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Is there any other industry [than the press] in this country which seeks to presume so completely to give the customer what he does not want?
It's a libel to say that I use my newspapers to support my other business interests. The fact is, I haven't got any other business interests.
I signed Jay-Z because he was on fire. I wasn't a genius. The record was great. I put it on The Nutty Professor soundtrack and we signed him.
Our definition of VIP is not as big as in Macau. But for us, they are VIPs even if they don't spend a lot because we are very hospitable here.
I think I've been in the top 5% of my age cohort all my life in understanding the power of incentives, and all my life I've underestimated it.
The name of the game is continuing to learn. Even if you're very well trained and have some natural aptitude, you still need to keep learning.
A cookie store is a bad idea. Besides, the market research reports say America likes crispy cookies, not soft and chewy cookies like you make.
I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money's sake.
The problem in a lot of low-income countries is that people take out loans to go and get degrees, which are then irrelevant in the job market.
Regulation is strangling businesses of all sizes in California, and we've got to streamline regulation so it's easy, not hard. to do business.
Regulation is strangling businesses of all sizes in California, and we've got to streamline regulation so it's easy, not hard, to do business.
You have to manage money. Particularly with market economies. You may have a great product, but if your bottom line goes bust, then that's it.
Every company has to identify what I call its strategic resources, and make sure that it grabs as much of its strategic resources as possible.
My job is to listen to ideas, maybe cook up a few of my own, and make decisions based on what's good for the shareholders and for the company.
I think if you're open-minded, the road will take you where it takes you. If you're closed, you might not get to go where the road is heading.
American democracy is spoiled by people buying everything in sight and then selling and buying everything in sight, including our politicians.
Gangsta rappers, they call them. Not nearly as gangsta as the things that inspire them.. you know, a gangsta government that we operate under.
Companies that get confused, that think their goal is revenue or stock price or something. You have to focus on the things that lead to those.
A few years ago, users of Internet services began to realize that when an online service is free, you're not the customer. You're the product.
We think the government should be pushing for more encryption. That it's a great thing. You know, it's like the sun and the air and the water.
I think of a traditional CEO as being divorced from customers. A lot of consumer company CEOs - they're not really interacting with consumers.
All intelligent investing is value investing - acquiring more that you are paying for. You must value the business in order to value the stock.
Over the very long term, history shows that the chances of any business surviving in a manner agreeable to a company's owners are slim at best.
You have to have a temperament to grab ideas and do sensible things. Most people don’t grab the right ideas or don’t know what to do with them.
Truly, I get high on oxygen, and once I graduate from that, what really fulfills me is doing what I love. That, to me, is absolutely priceless.
The cold, commercial word 'market' disguises its human character - a market is a collection of our aspirations, exertions, choices and desires.
If you have competence, you pretty much know its boundaries already. To ask the question (of whether you are past the boundary) is to answer it.
In high school, I would drive my teachers batty. They would make a statement, and I would say, 'Why is that?' They didn't want to be questioned.
Because of that [Brexit], you're going to have slow growth and, unfortunately, while there may not be huge volatility, there will be volatility.
I'm glad I wrote the book to show what I found out about the [ Standard Oil Company]. I'm glad many people read my book and found out the truth.
Hinduism has an enormous capacity to absorb from outside influences and accept it in a peaceful and steady manner without perturbing the system.
Unless we take care of the society we live in, there won't be any society left to support our businesses. We have to give as much as we extract.
No matter where you're from or what you've done, you're never stuck in a particular circumstance, relationship, or cycle unless you say you are.
My parents ingrained in me early on that the perfect score is always something to strive for. I want to win and I want to succeed no matter what.
All our hiring staff are trained to interview in English. They're trained to look for Westernized segments because we deal with global customers.
The goal of what Japan's central bank is doing is to create growth. If it actually creates growth, in the long run, it will lead to appreciation.
When the Paris terror attacks happen, when war breaks out in Ukraine, when unrest happens in Ferguson, people know that CNN is the place to come.
The task is simple. We will organize children and teach them in a perfect way the things their fathers and mothers are doing in an imperfect way.
Dancing is my therapy. I also try to meditate every morning and take several two-hour yoga classes a week at my favorite yoga studio, Urban Flow.
This is not about going back. This is about life being ahead of you and you run at it! Because you never know how far you can run unless you run.
A shoe dog is somebody that really loves shoes, and that was me. I was a runner... that became important to me, and it's been with me ever since.
Endemic is a very hard, a very wide ranging word. I also have to be very careful not to prejudice the course of justice that is taking place now.
It's clear why hacking communities are [growing]. Because it's like, there's a lot more gold there. There's a lot more to steal than ever before.
By the year 2020, we envision our group to be the largest hotel developer in the Philippines, with a total portfolio of around 12,000 hotel rooms.
My dad told me he wanted me to join in the business, but nothing was firm. He was quite young when he died, so we hadn't talked about it in depth.
The responsibility of philanthropy rests with us. The wealthier we are, the more powerful we get. We cannot put the entire onus on the government.
One, Andrew Carnegie said, ‘He who dies with wealth dies in shame.’ And someone once said, ‘He who gives while he lives also knows where it goes.’
Most government officials are rushing headlong to solve the problems of 50 years ago, with their ears assailed by the sound of snails whizzing by.
You can design a mortgage system that is different without a Fannie and Freddie, but there are principles you have to have, to have a good system.
As one of America's largest exporters, GE remains committed to producing more products in the United States, which is our home and largest market.