People that pay for things never complain. It's the guy you give something to that you can't please.

Keeping a little ahead of conditions is one of the secrets of business; the trailer seldom goes far.

You can hype a questionable product for a little while, but you'll never build an enduring business.

Desire is what takes the hot water of mediocrity and turns it into the steam of outstanding success.

One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.

It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.

What really decides consumers to buy or not to buy is the content of your advertising, not its form.

Marketing strategy is a series of integrated actions leading to a sustainable competitive advantage.

The expert in battle seeks his victory from strategic advantage and does not demand it from his men.

An organization, no matter how well designed, is only as good as the people who live and work in it.

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

I knew wherever I was that you thought of me, and if I got in a tight place you would come-if alive.

People will pay for content ... Everybody is going to have to start charging. They'd be crazy not to.

I am a better investor because I am a businessman, and a better businessman because I am no investor.

A good technician gets it right maybe 60% of the time. And a great technician, maybe 61% of the time.

Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15.

The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be.

The winner is the chef who takes the same ingredients as everyone else and produces the best results.

Meetings are by definition a concession to deficient organization. For one either meets or one works.

The people who make a difference are not the ones with the credentials but the ones with the concern.

Choose your customers. Fire the ones that hurt your ability to deliver the right story to the others.

It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business.

Enthusiasm is the way you trigger other people's emotions so they instinctively help and support you.

The more business one has, the more you are able to accomplish, for you learn to economize your time.

Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's not going to get the business.

The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out.

If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It is much easier to apologise than it is to get permission.

It is a myth, not a mandate, a fable not a logic, a symbol rather than reason by which men are moved.

I do love television. But the business is accelerating and people are not getting the chance to fail.

Man was designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.

Networking is marketing. Marketing yourself, marketing your uniqueness, marketing what you stand for.

If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it's moving you away from your goals.

Competition whose motive is merely to compete, to drive some other fellow out, never carries very far.

Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.

You know, every family and every business in California knows what it means to go through tough times.

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests on perseverance.

Ultimately, we're incredibly resilient creatures. People really do get on with the business of living.

By 1969, when I celebrated 45 years in the music business, I also had 45 people in our musical family.

To those who are engaged in commercial dealings, justice is indispensable for the conduct of business.

The more people you meet, and the more people you have influence over your business can scale quicker.

Advertising has done more to cause the social unrest of the 20th century than any other single factor.

The sweat of hard work is not to be displayed. It is much more graceful to appear favored by the gods.

Every successful business professional I know is constantly learning, reading, growing in their field.

It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime.

Nothing is so much fun as business. I do not expect to do anything but work as long as I can stand up.

The reality is that I need to be challenged and interested, as long as the risk and reward is in line.

We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.

Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock.

I'm in a relationship with life. My life is just out there. I'm on the road every day. I love my life.

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