Mary Cunningham Agee famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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In Business School they taught us about cash flow, not about corporate politics; about return on equity, not about egos and pride. Oh, there were optional courses on 'Organizational Behavior' and 'Managerial Skills,' but these were a little too bloodless to convey what I learned on the job.
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If people are worried about unfair advancement, they should look at the sons-in-law of the world running companies. They've truly slept their way to the top.
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Women have for centuries been recognized as talented listeners, nurturers, motivators, excellent communicators. These very qualities that we once were told were unbusinesslike are precisely the qualities that business needs most to tap human potential.
-- Mary Cunningham Agee
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A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.
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A house divided against itself cannot stand.
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We treat employees as a member of the family. If management take the risk of hiring them, we have to take the responsibility for them.
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It is the woman - nearly always - in spite of all the advances of modern feminism, who still takes responsibility for the bulk of the chores, as well as doing her paid job. This is true even in households where men try to be unselfish and to do their share.
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The death of any man aged 56 is very sad for his widow and family. And no one would deny that Steve Jobs was a brilliant and highly innovative technician, with great business flair and marketing ability.
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Sometimes things are the way they are and can't be changed, other times it's because no one ever tried. Your job is to find the latter.
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Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain.
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Artists are often excellent businessmen. They have to be. Otherwise they do not remain artists.
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If you are looking for a kindly, well-to-do older gentleman who is no longer interested in sex, take out an ad in The Wall Street Journal.
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One company can serve some of your needs all of the time, or all of your needs some of the time, but never both.
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