Companies Quotes

“People need to be educated so that they can make intelligent moral choices”
― Gary L. Francione

“Pick a leader who will keep jobs in your country by offering companies incentives to hire only within their borders, not one who allows corporations to outsource jobs for cheaper labor when there is a national employment crisis. Choose a leader who will invest in building bridges, not walls. Books, not weapons. Morality, not corruption. Intellectualism and wisdom, not ignorance. Stability, not fear and terror. Peace, not chaos. Love, not hate. Convergence, not segregation. Tolerance, not discrimination. Fairness, not hypocrisy. Substance, not superficiality. Character, not immaturity. Transparency, not secrecy. Justice, not lawlessness. Environmental improvement and preservation, not destruction. Truth, not lies.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“Companies aren’t families. They’re battlefields in a civil war.”
― Charles Duhigg, The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

“I have my own theory about why decline happens at companies like IBM or Microsoft. The company does a great job, innovates and becomes a monopoly or close to it in some field, and then the quality of the product becomes less important. The company starts valuing the great salesmen, because they’re the ones who can move the needle on revenues, not the product engineers and designers. So the salespeople end up running the company.”
― Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs

“Pick a leader who will not only bail out banks and airlines, but also families from losing their homes -- or jobs due to their companies moving to other countries. Pick a leader who will fund schools, not limit spending on education and allow libraries to close. Pick a leader who chooses diplomacy over war. An honest broker in foreign relations. A leader with integrity, one who says what they mean, keeps their word and does not lie to their people. Pick a leader who is strong and confident, yet humble. Intelligent, but not sly. A leader who encourages diversity, not racism. One who understands the needs of the farmer, the teacher, the doctor, and the environmentalist -- not only the banker, the oil tycoon, the weapons developer, or the insurance and pharmaceutical lobbyist.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“People like to know that the companies they interact with and buy from are companies that do good in the world.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“THE ORGANIC FOODS MYTH

A few decades ago, a woman tried to sue a butter company that had printed the word 'LITE' on its product's packaging. She claimed to have gained so much weight from eating the butter, even though it was labeled as being 'LITE'. In court, the lawyer representing the butter company simply held up the container of butter and said to the judge, "My client did not lie. The container is indeed 'light in weight'. The woman lost the case.

In a marketing class in college, we were assigned this case study to show us that 'puffery' is legal. This means that you can deceptively use words with double meanings to sell a product, even though they could mislead customers into thinking your words mean something different. I am using this example to touch upon the myth of organic foods. If I was a lawyer representing a company that had labeled its oranges as being organic, and a man was suing my client because he found out that the oranges were being sprayed with toxins, my defense opening statement would be very simple: "If it's not plastic or metallic, it's organic."

Most products labeled as being organic are not really organic. This is the truth. You pay premium prices for products you think are grown without chemicals, but most products are. If an apple is labeled as being organic, it could mean two things. Either the apple tree itself is free from chemicals, or just the soil. One or the other, but rarely both. The truth is, the word 'organic' can mean many things, and taking a farmer to court would be difficult if you found out his fruits were indeed sprayed with pesticides. After all, all organisms on earth are scientifically labeled as being organic, unless they are made of plastic or metal. The word 'organic' comes from the word 'organism', meaning something that is, or once was, living and breathing air, water and sunlight.

So, the next time you stroll through your local supermarket and see brown pears that are labeled as being organic, know that they could have been third-rate fare sourced from the last day of a weekend market, and have been re-labeled to be sold to a gullible crowd for a premium price. I have a friend who thinks that organic foods have to look beat up and deformed because the use of chemicals is what makes them look perfect and flawless. This is not true. Chemical-free foods can look perfect if grown in your backyard. If you go to jungles or forests untouched by man, you will see fruit and vegetables that look like they sprouted from trees from Heaven. So be cautious the next time you buy anything labeled as 'organic'. Unless you personally know the farmer or the company selling the products, don't trust what you read. You, me, and everything on land and sea are organic.


Suzy Kassem,
Truth Is Crying”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“Companies can learn a lot from biological systems. The human immune system for example is adaptive, redundant, diverse, modular, data-driven and network collaborative. A company that desires not just short term profit but also long term resilience should apply these features of the human immune system to it's business models and company structure.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“Many companies expect loyal customers without providing loyal service. This has been the visionary failure of countless corporations.”
― Steve Maraboli

“Some people like to hate on big companies because they're big. I like to learn from big companies because they're big. In business, size is a measurement of success. It's certainly not the only measurement. But it is an important measurement.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“There are lots of ways to measure a company's success. You can look at earnings reports and get really specific with the numbers. You can look at social capital and the influence the company has on people. You can look at the balance sheet and the value of its assets. You can look at its legal framework, it's brand, it's staff.

The key to valuing a company is to look at the company holistically.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“Every company should prioritize the health and safety of it's employees.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Good companies have a good impact on all of its stakeholders. Everyone that the company interacts with should experience a value-add of some kind. And every environment in which the company operates should experience a value-add of some kind. And if done right, this will also drive up profits for the company.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“Companies can bounce back just like people can bounce back.”
― Hendrith Smith

“If you want to have a team of competent employees, it's important to have a comprehensive training program in place.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Having clear processes and systems in place is critical to ensuring employee safety.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Companies are most vulnerable to failure by implosion, not from external competition. Toxic employees pose a much bigger threat to the success of the company than all the competitors combined.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Were companies units or loose, ever-shifting alliances of individuals? Still didn't know.”
― Jeff VanderMeer, Hummingbird Salamander

“Electrical utility companies put up power poles generally because it is cheaper than putting the power cables underground.”
― Steven Magee

“Companies cannot choose which laws apply to them and which ones do not.”
― Steven Magee

“Companies that have engaged in dangerous or illegal activities in the past are now at great risk as social media has gone mainstream.”
― Steven Magee

“There is a willful lack of safety culture in the USA. It is in the Ivy League, research institutions, universities, utility companies, solar power companies, cell phone companies, manufacturing and the government!”
― Steven Magee

“If you hang out with corrupt utility companies, you must expect to get caught up in their illegal activities!”
― Steven Magee

“Solar photovoltaic companies did not appear to be adequately de-rating their electrical components for heat when I worked in the field.”
― Steven Magee

“Organisations and teams can only be as amazing as the Human Beings that are part of them.”
― Pedro Gaspar Fernandes

“It seems Elon Musk follows a policy of halving the staff and making the remaining staff work twice as many hours in companies he acquires!”
― Steven Magee

“As much as I dislike utility companies, I do like having electricity!”
― Steven Magee

“Having worked at a large electrical utility site, I now refuse to work with electrical utility companies due to the extensive negative experiences I had there.”
― Steven Magee

“I have tried approaching my companies about a pay rise a few times. Two of them said no, the other gave me a significant raise. I left the two that said no for better paying jobs. The best pay rise always comes from a new job offer. It can be tens of thousands more!”
― Steven Magee

“People with purpose thrive, brands with purpose grow, and companies with purpose last.”
― Paul Polman, Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take