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A good idea is like a lighted match, easily blown out by the cold winds of rigid management.
The way management treats associates is exactly how the associates will treat the customers.
The air is dirty because of the electricity monopolists. They have powerful money lobbyists.
One thing about the entertainment industry - it's not something that people need to survive.
The concept of head coach simply means being hyperfocused on the pitch and team performance.
The serendipitous nature of hypertext links is just brilliant for a curious mind. I love it.
I wear sunglasses because of the glare of spotlights. I wear gloves because it is very cold.
If I ever thought I wasn't the right guy for the job, I'd be the first person to fire myself.
When raising money, you want to look through the lens of 'What happens when things go wrong?'
I don't want to be polite. I don't think campaigning is polite. That's a disingenuous effort.
I always loved cars. I don't know why, I can't explain it to you. It has always been with me.
Talking about stepping down in five years is frankly not a topic of particular actuality now.
India is definitely one of the markets where we can expect growth and a potential to do well.
You are an Englishman, and have subsequently drawn the greatest prize in the lottery of life.
I am not afraid of my enemies, but by God, you must look out when you get among your friends.
Why should a manufacturer bet his money, perhaps the future of his company, on your instinct?
When we do deals, it's not, 'Ah, it's a million bucks, who cares?' The penny means something.
If you are running for the presidency of the United States, you better have a strong opinion.
I have four kids. They are two years apart, and contraception has been very, very good to me.
The cost of praising someone is nil - but every psychological study shows the payoff is huge.
Most business people today are not going to invest in the uncertainty that exists in America.
Our history is based on extending the brand to categories within the guardrails of Starbucks.
Look, many of us here are regular marines... I will die as a marine because that is my dream.
What transpired at Semgroup was no less than a $500 billion fraud on the people of the world.
Shareholders share in the downside and not necessarily in the upside; that's the whole story.
The more we focus on the things we don’t have, the more unhappy and more resentful we become.
Knowledge is very important and one of the few things that accompanies us into the next life.
Immorality, violence, and divorce, with their accompanying sorrows, plague society worldwide.
If you own up to your mistakes, you don't suffer as much. But that's a tough lesson to learn.
I learned that monthly payments are the cornerstone of everything in the automobile business.
We've been socialized with these concepts of love, intimacy, that have no bearing on reality.
Doing stuff that I don't have to talk about because I'm not in a public company is fantastic.
May I suggest that people in many African countries could be suffering from donation fatigue?
All too many consultants, when asked, 'What is 2 and 2?' respond, 'What do you have in mind?'
For every scientific (or engineering) action, there is an equal and opposite social reaction.
I had popcorn all over the place, so I decided I might as well be in the Processing Business.
It proved easier to buy the farm to get the mineral rights than to buy the coal rights alone.
With the young man starting in business, let him understand the value of money by earning it.
Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.
If you talk about change but don't change the reward and recognition system, nothing changes.
What would a loss of confidence in the dollar actually look like? Gold going absolutely nuts.
The typical big winner in the Lynch portfolio generally takes three to ten years to play out.
Stocks are a safe bet, but only if you stay invested long enough to ride out the corrections.
There's lots of stocks out there and all you need is a few of 'em. That's been my philosophy.
Improved turnout will give parliament and government the appearance of being more legitimate.
Indian car buyers have not really been exposed to customer care in a competitive environment.
Without knowledge and a workable plan, you are gambling, with little or no chance of success.
If service is the rent you pay for your existence on this earth, are you behind in your rent?
You have to have something bigger than you. You have to have a goal that is greater than you.
Don't run your life by what's legal or illegal. Run your life based on what's right or wrong.