“If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.”
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“Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves.”
“One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.”
“In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.”
“You can close more business in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.”
“Bring a timer.”
“Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.”
“Many iOS developers model App Store pricing after mass-market superhits. Would you enter the restaurant business by mimicking McDonalds?”
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“Mimicking the herd invites regression to the mean.”
“Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.”
“There's no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting.”
“Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.”
“Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.”
“The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.”
“A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.”
“The purpose of a business is to create a customer.”
“You shouldn't be in the music business if you're posing.”
“What other people think of me is none of my business.”
“My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.”
Elon Musk Biography. p 73.
“I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out.”
“This is why I’m taking extra time to really try to get it right. I’ll have plenty of time to refine the style, but I want the basics solid.”
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“I am a child but I have to think and act like a woman, this business forces you to.”
“If you don't understand the details of your business you are going to fail.”
“If the service is free, the product being sold is you.”