The Wiley Book of Business Quotations: More Than 5000 Insights, Opinions and Witticisms About Doing Business Today Book

Where do lively quotes come from? They're sparked by discord, financial concerns, and power struggles, so the competitive world of corporate conflict makes a particularly fertile field for pithy perspicacity and business bon mots. Henry Ehrlich has surveyed that field, and compiled more than 5,000 insights and opinions from today's industry moguls. These epigrams are organised in categories such as Advertising, Asia, and Corporate Culture, Hostile Takeovers, Information Superhighway, and Success, and indexed by name as well as by organisation.You can find Bernard Fauber, CEO of Kmart, saying "The sure path to oblivion is to stay where you are," and James Sidell, president of UST Corp. opining that "The [banking] industry has one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel". Bill Gates is on record in 1981 as saying, "640K [of computer memory] ought to be enough for anybody", and James W. Johnston, former chairman of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, is in print from 1997 for saying, "Cigarettes and nicotine clearly do not meet the classic definition of addiction". The Wiley Book of Business Quotations is a great resource for speechwriters and economists, business professionals and sociologists. Whether you're seeking the clever quip to launch your pitch or some supportive quotes to drive home your premise, Erhlich's quotation collection is remarkably easy to access. It's equally good fun, however, for water cooler browsing or retirement gifts, or a little something to give your nieces or nephews as they graduate with their MBAs. --Stephanie Gold--Amazon.comRead More