The Wiley book of business quotations - Henry Ehrlich

This unique volume shows that the dialogue of business can be brilliant when you know where to find it. With more than 5,000 quotations drawn largely from the press and from the speeches of business leaders, this comprehensive reference brings you today's voice of business, including the words of such titans as Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Percy Barnevik, George Soros, Jürgen Schrempp, Michael Eisner, and Jack Welch, as well as hundreds of others who have helped remake the business world and the larger world over the past two decades.

In addition to concentrating on contemporary sources and subjects, The Wiley Book of Business Quotations provides historical and topical context and relevant information about speakers and the organizations they represent. This makes it an essential tool for everyone who cares about business

A longtime speechwriter for some of the world's most influential corporations, editor Henry Ehrlich has an insider's understanding of how quotations provide instant perspective for business thinking. He organizes the quotes into hundreds of crucial topics such as Asian financial markets, corporate culture, entrepreneurship, and workplace diversity, that have become highly visible aspects of the business scene in an era of breathtaking change. The selections are by turns inspiring, provocative, incisive, and informative
and always entertaining.

You'll find:

• More than 5,000 quotations on current business topics, from global markets to the Internet, from reengineering to sexual harassment


• Comments by top names in manufacturing, marketing, finance, entertainment, information, consulting, and dozens of other industries, as well as economists and academics


• Quotes from leaders in other fields who have something to say about money, work, and business, from Martha Stewart and Oprah Winfrey to Steven Spielberg and Michael Kinsley


• Global coverage
  highlighting personalities and issues from Latin America, Europe, and Asia


• A quick–reference format
  grouped according to 44 main themes and hundreds of subcategories


• Indexes sorted by name and by company

The Wiley Book of Business Quotations is a unique and indispensable resource for businesspeople, writers, politicians, contemporary history buffs, and anyone who wants to make sense of today's business world.

"This book has frequently revealing, often remarkable insights into what's important to businesspeople just about everywhere."
Denis J. Nayden, President and Chief Operating Officer, GE Capital.

"Ehrlich's anthology challenges business speakers
and their writers
to raise the level of their rhetoric with his lively, provocative selections."
Jerry Tarver, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Speech Communication, University of Richmond, and head of Tarver Communication Services

Corporate Success and Failure...

"When the rate of change outside exceeds the rate of change inside, the end is in sight."
Jack Welch, CEO of General Electric

Competition

"I don't like my competitors. I don't eat with them, don't do anything with them except try to waste them."
Hugh McColl Jr., CEO of NationsBank.

Management...

"One's objective should be to get it right, get it quick, get it out, and get it over. You see, your problem won't improve with age."
Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway

Economists...

"Economists are like dairy farmers. We think we deserve every penny we get.
Professor Gregory Mankiw, Harvard University.

Language...

"George Orwell once blamed the demise of the English language on politics. It's quite possible he never read a prospectus."
Arthur Levitt Jr., Chairman of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Global Marketing...

"Even underwear has national characteristics."
John Bryan, CEO of Sara Lee Corporation