“We cannot make events. Our business is wisely to improve them.”
— Samuel Adams
Author: Samuel Adams
Category: business
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When from our better selves we have
“When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world, and droop. Sick of its business, of its pleasures tired, how gracious, how benign is solitude.”
— William Wordsworth
Author: William Wordsworth
Category: business
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Be the business never so painful, you
“Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money.”
— Thomas Fuller
Author: Thomas Fuller
Category: business
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The competitor to be feared is one
“The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time.”
— Henry Ford
Author: Henry Ford
Category: business
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Washington has to become an ally of
“Washington has to become an ally of business, not the opposition of business.”
— Mitt Romney
Author: Mitt Romney
Category: business
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If the First Amendment means anything, it
“If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his house, what books he may read or what films he may watch.”
— Thurgood Marshall
Author: Thurgood Marshall
Category: business
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All through history, there have always been
“All through history, there have always been movements where business was not just about the accumulation of proceeds but also for the public good.”
— Anita Roddick
Author: Anita Roddick
Category: business
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After I left the White House, I
“After I left the White House, I kept a foothold in the business of American politics; as a talk-show host, analyst, commentator, speechmaker, and occasional writer. I was no longer a practitioner, but I was still a partisan, a Democrat, a blue-stater through and through.”
— Dee Dee Myers
Author: Dee Dee Myers
Category: business
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Every one knows, that the mind will
“Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business. Hence come those frequent absences, so observable in conversation; for whilst the body is confined to present company, the mind is flown to that which it delights in.”
— Mary Astell
Author: Mary Astell
Category: business
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Our business is infested with idiots who
“Our business is infested with idiots who try to impress by using pretentious jargon.”
— David Ogilvy
Author: David Ogilvy
Category: business
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A rise in the level of saving
“A rise in the level of saving can reduce aggregate activity temporarily but only a sustained high level of saving makes it possible to have the sustained high level of business investment that contributes to the long-run growth of output.”
— Martin Feldstein
Author: Martin Feldstein
Category: business
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