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People must learn that the accumulation of wealth by the successful conduct of business is the corollary of the improvement of their own standard of living and vice versa. They must realize that bigness in business is not an evil, but both the cause and effect of the fact that they themselves enjoy all those amenities whose enjoyment is called the “American way of life. ↗

— Ludwig von Mises

#politics #business

Either you're going to shoot us or you're not. The ball always lands on red or black, never both. ↗

— V. Alexander

#mystery #suspense #trouble-is-her-business #business

I like the pace of my world. It's busy, but for me, the less I do the lazier I get. ↗

— Hoda Kotb

#business

When you put yourself in the customer’s shoes and begin your dialog from there, an immediate connection develops that stems beyond basic commerce and encourages loyalty. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#commerce #customer #loyalty #service #business

Mom has the Touch. She knows what flowers go with what occasions, what hors d'oeuvres work with what people. She believes passionately in the power of food to heal, restore, and stimulate relationships, and she has built a following of loyal customers who really hope she's right. If she's wrong, says Sonia, no one wants to know. (Thwonk) ↗

— Joan Bauer

#belief #business #catering #food #humor

The businessman is only tolerable so long as his gains can be held to bear some relation to what, roughly and in some sense, his activities have contributed to society. ↗

— John Maynard Keynes

#contributions #society #wealth #business

Businesses are great structures for managing big projects. It’s like trying to develop the ability to walk without developing a skeleton. Once in a blue moon, you get an octopus, but for the most part, you get skeletons. Skeletons are good shit. ↗

— Cory Doctorow

#economics #evolution #business

He was a man too busy to flush toilets. ↗

— Mona Simpson

#business

I understand small business growth. I was one. ↗

— George W. Bush

#business

What goes in your butthole is your business, all we care about is making sure Chipotle is what comes out of it." - Rodrigo Chipotle ↗

— Kindle Alexander

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