He was shocked anew each time the crisply surveyed, neatly kept world he so cherished rose up to confront him with all its essential sloppiness, irrationality, and bad business sense.” – T.C. “These occasions always took him by surprise. “Oh, not at all,” the devil replied, “I am going to help him organize it.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti “That is a very bad business for you, then,” said his friend. The friend said to the devil, “What did that man pick up?” “He picked up a piece of the truth,” said the devil. “You may remember the story of how the devil and a friend of his were walking down the street, when they saw ahead of them a man stoop down and pick up something from the ground, look at it, and put it away in his pocket. “Philanthropy without scale and sustainability is like any other bad business that will simply wither and die on the vine.” – Naveen Jain “Taxes cause the most bad business decisions.” – James Cook I make bad business decisions every hour of the day.” – Melissa Harris-Perry I had to let all of that go and forgive everyone and everything first.” – Steve Pavlina “I got screwed over in some bad business deals, but as long as I focused on those past problems, I couldn’t move forward. Its unavoidable aftermath, the readjustment of conditions to the real data of the market, is called crisis, slump, bad business, depression.” – Ludwig von Mises “The boom is called good business, prosperity, and upswing. “In the LBO field there is a buried “covariance” with marketable equities, toward disaster in generally bad business conditions, and competition is now extremely intense.” – Charlie Munger “I think it’s a bad business decision to exclude anybody from your restaurant – but, at the same time, I do believe in private ownership.” – Rand Paul “It is a bad business, dealing in lottery tickets … Riches got in such a hasty manner never wore well.” – Sarah Josepha Hale “Hurried business is bad business.” – Patrick deWitt

“Any time an investment company has to spend heavily on advertising, it’s probably a bad business in which to invest.” – Robert Kiyosaki “The new solo album sounds like me: I’m singing about bad business transactions, bodily fluids, and courage.” – Kevin Drew “If the planters carry politics into the fields they will find it bad business.” – Charles E. “Economically considered, war and revolution are always bad business.” – Ludwig von Mises There’s always a bad business manager.” – Dave Grohl “I don’t want to say that most rock bands live these formulaic biography existences – but they kinda do. I think there should be absolutely no discrimination in anything that gets public funding.” – Rand Paul But at the same time I do believe in private ownership. I think it’s a bad business decision to ever exclude anybody from your restaurant. “I don’t like the idea of telling private business owners. In other words, businesses that earn a high return on capital are better than businesses that earn a low return on capital.” – Joel Osteen One way to do this is to purchase a business that can invest its own money at high rates of return rather than purchasing a business that can only invest at lower ones. “Buying a share of a good business is better than buying a share of a bad business. It’s very unlikely that this will be the one time they’re right.” – Malcolm Forbes “Economists’ unanimity that bad business is ahead is the most reassuring news possible. Call it trite, but believe me: success can be achieved through hard work, frugality, integrity, responsiveness to change, and most of all, boldness to dream.” – John “Success is not necessarily about connections, or cutting corners, or chamba – the three Cs of bad business. It was not a bad business plan, but it was terrible and inhumane. “Slavery was incredibly prosperous for some people, at that time. “Individualism is bad for business – though absolutely necessary for freedom, progressive knowledge, and any possible interface with the transcendent.” – Tom Robbins “There is never a bad time to start a business – unless you want to start a mediocre one.” – Gary Vaynerchuk “Today’s business model is bad for people, bad for the economy and bad for stability and democracy.” – Sharan Burrow

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” – Thomas A. “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” – John D.

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