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In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch
Is offering too little and asking too much.
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In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch
Is offering too little and asking too much.
The French are with equal advantage content--
So we clap on Dutch bottoms just 20 per cent.
A Yale University management professor in response to student Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service: The concept is read more
A Yale University management professor in response to student Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service: The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C', the idea must be feasible.
Business is really more agreeable than pleasure: it interests the whole mind ... but it does not look as if read more
Business is really more agreeable than pleasure: it interests the whole mind ... but it does not look as if it did.
The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.
The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.
Business dispatched is business well done, But business hurried is business ill done.
Business dispatched is business well done, But business hurried is business ill done.
Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend read more
Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.
My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's
My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's
I don't pay good wages because I have a lot of money; I have a lot of money because I read more
I don't pay good wages because I have a lot of money; I have a lot of money because I pay good wages.
A business with an income at its heels.
A business with an income at its heels.
