Enterprise Quotes
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Unlike private enterprise which quickly modifies its actions to meet emergencies - unlike the shopkeeper who promptly finds the wherewith to satisfy a sudden demand - unlike the railway company which doubles its trains to carry a special influx of passengers; the law-made instrumentality lumbers on under all varieties of circumstances at its habitual rate. By its very nature it is fitted only for average requirements, and inevitably fails under unusual requirements.
Herbert Spencer
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Great trials seem to be a necessary preparation for great duties. It would seem that the more important the enterprise, the more severe the trial to which the agent is subjected in his preparation.
Edward Thomson
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He's been on vacation for a year and month. Captain Kirk never left the helm when the Enterprise was under attack.
Eddie Griffin
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Let's point out the elephant in the room: Actor bands are not notoriously successful enterprises. I can't think of any.
Michael Shannon
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To date, the enterprise of thinking has moved us radically away from understanding anything.
Terence McKenna
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All that weak people learn from disappointment, is less confidence in future enterprise.
Norm MacDonald