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Someone once described the information business as exactly the opposite of sex. When it's good, it's still lousy.
New York Times (1993)
A business is only as good as the sum of its parts, which means you can't afford to have weak parts.
The Supermarketers (1987)
Businesses should play to win, but they should also play by the rules. It is in our own interests that our social norms put common interests above the interests of the individual.
Speech, World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland (2000)
The contribution which the human mind makes to work and business is very much one of picking up information from tiny, seemingly insignificant trifles, and relating them to new ideas or concepts.
Managing to Survive (1993)
Business is often about killing your favourite children to allow others to succeed.
'Troubleshooter.' BBC TV series (1990)
No one is ever in doubt when a business is in overdrive... the whole business begins to hum. Problems cease to be problems and are viewed as opportunities.
All Tbgether Now (1994)
The growth of a large business is merely a survival of the fittest.
I can tell more about how someone is likely to react in a business situation from one round of golf than I can from a hundred hours of meetings.
What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School (1984)
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
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On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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