Business

It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?

Like any small business owner, I experienced the pressures of building a company from the ground up - developing a business plan, balancing the books, meeting payroll and building a customer base.

He hadn't killed nearly as many people as I had. But then again, he hadn't had my advantage, which was the full cooperation of our Government.

Ambition if it feeds at all does so on the ambition of others.

If you are in a competitive industry, great online reviews are not just nice to have, they are a requirement!

Entrepreneur, you're either raising the bar of excellence or, you're exhaling at the bar which is expensive.

All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.

Most ideas are born and lost in isolation.

I have always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure.

A hybrid of centralization and decentralization is counter-balance of delivering effective IT capabilities.

Piracy n: commerce without its folly-swaddles - just as God made it.

CIA relies on a partner's focus, linguistic agility, and cultural depth; in return, the partner benefits from CIA's resources, technology, and global view.

The hardest thing about being a full time chef is leaving my work behind when I go home at night. I'll toss and turn about a menu item or forget to order produce and wake up at 4 A.M. In a cold sweat over some artichokes.

You can be a leader, a follower or out of business.

The internet, where everything is free except porn sites.

Behind every successful man you'll find a woman who has nothing to wear.

I'm a great fan of Bloomingdale's, and I'm a very loyal alumni of Parsons. I think what they do, what they've done, is amazing. They've educated some of the best American designers.

No one sits, as you do, so close to a king, who does not begin to grasp how the levers of power work, and the cost of the oil that must grease them.

- Ay! Thornton o' Marlborough Mill, as we call him.- He is one of the masters you are striving with, is he not? What sort of master is he? - Did yo' ever see a bulldog? Set a bulldog on hindlegs, and dress him up in coat and breeches, and yo'n just getten John Thornton.

I believe that at the very root of our humanity is a passion to create value with heart, to work alongside others who care, and to make a difference.