

  Men, Numbers, Increase

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.301

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• although the typist has disappeared, her work has not: now you do it yourself. ... Since most companies have reduced the managerial ranks, there are fewer and fewer bosses, so you become a manger, his boss, and his secretary all rolled into one.

  Corinne Maier

  Business, Work, Boss

  Corinne Maier (2007). “Bonjour Laziness: Why Hard Work Doesn't Pay”, p.57, Vintage

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• Whether you're moving to a new company or a new department within your current organization, I believe you'll end up miles ahead if you shop for a boss, not a position. You may secure the greatest job in the world, but a miserable boss will turn gold into ashes. ... In many ways, your boss may be more important than the job.

  Pat Heim

  Jobs, Work, Believe

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• A constant tension exists between an individual's interests, personal needs, and skills, and what the organization requires of her. We've all asked ourselves, How much of my own agenda should I sacrifice in order to help the rest of the staff meet the company's goals?

  Pat Heim

  Sacrifice, Skills, Organization

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• Most of the men and women who vote in Congress each year to continue subsidies have taken campaign donations from big energy companies.

  Bill McKibben

  Taken, Men, Years

  "Payola for the Most Profitable Corporations in History" by Bill McKibben, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 5, 2012.

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• At the (record company) meeting Paul just kept mithering on about what we were going to do, so in the end I just said, 'I think you're daft. I want a divorce.'

  John Lennon

  Music, Divorce, Thinking

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• No company has a permanent consumer franchise. No one has the only game in town. The never-ending cycle of destruction and change inherent in a capitalist economy always provides new opportunities for those with determination, goals and concentration.

  Harvey Mackay

  Determination, Opportunity, Service Culture

  Harvey Mackay (1996). “Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive: Outsell, Outmanage, Outmotivate, & Outnegotiate Your Competition”, Ballantine Books

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• ... Member Countries shall take necessary action and/or shall establish negotiations, individually or in groups, with the oil companies with a view to adopting ways and means to offset any adverse effects on the per barrel real income of Member Countries resulting from the international monetary developments as of 15th August 1971.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Country, Real, Mean

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• UPS stands as an example of a company thats already doing great things.

  Steven Horsford

  Example, Great Things

  "Nevada congressman really delivers", www.politico.com. February 23, 2014.

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• Managing brands is going to be more and more about trying to manage everything that your company does.

  Lee Clow

  Trying, Doe, Brands

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  I do not need any friends. I prefer enemies. They are better company and their feelings towards you are always genuine.

  Dylan Thomas

  Feelings, Enemy, Needs

  Dylan Thomas (1995). “Dylan Thomas, the complete screenplays”

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• Microsoft is the productivity and platform company for the mobile-first and cloud-first world.

  Satya Nadella

  Clouds, Microsoft, World

  "Microsoft Needs a Real Plan, Not a Memo" by Mat Honan, www.wired.com. July 11, 2014.

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• Like people including Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk have predicted, I agree that the future is scary and very bad for people. If we build these devices to take care of everything for us, eventually they'll think faster than us and they'll get rid of the slow humans to run companies more efficiently.

  Steve Wozniak

  Running, Thinking, People

  "Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak on the Apple Watch, electric cars and the surpassing of humanity". Interview with Paul Smith, www.afr.com. March 23, 2015.

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• How exciting is it to come to work if the best you can do is trounce some other company that does roughly the same thing?

  Larry Page

  Doe, Exciting, Can Do

  "Google’s Larry Page on Why Moon Shots Matter". Interview with Steven Levy, www.wired.com. January 17, 20113.

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• In 1921, Harry Houdini started his own film company called - wait for it - the Houdini Picture Corporation.

  Kage Baker

  Waiting, Corporations, Film

  Kage Baker (2012). “Ancient Rockets: Treasures and Train Wrecks of the Silent Screen”, p.29, Tachyon Publications

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• My dad is an unbelievable entrepreneur who balanced his life as a father and a president of two very successful companies.

  Rachel Zoe

  Dad, Father, Successful

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• Innovation requires resources to invest, and you can see many companies pulling back and going into an intense protective mode in a major extended period of financial distress.

  Peter Senge

  Innovation, Financial, Intense

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• But of course there is always a hamartia and yours is that oh, my God, even though you HAD FREAKING CANCER you give money to a company in exchange for the chance to acquire YET MORE CANCER.

  John Green

  Cancer, Giving, Chance

  John Green (2008). “An Abundance of Katherines”, p.229, Penguin

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• Japanese businesspeople and companies are lacking in individuality.

  Tadashi Yanai

  Individuality, Lacking

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• I have great respect for Jaypee Greens as a company that has produced a truly world class, 24-carat, championship golf course. I am happy to be associated with a company with such outstanding qualities.

  Kapil Dev

  Golf, Class, Quality

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• When a warrior has put an end to his routines, when he doesn't care anymore whether he has company or is alone, because he has heard the silent whisper of the spirit; then you can say that, truly, he has died. From that point on, even the simplest things in life become extraordinary for him.

  Carlos Castaneda

  Warrior, Things In Life, Care

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