Company Quotes

Don't let the company get distracted or excited about other things. A common mistake is that companies get excited by their own PR.

... fire fast when it's not working. It's better for the company, it's also better for the employee.

Firing people is one of the worst parts of running a company. Actually in my own experience, I think it is the worst.

People that are really smart and that can learn new things can almost always find a role in the company as time goes on.

Every company has a rocky beginning.

As long as you keep doing the right thing and have the best product, you can beat the bigger company.

In the beginning of a company, there is no management and this actually works really well.

Share results (financial and key metrics) with the company every month.

If you're not in college and you don't know a cofounder, the next best thing I think is to go work at an interesting company.

A third advantage of mission oriented companies, is that people outside the company are more willing to help you.

The way to have a company that executes well is you have to execute well yourself.

The single word that matters most I think to keep the company productive as it grows is alignment.

I really believe that the single hardest thing in business is building a company that does repeatable innovation... and just has this ongoing culture of excellence as it grows.

When I left university I was working for a documentary film company for six or seven years to the great relief of my father whose greatest waking fear was that I would become an actor.

It took me a long time to put it to use in things, but the name of my publishing company is Nine Music, and "Red" became my theme song.

I am very fond of the company of ladies. I like their beauty, I like their delicacy, I like their vivacity, and I like their silence.

What provokes your risibility, Sir? Have I said anything that you understand? Then I ask pardon of the rest of the company.

A ship is worse than a gaol. There is, in a gaol, better air, better company, better conveniency of every kind; and a ship has the additional disadvantage of of being in danger.

I absolutely love working with my dad because there is such an ease about it, and I also love his company.

I've had a terrific life, from building one company to be the second largest company in the securities industry and merging that into American Express, and becoming president of that company.

I think when you're a beginning author with any publishing company, there's only so much they can put behind you.

It may be easier than ever to start a product, but building a company is just as hard as its ever been.

The ultimate end of redemption is that we worship God with our whole being and in the whole company of the redeemed.

Beware the advice of successful people; they do not seek company.

Most companies are built to execute today's business model, not discover tomorrow's.

Innovation is doubly hard inside big companies.

The curious company studies the anomalies or the unexpected findings. The company that isn't curious ignores them or punishes people who don't do exactly what they set out to do.

People don't place their trust in government or company pension plans; they have to be self-reliant.

Sports teams, people who follow sports teams, religion, churches, work - any company, I find that people just generally have a need to belong to something larger than themselves.

The leader of a company needs to have a decision tree in his head - if this happens, we go this way, but if it winds up like that, then we go this other way.

The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.

Give up control and give it away ... The more you give your idea away, the more your company is going to be worth.

You don't have to wait for a record company to tell you that you're good or to sign you. You can put your music out on itunes, youtube, soundcloud, so it's kind of a plus, I think.

Since I suffered the injury on company time, why shouldn't I also be able to get surgery and do recovery on company time?

I didn’t know they’d do this to you. (Syd) It’s okay, Syd. Who could have imagined that a man who heads up a company of paid assassins and mercenaries would be psychotic? (Steele)

I’m enchanted by your beauty, my lady. Welcome aboard. You make a most welcome addition to our acerbic company…a lovely-smelling one, too. (Vik)

E.Biscom is an Internet company that is diversified, not a diversified company that is trying out the Internet.

CEOs must embrace the role of serving as the public face of the company to their customer community and the marketplace at large.

Every company knows what they do Some know how they do it Very few know why

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.

Offer someone the opportunity to rebuild a company or reinvent an industry as the primary incentive, and it will attract those drawn to the challenge first and the money second.

A company and leaders of the company have the responsibility of the precious lives of all the human beings that work there.

[Bananarama] were written off from day one. Nobody believed in us but us. We kept having hits despite the record company, despite the press

I didn't need to borrow money from the record company, because if I had my own publishing company, and I had my own writers, I'd have enough to get and do whatever I wanted to do.

We have enough to do just trying to make our company what we want it to be. As far as whether I would like to own Marvel, sure, I'd like to own Marvel.

Within Easy Company they had made the best friends they had ever had, or would ever have. They were prepared to die for each other; more important, they were prepared to kill for each other.

When two's company, three's the result!

Microsoft is no longer thought of as the company where the smartest people want to work.

I don't want you to leave Which is exactly why I should. But don't worry. I'm essentially a selfish creature. I crave your company too much to do what I should.

I wouldn't mind being taller, because when I'm in the company of people who are absurdly tall, there's something about them that I can't help admiring.