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The experience is fundamentally different for buying from local businesses than it is for buying consumer goods.
If a man is dumb, someone is going to get the best of him, so why not you? If you don't, you're as dumb as he is
When something has to be done, do it! In France we are full of good ideas, but we rarely put them into practice.
Unfortunately, when we had a No. 1 draft pick, there wasn't an Andrew Luck out there. A lot of that's pure luck.
Being a good leader today doesn't mean you'll be a good leader 10 years from now. You have to adapt to the times
The low price of oil is a headwind to investments in alternative energy technologies, but it will not stop them.
Success is one of the worst enemies of success, because success tends to breed complacency and lack of humility.
Obesity is racing through America, everywhere. It's high time someone spent some money to do something about it.
Advertising is the place where the selfish interests of the manufacturer coincide with the interests of society.
Nobody should be allowed to create general advertising until he has served his apprenticeship in direct-response
What separates those who achieve from those who do not is in direct proportion to one's ability to ask for help.
The Italians live well. They have problems, like all countries, but they are well-dressed, the women are pretty.
Victory is much more meaningful when it comes not just from one person, but from the joint achievements of many.
I'm not as interested in what you make as I am in what you're passionate about. What business are you really in?
The four most important words in the English language are, "What do you think?" Listen to your people and learn.
My goal is to simplify complexity. I just want to build stuff that really simplifies our base human interaction.
There's this creative thing in me that wants to have my work used - like the author of a book who wants it read.
The greatest advancements in living standards over the past century have been coincident with affordable energy.
Despite some struggles of our own, America's business and economic system remains the envy of much of the world.
Health care missed the PC and Internet revolutions, but it can't afford to miss the cloud and mobile revolution.
After my father died, we were pretty much wiped out financially as a family, so I decided to give finance a try.
I never look at the glass as half empty or half full. I look to see who is pouring the water and deal with them.
You learn in life that a lot of things are the result of effort, but some things, in terms of scale, are random.
Leaders don't look backwards to condemn what has already been done; they look forward to create a better future.
Beware of a misfit occupation. . . . Consider carefully your natural bent, whether for business or a profession.
Monaco was my first race of the season and I spoke with a number of people and all seemed to be very optimistic.
Think through whom you are trying to reach. Tailor what you do and how you do it to appeal to those communities.
If I didn't follow my passion for surfing... I would have never come up with the concept to make a wrist camera.
Equity mutual funds are the perfect solution for people who want to own stocks without doing their own research.
We wouldn't be successful if we didn't have independent thinkers who can argue and then resolve their arguments.
Focus on a specific intention... A goal is often fueled by fear... An intention is fueled by a sense of purpose.
You can never be satisfied as an entrepreneur, and the basis of any successful, growing business is new clients.
The responsibilities which are imposed by rank and privilege and good fortune can... become very onerous indeed.
Control your expenses better than your competition. This is where you can always find the competitive advantage.
We try to stay on the edge of the mainstream and look at what the most aggressive young kids are running toward.
There is no way to keep your thumb on the pulse unless you have your thumb on the pulse, and I think we have it.
If everyone thinks you're doing the right thing, then everyone would be doing it. Have a controversial strategy.
What we've gone through in the last several years has caused some people to question 'Can we trust Microsoft?' .
I do have some books, but in all the distance flights I've made I've never opened the books. I've been too busy.
If you're open with people and provide context for the decisions that your making, customers will stick with you.
We have been taught to "just eat a balanced diet." We have been taught wrong. The truth is natural healing works.
If a man is dumb, someone is going to get the best of him, so why not you? If you don't, you're as dumb as he is.
If you want an innovative environment, hire innovative people, listen to them tell you what they want, and do it.
Doing something costs something. Doing nothing costs something. And, quite often, doing nothing costs a lot more!
As long as gas is cheaper than bottled water, we can't be in a position of dictating to the consumer what to buy.
We like the size of the company today given the environment and have no plans to split it up and make it smaller.
Visiting Anderson Silva. He's doing AMAZING! Leg is healing fast and will be walking without crutches in 30 days.
You achieve long-term success step by step. Try to achieve your goals one at a time, like you do target practice.
Good copy can't be written with tongue in cheek, written just for a living. You've got to believe in the product.
A man who has drank his drinks cold at the same expense for one week can never be presented with them warm again.