Businessman Quotes

I see this as my humanitarian legacy. We're prepared to pay billions.

I look at every business and ask, How long can this last? How can I identify the status quo and change it?

If I were to retire, I would keep my family's interest in the company the same and say, Don't sell.

Well I just figure any man who risks his neck to save a dog's life isn't going to kill someone for gold teeth.

Unfortunately, the attitude of many towards the press, humanitarians included and especially government workers, is often one of suspicion, if not outright fear.

I am convinced that dealing intelligently with the press is of the greatest importance to the success and effectiveness of a humanitarian mission.

Humanitarian missions are little different from any other public enterprise, diplomacy included, which is susceptible of misinterpretation by the public, hence ultimately of failure.

My view is different. Public relations are a key component of any operation in this day of instant communications and rightly inquisitive citizens.

Appreciate the power of rumor, often malicious, no matter how preposterous, within the local populations you are seeking to help.

The conventional definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is developing people through work.