Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Packer

In a perfect world we don't want to be overly dependent on any single asset or be so dependent on the cycle or where one asset is the bulk of this company.

James Murdoch

Information is the most valuable commodity in the world today and this business is about giving people access to information that is relevant to their lives.

James Murdoch

What makes a media company successful is how it copes with competitive markets in which people have a choice. Competition today is at a more intense level than it has ever before been because the barriers to providing information in the virtual world are so low and the choice of provider nearly infinite.

James Murdoch

My belief is that if you grapple with the big changes until you really get them and if you develop an internal compass to steer your marketing and communications, you will be working in a discipline that is more exciting, more intellectually rich, more delightfully complex and ultimately more rewarding than it has ever been.

Edward Dahlberg

Every decision you make is a mistake.

Edward de Bono

We may need to solve problems not by removing the cause but by designing the way forward even if the cause remains in place.

Edward de Bono

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

The median startup is a business that's capitalized with about $25,000. The financing of that business comes from the entrepreneur's savings. The business is a retail or personal service business, a hair salon or a clothing store, that kind of thing.

AT&T Yellow Pages and RR Donnelley have been doing business together for more than 100 years.

As we sell these assets, we will scale back our related corporate and shared services infrastructure to ensure that it is the right size for our businesses going forward. We expect a number of people directly involved in these operations to be employed by the new owners or offered other jobs within ConAgra Foods.

All of us in the business need to do some sorting out today about what we actually knew and from which sources.

The more time customers stay on the premises, the more likely they are to buy. From a business perspective, it's a solid idea.

A commitment to healthcare must represent more than a dedicated business unit servicing the retirement plans of healthcare organizations. The industry is currently facing significant challenges that will continue well into the future. We must be part of the solution and this partnership goes a long way in that regard.

A business far away from Florida could claim business interruption ... if they did not have the supplies they needed.

It's just the business part of it with everybody moving around from year to year. You have the salary cap that hinders the process. But you gotta find a way to do it.

Mark Rydell

It's enough to say he was in the movie business for 16 months and here we are, talking about him 46 years later, ... That's a testimonial to the impact that he had, the power of his personality and his talent, which is indisputable.

Its engineers have not necessarily proven that they can ship software on time. Maybe Microsoft needs less heroic engineering and more of a business focus.

All of business and all of politics is essentially fiction to those who live them. I have more experience with fiction than most senators because I do it all day, so their world didn't seem that foreign to me.

A lot is going to hinge on how much credibility there is in the comments ... that the microprocessor business has stabilized.

Always look out for yourself... and feel free to throw your business partners under the bus.

Andre Holland

A lot of people in the movie business don't have a point of reference for me; nobody really knows who I am.

David May

A lot of people in the business community are questioning what this is all about.

This doesn't change any of the business fundamentals, but it makes you worry about the way the company is picking its people.

Kristin Chenoweth

This business is very challenging--you must get used to rejection no matter what level you are at. Not everyone is going to like what you do or what you have to offer; however, if you can't see yourself doing anything else, and you have the drive and ambition, get the training and go for it. Because there is nothing more rewarding

This business is demand driven. It's gonna create an increase in prices. That's all there is to it.

This is a cyclical business and so there is always someone in the supply chain who wins and someone who loses,

The number one business priority this year, as in 2006, is business-process improvement.

Ross Levinsohn

You can't manage Wall Street. Wall Street has its own viewpoints on everything. I have always believed, if you manage your business correctly, Wall Street will take care of itself.

Paul Taylor

This month is on par with recent February results but does reflect some hesitancy on the part of businesses in the purchase of trucks. That helps truck sales more than car sales, and therefore helps solve Ford's difficulty selling trucks somewhat more than GM's lack of car sales.

There were two things investors hated about Motorola: Chris Galvin and the semi business. Now they are getting rid of both.

Herman Frazier

There might have been a game back in football where if you have 2,000 more people come, then all of a sudden you've closed that gap. So we're in a fluid business and you just have to keep dealing with it.

It's a good quarter. Good progress. We're not at a level yet in the automotive business that we're pleased with, so we have a lot of work to do. But we had another record quarter in financial services and a record year.

Don Young

(It's) a place to get out of the business and the noise of the truck stop environment, come in where it's quiet, ... They can relax and just reflect, pray.