“The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.”
- Corrie Ten Boom

“Do not put your faith in what statistics say until you have carefully considered what they do not say.”
- William W. Watt

“What’s my return on investment on e-commerce? Are you crazy? This is Columbus in the New World. What was his ROI?”
- Andrew Grove, Intel

“Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.”
- Richard Branson

“Most people, sometime in their lives, stumble across truth. And most jump up, brush themselves off, and hurry on about their business as if nothing had happened.”

- Sir Winston Churchill

“One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.”

- Andre Gide

“A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.”

- Richard Branson

“In the end, the customer doesn’t know, or care, if you are small or large as an organization…she or he only focuses on the garment hanging on the rail in the store.”

- Giorgio Armani

Television was not intended to make human beings vacuous, but it is an emanation of their vacuity.”

- Malcolm Muggeridge

“The human body has two ears and one mouth. To be good at persuading or selling, you must learn to use those natural devices in proportion. Listen twice as much as you talk and you’ll succeed in persuading others nearly every time.”
- Tom Hopkins

Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.”

- Mark Twain

“Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory.”

- Emily Post

“Executives should blog if they have a vision they are trying to communicate, or if they are very visible in the media.”
- Mark Cuban

“A brand that captures your mind gains behavior. A brand that captures your heart gains commitment.”

- Scott Talgo

“We see our customers as invited guests to a party and we are the hosts. It’s our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little bit better.”

- Jeff Bezos