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Business Person Inspirational Quotes (966)

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Intense interest in any subject is indispensable if you're really going to excel in it.
Charlie Munger
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You need a different checklist and different mental models for different companies. I can never make it easy by saying, 'Here are three things.' You have to derive it yourself to ingrain it in your head for the rest of your life.
Charlie Munger
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If business doesn't thrive, it hurts America. We need improved relations, more collaboration, more thought and more consistency as we go about trying to make sure we have the best country in the world. Not scapegoating and finger-pointing.
Jamie Dimon
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There is no substitute for knowledge. To this day, I read three newspapers a day. It is impossible to read a paper without being exposed to ideas. And ideas - more than money - are the real currency for success.
Eli Broad
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Quiet time is the key. We have hundreds of thousands of kids around the country meditating through the David Lynch Foundation.
Russell Simmons
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Most newspaper companies still have their heads in the sand, but other media companies are aggressive.
Rupert Murdoch
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They're lacking culture in Hollywood. That gives me a big up, right? I know something about pop culture.
Russell Simmons
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Creative accounting is an absolute curse to a civilization. One could argue that double-entry bookkeeping was one of history's great advances. Using accounting for fraud and folly is a disgrace. In a democracy, it often takes a scandal to trigger reform. Enron was the most obvious example of a business culture gone wrong in a long, long time.
Charlie Munger
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I think two people with strong points of view can appreciate each other even more.
Tim Cook
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If you want to understand science, you have to understand math. In business, if you're enumerate, you're going to be a klutz. The good thing about business is that you don't have to know any higher math.
Charlie Munger
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Reacting to the world with a smile instead of a curse, a wave instead of the middle finger, will actually help you live longer.
Russell Simmons
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People always underestimate the ability of earth to increase its carrying capacity.
Charlie Munger
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We don't like trading agony for money
Charlie Munger
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You know, the diversity that America has is so special. It's starting to really become a cool thing for young people.
Russell Simmons
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The number one idea is to view a stock as an ownership of the business and to judge the staying quality of the business in terms of its competitive advantage. Look for more value in terms of discounted future cash-flow than you are paying for. Move only when you have an advantage.
Charlie Munger
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Anyone who is not investing now is missing a tremendous opportunity.
Carlos Slim
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The best thing a human being can do is to help another human being know more.
Charlie Munger
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Clever derivatives broke dozens of companies. It killed them. Bankrupt. We don't need these kinds of innovation in finance. It's OK to be boring in finance. What we want is innovation in widgets.
Charlie Munger
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The safest way to get what you want is to deserve what you want.
Charlie Munger
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The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks.
Rupert Murdoch
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The whole concept of dividing it up into 'value' and 'growth' strikes me as twaddle. It's convenient for a bunch of pension fund consultants to get fees prattling about and a way for one advisor to distinguish himself from another. But, to me, all intelligent investing is value investing.
Charlie Munger
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We want very good leaders who have a lot of power.
Charlie Munger
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You can only do so many things great, and you should cast aside everything else.
Tim Cook
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I think the foundation at Berkshire [Buffett's stake in Berkshirewill pass to the Buffett Foundation upon his death] will be a plus because there will be a continuation of the culture. We'd still take in fine businesses run by people who love them.
Charlie Munger
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