Danh ngôn thuộc danh mục: business

There are two kinds of companies, those that work to try to charge more and those that work to charge less. We will be the second.

A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.

We expect all our businesses to have a positive impact on our top and bottom lines. Profitability is very important to us or we wouldn't be in this business.

There are two ways to extend a business. Take inventory of what you're good at and extend out from your skills. Or determine what your customers need and work backward, even if it requires learning new skills. Kindle is an example of working backward.

The common question that gets asked in business is, 'why?' That's a good question, but an equally valid question is, 'why not?'

I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate.

I strongly believe that missionaries make better products. They care more. For a missionary, it's not just about the business. There has to be a business, and the business has to make sense, but that's not why you do it. You do it because you have something meaningful that motivates you.

If you don't understand the details of your business you are going to fail.

Business is the salt of life.

Never argue with a profit.

I was told to avoid the business all together because of the rejection. People would say to me, 'Don't you want to have a normal job and a normal family?' I guess that would be good advice for some people, but I wanted to act.

People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite as well, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained.

We're not uncomfortable with it, and we've already been through enough of the music business where I'm not really worried that commercial success is going to in some way - we're already past saving, you know what I mean? It's too late for us.

Business can be a source of progressive change.

I always liked having a good time. I got into this business because I got fired from any job I ever had because I stayed out late playing music.

Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers. It tells people to go out and stick their noses in other people's business.

For a very long time, I wasn't thought of as anyone with any credibility in the film world. Everybody is tramping through the swamp every day in this business. 'I'm worth it, I'm credible - believe me, give me a shot!' That's the way I feel on a consistent basis.

No matter what business you're in, you can't run in place or someone will pass you by. It doesn't matter how many games you've won.

When a team takes ownership of its problems, the problem gets solved. It is true on the battlefield, it is true in business, and it is true in life.

If you break 100, watch your golf. If you break 80, watch your business.

Broadcasting is a brutal, often unfair business, where looks are valued more than skill.

One of the fun things about venture capital is you are constantly learning new ideas and strategies from one business and then applying them to others.

I just want to be master of my own time. It is ironic that someone in the watch business should not be in control of his time.

If I love you, what business is it of yours?

Managing forests, rivers, grasslands, and coral reefs in sustainable ways makes them more resilient and increases their ability to absorb greenhouse gases, which is good for business.

My success just evolved from working hard at the business at hand each day.

I don't want to run around and look at a shot through a monitor. That doesn't improve what I'm trying to do. I figure, once I've done my job, it's none of my business.

In the real estate business you learn more about people, and you learn more about community issues, you learn more about life, you learn more about the impact of government, probably than any other profession that I know of.

I have a helicopter that I use for U.K. business trips, and I fly myself. I have a yacht in Antibes in the south of France, which is a sort of indulgence, as we only use it for about four weeks a year. The rest of the time, it is chartered out to people as a business.

I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.

The reality of life is, if you have a bagel shop and everybody is pouring into the doughnut shop across the street, if you want to stay in business, you start selling doughnuts.

The stock market is a giant distraction from the business of investing.

I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.

A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.

As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.

The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and to influence their actions.

Nowadays, business is all about productivity - and our folks produce.

I'm fascinated by the business of belief, obviously, because it's so ever present with humanity anyway. And, you know, when you have science, which constantly talks of proofs, you have religion, which constantly talks of beliefs and faith and so on.

Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.

Hospitality is central to the restaurant business, yet it's a hard idea to define precisely. Mostly, it involves being nice to people and making them feel welcome. You notice it when it's there, and you particularly notice it when it isn't. A single significant lapse in this area can be your dominant impression of an entire meal.

Everything I do and everything Pixar does is based on a simple rule: Quality is the best business plan, period.

Pop music I have always loved best. But the more extreme, fascist-led examples of the music business I tend to detest the most.

A healthy society rests on three pillars: business, government and civil society, or non-profits. Each has a distinct and important role to play, and all three need to work together synergistically to create the most value for society.

The gig economy is empowerment. This new business paradigm empowers individuals to better shape their own destiny and leverage their existing assets to their benefit.

The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without and to depart.

They are the guiding oracles which man has found out for himself in that great business of ours, of learning how to be, to do, to do without, and to depart.

The church is in the hope business. We, of all people, ought to be known most for our hope because our hope is founded on something deeper than human ability or wishful thinking.

The biggest hurdle is rejection. Any business you start, be ready for it. The difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is the successful people do all the things the unsuccessful people don't want to do. When 10 doors are slammed in your face, go to door number 11 enthusiastically, with a smile on your face.

I'm not a detail guy. I depend on accountants and administrators to do my detail stuff for me, but I do know the overall picture and I know that if you put business people together in a room, not just politicians, they could shrink the deficit tremendously by good business tactics.

While digital wallets are paving the way for the future of payments, you still need to assess whether or not they'll work for your business. If your target audience are less tech-savvy or you're primarily a cash-only business, it may not be worth investing too much into accepting digital payments.