When political and business leaders tell the public - any public - 'We don't trust you to make the right decision' - they prejudice that electorate against the very proposals they want it to accept and undermine public confidence in themselves. Preston Manning acceptbusinessconfidence share on social
Bin Laden comes out of a business background - he studied public administration and economics at university, and he worked for his family company, which was obviously a rather successful enterprise. Peter L. Bergen administrationbackgroundbin Change image and share on social
I never got into this business thinking I'd be like a movie star. Glenn Close businessmoviestar Change image and share on social
The old way of doing 'good business' was based on the principle, 'the ends justifies the means.' In the future, good business will invoke 'the means justifying the ends.' The E P&L can already serve as an important tool to help this shift in commerce from generating profits with collateral damages to profits with collateral benefits. Jochen Zeitz basebenefitbusiness share on social
We find that no matter what country we're in, if we hit the right economic notes and appeal to the mass market, we're able to build the business very, very rapidly. Fred DeLuca appealbuildbusiness Change image and share on social
Billions are wasted on ineffective philanthropy. Philanthropy is decades behind business in applying rigorous thinking to the use of money. Michael Porter applybillionbusiness Change image and share on social
There's been a big spur in downtown development with new business, restaurants and a lot of loft buying. The buses run, and there's a subway that runs through downtown. Michael Ritchie bigbusebusiness Change image and share on social
As I've said, in 2007, we're free to go and we'll just have to do what's best for the business. Mario Lemieux businessfreehave Change image and share on social
The business of life is learning that you can't lay down the terms. Julian Fellowes businesslearnlie Change image and share on social
The networks have a particular agenda, a particular model and structure. It doesn't have anything to do with content. This is not a dis on them - they are a business model, run by business people. Joss Whedon agendumbusinesscontent Change image and share on social