Business quotations and sayings authors
- Abraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States. (1)
- Akio MoritaAkio Morita (盛田昭夫, January 26, 1921 – October 3, 1999) was a Japanese businessman and co-founder of the Sony Corporation. (12)
- Al CaponeAlphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone (January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947) was a famous American gangster. (1)
- Al Ries, Jack TroutAl Ries is a marketing professional and author. He is the co-founder and chairman consulting firm Ries & Ries with his partner and daughter, Laura Ries. Jack Trout is an owner of Trout & Partners, a consulting firm. He is one of the founders and pioneers of positioning theory, and also marketing warfare theory. (7)
- Alan GreenspanAlan Greenspan (born March 6, 1926) is an American economist who served as Chairman of the Federal Reserve of the United States from 1987 to 2006. (1)
- Alexandre Dumas, filsAlexandre Dumas, fils (27 July 1824 – 27 November 1895) was a French author and dramatist. He was the son (fils) of Alexandre Dumas, père, also a writer and playwright. (2)
- Alfred CapusAlfred Capus (November 25, 1858 – November 1, 1922) was a French journalist and playwright. (1)
- Alfred NobelAlfred Bernhard Nobel (21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, armaments manufacturer, the inventor of dynamite. In his last will, he used his enormous fortune (2)
- Alistar Cooke (1)
- Ambrose BierceAmbrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – 1914?) was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist and satirist. (1)
- Ambrose Gwinnett BierceAmbrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – December 26, 1913) was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist and satirist. (1)
- Andre MauroisAndré Maurois, born Emile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog, (26 July 1885, Elbeuf, Seine-Maritime – 9 October 1967) was a French author and man of letters. (1)
- Andrew YoungAndrew Jackson Young (born March 12, 1932) is an American politician, diplomat and pastor, a Congressman, and United States Ambassador to the United Nations. He served as President of the National Council of Churches USA, and was a supporter and friend of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1)
- AntisthenesAntisthenes (Greek: Ἀντισθένης; c. 445-c. 365 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and a pupil of Socrates. (1)
- Aristotle OnassisAristotle Sokratis "Ari"/"Aristo" Onassis (15 January 1906 – 15 March 1975) was a very prominent Greek shipping magnate of the 20th century. (5)
- Armand Salacrou Armand Camille Salacrou (9 August, 1899 – 23 November, 1989) was a French dramatist. (1)
- Arnold SchwarzeneggerArnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian American bodybuilder, actor, businessman, and politician, currently serving as the 38th Governor of the state of California. (1)
- AusoniusDecimius Magnus Ausonius (ca. 310–395) was a Latin poet and rhetorician. (1)
- Barbara BushBarbara Pierce Bush (born June 8, 1925) is the wife of the 41st President of the United States George H. W. Bush. (1)
- Benjamin DisraeliBenjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British Prime Minister. (4)
- Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790) was an American scientist, writer, politician, diplomat. He was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. (2)
- Bernard Mannes BaruchBernard Mannes Baruch (August 19, 1870 – June 20, 1965) was an American financier, stock-market speculator, statesman, and political consultant. (1)
- Bertie Charles ForbesBertie Charles Forbes (May 14, 1880 – May 6, 1954) was a Scottish financial journalist and author who founded Forbes Magazine. (6)
- Bienvenida Buck (1)
- Bill Gates William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, philanthropist, and chairman of Microsoft. He is ranked consistently one of the world's wealthiest people. (2)
- Bismarck, Otto vonOtto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck (1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898) was a Prussian German statesman and aristocrat.In 1867 he became Chancellor of the North German Confederation. When the German Empire was formed in 1871, he served as its first Chancellor until 1890 and practiced Realpolitik, which gained him the nickname "The Iron Chancellor". (1)
- Brian TracyBrian Tracy (born in 1944) is a self-help author who has recorded many of his works as audio books. His presentations and seminar topics include leadership, sales, managerial effectiveness, and business strategy. (1)
- Buck RodgersF. G. (Buck) Rodgers led the Data Processing Division from October 1967 to October 1970, when he became IBM director and later vice president of marketing. Rodgers had joined IBM in 1950 and retired i (2)
- Buxton (1)
- Charles DickensCharles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era and one of the most popular of all time. (1)
- Charles EllisCharles "Charley" Ellis, founded Greenwich Associates, a consulting firm focusing on financial institutions. (1)
- Charles KetteringCharles Franklin Kettering (May 8, 1876 – January 11, 1958) was an American inventor. He was a founder of Delco, and was head of research for General Motors from 1920 to 1947. (4)
- Charles MerrillCharles Edward Merrill (October 19, 1885 – October 6, 1956) was an American stockbroker, co-founder of Merrill Lynch & Company, philanthropist. (1)
- Charles Revson Charles Haskell Revson (October 11, 1906 – August, 1975) was a pioneering cosmetics industry executive who created and managed Revlon Cosmetics. (1)
- Christopher MorleyChristopher Morley (5 May 1890–28 March 1957) was an American journalist, novelist, essayist and poet. (1)
- Claude BristolClaude M. Bristol (1891-1951). He worked on the army newspaper, Stars and Stripes until 1919. His best known book is The Magic of Believing, published in 1948, which has sold well over a million copie (6)
- Claude C. Hopkins Claude C. Hopkins (1866-1932) was one of the great advertising pioneers, his classic book, "Scientific Advertising," was published in 1923. (1)
- Coco ChanelGabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971) was a pioneering French fashion designer. She was the founder of the famous fashion brand Chanel. (1)
- Confucius Confucius (Chinese: 孔子 or 孔夫子, September 28, 551 B.C.E. – 479 B.C.E.) was a Chinese thinker and social philosopher, whose teachings and philosophy have deeply influenced Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Vietnamese thought and life. (1)
- Curtis CarlsonCurtis R. Carlson (born 1945) is currently the president and CEO of SRI International and a prominent technologist. (1)
- Cyril Northcote ParkinsonCyril Northcote Parkinson (July 30, 1909 – March 9, 1993) was a British naval historian and author of some sixty books, the most famous of which was his bestseller Parkinson's Law, which led him to be also considered as an important scholar within the field of public administration. (5)
- David Dunham (1)
- David McCulloughDavid Gaub McCullough (born July 7, 1933) is an American author, narrator, and lecturer. He is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award. (1)
- David OgilvyDavid MacKenzie Ogilvy (June 23, 1911–July 21, 1999), was a notable advertising executive. He has often been called "The Father of Advertising." (1)
- David RockefellerDavid Rockefeller Sr. (born June 12, 1915) is an American banker, statesman, globalist, and the current patriarch of the Rockefeller family. (1)
- David Weiss (1)
- Dean AchesonDean Gooderham Acheson (April 11, 1893 – October 12, 1971) was an American statesman and lawyer. (1)
- Dominic LawsonDominic Ralph Campden Lawson (born 17 December 1956) is a British journalist. (1)
- Don MarquisDon Marquis (born July 29, 1878 - died December 29, 1937) was an American humorist, journalist and author. (1)
- Donald TrumpDonald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American business magnate, socialite, author and television personality. (1)
- Ed EsberEdward M. Esber, Jr. (born 1952) was a personal computer pioneer who laid the foundation for a revolutionary industry. He is or has sat on the boards of over 30 companies, public, private and educational. Ed Esber is now an Angel Investor investing in exciting new companies in Silicon Valley. (1)
- Edmund WilsonEdmund Wilson (May 8, 1895 – June 12, 1972) was an American writer and literary critic. (1)
- Elbert HubbardElbert Green Hubbard (June 19, 1856 – May 7, 1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. (1)
- Elmo LewisE. St. Elmo Lewis (1872-1948) was an American advertising advocate—he wrote and spoke prolifically about the potential of advertising to educate the public. He was the co-founder/first president of th (1)
- Francis BaconFrancis Bacon,1st Viscount St Alban (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626), was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist, and author. He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. (2)
- Frank CraneDr. Frank Crane (1861–1928) was a Presbyterian minister, speaker, and columnist. (1)
- Frank McKinney HubbardFrank McKinney Hubbard (1 September 1868 - 26 December 1930) was an American cartoonist, humorist, and journalist better known by his pen name "Kin" Hubbard. (1)
- Fred Adler (1)
- Hajime Mitari (1)
- Harold Coffin (1)
- Harold Geneen (1)
- Harry TrumanHarry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953). (2)
- Heinrich HeineChristian Johann Heinrich Heine (13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) was a journalist, essayist, literary critic, and one of the most significant German romantic poets. (1)
- Henny YoungmanHenry "Henny" Youngman (16 March 1906 – 24 February 1998) was a comedian and famous violinist. (1)
- Henri DeterdingHenri Wilhelm August Deterding (19 April 1866 - 4 February 1939) was one of the founders of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and for 36 years (1900 - 1936) its chairman and the chairman of the combin (1)
- Henry Emery (1)
- Henry FordHenry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was the American founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production. (5)
- Henry George (1)
- Henry SyHenry Sy (Chinese: 施至成; born October 25, 1924) is a Chinese Filipino businessman and the founder of SM Group and chairman of SM Prime Holdings, the largest retailer and shopping mall operator in the Philippines. Acknowledged as the country’s "Retail King," he has come a long way from the modest shoe store he set up in Quiapo in 1946, to become Asia's biggest shopping mall operator with over 30 malls throughout the Philippines. (4)
- Herbert Bayard Swope Herbert Bayard Swope (January 5, 1882 - June 20, 1958) was a American editor and journalist. (1)
- Hyman RickoverHyman George Rickover (January 27, 1900 – July 8, 1986), was a four-star admiral in the United States Navy who invented the nuclear submarine. Rickover was known as the "Father of the Nuclear Navy". (7)
- Jack WelchDr. John Francis "Jack" Welch, Jr. (born November 19, 1935) was Chairman and CEO of General Electric between 1981 and 2001. (3)
- James Russell LowellJames Russell Lowell (February 22, 1819 – August 12, 1891) was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. (1)
- Jeff BezosJeffrey Preston Bezos (born January 12, 1964) is the founder, president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board of Amazon.com. (1)
- Jerry DoyleJerry Doyle (born July 16, 1956) is an American talk radio host, conservative political commentator and television actor. (1)
- John Calvin CoolidgeJohn Calvin Coolidge, Jr. (July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933) was the 30th President of the United States (1923–1929). (1)
- John Davison Rockefeller John D. Rockefeller (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937) was an American entrepreneur, industrialist, he founded the Standard Oil Company and became the world's richest man and first American billionaire. (18)
- John Fitzgerald KennedyJohn Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. (1)
- John GalbraithJohn Kenneth "Ken" Galbraith (October 15, 1908 – April 29, 2006) was a Canadian-American economist. He was a Keynesian and an institutionalist, a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism and progressivism. (3)
- John Henry PattersonJohn Henry Patterson (November 10, 1867 – June 18, 1947), was an Anglo-Irish soldier, author. (1)
- John WanamakerJohn (Nelson) Wanamaker (July 11, 1838 – December 12, 1922) was a much respected and admired United States merchant, religious leader, civic and political figure, considered the father of modern advertising. (4)
- Larry Ellison (2)
- Lawrence PeterDr. Laurence Johnston Peter (September 16, 1919 - January 12, 1990) was an educator and "hierarchiologist," best known to the general public for the formulation of the Peter Principle. (1)
- Le Roy Kurtz (1)
- Leo BurnettLeo Burnett (October 21, 1891 - June 7, 1971) was an advertising executive famous for creating such icons as the Jolly Green Giant, the Marlboro Man, Toucan Sam, Charlie the Tuna, Morris the Cat, the Pillsbury Doughboy, the 7up "Spot", and Tony the Tiger. (1)
- Leo Szilardhungarian: Szilárd Leó (February 11, 1898 – May 30, 1964), was a Hungarian physicist who conceived the nuclear chain reaction and worked on the Manhattan Project. (2)
- Lord BeaverbrookWilliam Maxwell "Max" Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (25 May 1879 – 9 June 1964) was a Canadian-British business tycoon, politician, and writer. (1)
- Oprah WinfreyOprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954) is an American media personality, actress, television producer, literary critic and magazine publisher, best known for her self-titled, multi-award winning talk show. She has been ranked the richest African American of the 20th century, the most philanthropic African American of all time, and was once the world's only black billionaire. She is also, according to some assessments, the most influential woman in the world. (1)
- Paul GettyJean Paul Getty (December 15, 1892 – June 6, 1976) was an American industrialist. He founded the Getty Oil Company, and in 1957 Fortune magazine named him the richest living American. (1)
- Paul MeyerPaul J. Meyer is a famous manager, an expert in motivation and efficiency. He was a Sales Executive with Word, Inc., he built a national sales organization and increased its business 1,500 percent in 24 months. Paul J. Meyer founded Success Motivation Institute in 1960. His company has grown into an international group of companies marketing his materials in more than 60 countries and in 23 languages. Paul J. Meyer is considered by many to be the founder of today’s personal development industry. He was the first to condense books and record them on LP records and then on cassettes. (2)
- Peter CochranePeter Cochrane (born 11 July 1946) is an English futurist. He was Head of BT Research from 1993 until 1999, when he was appointed Chief Technologist. In November 2000 he retired from BT to join his own startup company - ConceptLabs. (2)
- Peter DruckerPeter Ferdinand Drucker (November 19, 1909 – November 11, 2005) was a writer, management consultant, and self-described “social ecologist.” His books and scholarly and popular articles explored how humans are organized across the business, government and the nonprofit sectors of society. (3)
- Peter LynchPeter Lynch (born January 19, 1944) is a Wall Street stock investor. He is currently a research consultant at Fidelity Investments. He is not related to Edmund C. Lynch, the co-founder of Merrill Lynch. (2)
- Peter SellersRichard Henry Sellers, commonly known as Peter Sellers (08 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was a British comedian and actor. (1)
- Peter TaskerPeter Tasker is recognized as one of the foremost authorities on Japanese finance, economics and culture. Ranked as the No. 1 equity strategist by Japanese institutional investors for five years running, Mr. Tasker was Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein’s market strategist in Tokyo from 1983 to 1998. (1)
- Philip CogganPhilip Coggan writes about financial markets for The Economist having previously worked for 20 years for the Financial Times and been its Investment Editor. (2)
- Pierre Martineau (1)
- Publius SyrusPublilius (less correctly Publius) Syrus, a Latin writer of maxims, flourished in the 1st century BC. (1)
- Ralph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, philosopher, and poet. (1)
- Ramona E. F. Arnett (1)
- Ren Mulford (1)
- Richard Ney (1)
- Richard Whately Richard Whately (1 February 1787 – 8 October 1863) was an English logician and theological writer who also served as Anglican Archbishop of Dublin. (1)
- Robert Anton WilsonBorn Robert Edward Wilson (January 18, 1932 – January 11, 2007), the American author of 35 influential books, became, at various times, a novelist, essayist, philosopher, futurist, polymath, psychonaut, libertarian. (1)
- Robert Browning (1)
- Robert FrostRobert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. (1)
- Robert GalvinRobert "Bob" W. Galvin (born October 9, 1922) is the son of the founder of Motorola, Paul Galvin. In 1940, he began working for Motorola and was named president of the company in 1956. Two years later he succeeded his father as chief executive officer. In 1986, Bob Galvin gave up the title of CEO while remaining chairman of the board. Under his leadership, Motorola sales had grown from $216.6 million to $6.7 billion in 1987. (1)
- Robert Townsend (1)
- Roger Smith (2)
- Ronald Long (1)
- Ross PerotHenry Ross Perot (born June 27, 1930) is an American businessman from Texas best known for running for President of the United States in 1992 and 1996. Perot founded Electronic Data Systems (EDS) in 1962, sold the company to General Motors in 1984 and founded Perot Systems in 1988. It was bought by Dell for $3.9 billion in 2009. (3)
- Royal LittleRoyal Little (born March 1, 1896 - died January 10, 1989), was the founder and chair of Textron, and is considered to be the Father of Conglomerates. (1)