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Quotes about business
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A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes that he has got the biggest piece. (Cleese John)
Goodwill is the one and only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy. (Cleese John)
A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is controlled by them, and often has no opportunity to exercise judgment. (Cleese John)
Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets. (Cleese John)
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A business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business. (Cleese John)
It is not the employer who pays wages -- he only handles the money. It is the product who pays the wages. (Cleese John)
I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night. (Cleese John)
Women do not win formula one races, because they simply are not strong enough to resist the G-forces. In the boardroom, it is different. I believe women are better able to marshal their thoughts than men and because they are less egotistical they make fewer assumptions. (Cleese John)
The question is, then, do we try to make things easy on ourselves or do we try to make things easy on our customers, whoever they may be? (Cleese John)
Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out. (Cleese John)
It is much more difficult to measure non-performance than performance. Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non-performance can almost always be explained away. (Cleese John)
In business, words are words; explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality. (Cleese John)
I think it is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises -- but only performance is reality. (Cleese John)
The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success: Concentration, Discrimination, Organization, Innovation and Communication (Cleese John)
I buy when other people are selling. (Cleese John)
The employer generally gets the employees he deserves. (Cleese John)
Honor sinks where commerce long prevails. (Cleese John)
Unequal combinations are always disadvantageous to the weaker side. (Cleese John)
Few great men could pass personal. (Cleese John)
Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase activity can result in just the opposite. (Cleese John)
The more business one has, the more you are able to accomplish, for you learn to economize your time. (Cleese John)
Show me the business man or institution not guided by sentiment and service; by the idea that he profits most who serves best and I will show you a man or an outfit that is dead or dying. (Cleese John)
It is surprising, in the welter of questions that one gets at (AGMs), how few actually relate to the performance of the company, or the decisions taken by the board in particular areas. (Cleese John)
As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth. (Cleese John)
The most sensible people to be met with in society are men of business and of the world, who argue from what they see and know, instead of spinning cobweb distinctions of what things ought to be. (Cleese John)
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