Business is a lot like a game of tennis — those who serve well usually end up winning

Business is a lot like a game of tennis — those who serve well usually end up winning

The executive exists to make sensible exceptions to general rules.

The executive exists to make sensible exceptions to general rules.

You foolish man, you don't even know your own foolish business.
- Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl read more

You foolish man, you don't even know your own foolish business.
- Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of Chesterfield,

In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch
Is offering too little and asking too much.
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In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch
Is offering too little and asking too much.
The French are with equal advantage content--
So we clap on Dutch bottoms just 20 per cent.

There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other read more

There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time!

The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.

The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.

Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and read more

Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and pretty design.

I always said that mega-mergers were for megalomaniacs.

I always said that mega-mergers were for megalomaniacs.

Show me the business man or institution not guided by sentiment and service, by the idea that "he profits most read more

Show me the business man or institution not guided by sentiment and service, by the idea that "he profits most who serves best," and I will show you a man or an outfit that is dead or dying. -B. F. Harris.