Cantor illustrated the concept of infinity for his students by telling them that there was once a man who had a hotel with an infinite number of rooms, and the hotel was fully occupied. Then one more guest arrived. So the owner moved the guest in roo...
[in a Chinese restaurant] Waiter #1, Waiter #2, Waiter #3: [singing] Deck the harrs with boughs of horry, fa ra ra ra ra, ra ra ra ra. Chop Suey Palace Owner: No, no, not 'ra ra ra ra', 'la la la la'! Try again. Waiter #1, Waiter #2, Waiter #3: D...
Time is the friend of the wonderful business, the enemy of the mediocre.
Business leaders cultivate vision to unify teams; the teams cultivate business to fulfill the vision.
Founders go wrong when they start to believe their business plan will materialize as written. I advise entrepreneurs to burn their business plan - it's simply too dangerous to the health of your business.
What I will say is that business is not a nice area. And you might say that I am a business woman, but I'm not into cut-throat business moves.
I was always in show business but in many ways was not really of show business. I didn't move in show business circles, particularly, still don't do it.
No matter what business you're in, business is business, and financing and money are critical. I would have made a lot fewer mistakes if I had more schooling in that area.
I don't know anything about cars. A business is a business, and I think I can learn about cars. I'm not that old, and I think the business principles are the same.
The jewelry business is a very, very tough business - tougher than the computer business. You truly have to understand how to take care of your customers.
Law has become a business. Health care has become a business. Unfortunately, politics has also become a business. That really undermines society.
I have set up several businesses as social businesses, and I am a great believer that the power of business should be used for good.
Interest in business ethics courses has surged, and student activities at leading business schools are more focused than ever before on making business serve long-term social values.
If your business keeps you so busy that you have no time for anything else, there must be something wrong, either with you or with your business.
Fun is at the core of the way I like to do business and it has been key to everything I've done from the outset. More than any other element, fun is the secret of Virgin's success. I am aware that the ideas of business as being fun and creative goes ...
Rufus T. Firefly: And now, members of the cabinet... [pounds gavel] Rufus T. Firefly: we'll take up old business. Cabinet Member: I wish to discuss the tariff. Rufus T. Firefly: Sit down, that's new business. No old business? Very well... [pounds gav...
Communication without a specific focus is just noise. It achieves little beyond taking time and energy.
There are no old friendships in business.
So the owner of a monster head wants to meet on a path named Nut,” I said. “That’s appropriate.
They had long ago found out that one could not be an owner unless one were cold.
This guy was beyond lucky. He was Midas with a better attorney, or the owner of a Monkey’s Paw version 2.0, or Richard Cory on Prozac.
