Company Quotes
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When I came to the U.S., Kraft sponsored my green card, so I was at Kraft foods and I owed them, I felt. But then as my life purified more and more, I felt that that corporation was not doing the right things for the world. That led me to a company that makes organic baby products. It is very pure in its actions and how it deals with others.
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When in company, put not your hands to any part of the body, not usually discovered.
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A man is known by the company he keeps, but a woman is known by the company she keeps waiting.
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If a company allows itself -- in its filtering capability -- to filter terms such as 'democracy' and 'religious freedom,' they will be in violation of U.S. law.
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In three years, every product my company makes will be obsolete. The only question is whether we will make them obsolete or somebody else will.
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Now the Church is not wood and stone, but the company of believing people; one must hold to them, and see how they believe, live and teach.
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If you look at the average age of a company on the Dow Jones index, it's something like 35 years or younger. In other words... success is no indication of longevity.
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I have lived much of my life among molecules. They are good company.
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President Bush's mercury rule is a gift to the big energy companies that helped put him in office
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I don't hire any companies or ask any of my friends to write reviews for me on Amazon when I have a book come out so they can drive up my ratings on Amazon. I don't have a publicist.
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I love picking people. I started Blackstone, and we had no people, and now we have with our portfolio companies about 750,000 people all over the world. Everybody who is at a senior level has ultimately been picked by me.
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In the old days, one married a wife; now one forms a company with a female partner, or moves in to live with a friend. And then one seduces the partner, or defiles the friend.
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Focusing on the customer makes a company more resilient.
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I don't know if a company can have a soul, but I like to think it can.
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I know the difference between venture capital[ism] and vulture capitalism. Venture capitalism is a good thing, comes in, gives that gap funding to help these companies get off and get started creating jobs, and work. But Mitt Romney and Bain Capital were involved with what I call vulture capitalism. And they walked into Gaffney and took over that photo album company for no other reason than to basically pick the bones clean. And those people lost their jobs.
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I still love books. Nothing a computer can do can compare to a book. You can't really put a book on the Internet. Three companies have offered to put books by me on the Net, and I said, 'If you can make something that has a nice jacket, nice paper with that nice smell, then we'll talk.' All the computer can give you is a manuscript. People don't want to read manuscripts. They want to read books. Books smell good. They look good. You can press it to your bosom. You can carry it in your pocket.
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A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.
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I admire Mark Zuckerberg... for not selling out, for wanting to make a company. I admire that a lot.
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A baseball game is twice as much fun if you're seeing it on the company's time.
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Italy is famous for fashion, food, Ferrari, and furniture - furniture was a segment where the companies in the high end are all small.
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Carbon trading engages finance directors. It takes the issue of energy efficiency right to the top of the company.
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I applied for three jobs in record companies and was offered all of them. I took the most glamorous-sounding job in the promotions department and it began my love affair with the music industry.
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No company or organization filled with unhappy people will ultimately rise to its highest potential.
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A black...gets a job with a white-owned company. He is the only black at the firm. He works hard, but he's fighting a losing battle against his genes.
