Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes

We should change the current economic system dominated by big business groups to a one where small and medium-sized enterprises develop together.

The world is filled with successful small businesses that stay small.

Traveling around Ethiopia, I saw dozens of abandoned textile factories. People kept asking me to help them find work. So I thought I could make use of my experience in fashion to commercialize their products outside of Ethiopia.

I'm building shopping centers and movie theaters in the inner cities. So that means supplying jobs and letting blacks understand that we have to build our communities back, not looking to anybody else.

I have always been attracted to the cottage industry side of this business.

As consumers and as voters we can say 'no' to rogue economics and demand regulation.

In the economic sphere, the program demanded thorough decentralization and managerial independence of enterprises, as well as legalization of small-scale private enterprise, especially in the service sector.

You can't compete with Walmart. But you can have smaller businesses that are successful.

One out of every 100 families in Vermont was a part owner of Ben and Jerry's.

As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.

Small business – the very fiber of our community life.

Markets work; morals matter.

I don't let people talk bad about Rick Ross around me. Like, you can't do it. He owns - I've heard a legend - 30 Wing Stops in the areas he grew up near. You can never say anything about him. If that represents ten jobs per place, that's 310 jobs provided.

I have worked for Tesco and am grateful to them but in principle I believe in individual shops.

Portland is a place where everyone closes their eyes and crosses their fingers and hopes for a better community. They keep it small and local, and usually they think if they just make great coffee, it's the best thing for the neighborhood.

By fostering the economic health and vitality of local communities throughout the country, community banks play a central role in our national economy. One important aspect of that role is to serve as a primary source of credit for the small businesses that are responsible for creating a substantial proportion of all new jobs.

I told our employees several times, 'Let's focus on the end user, let's focus on committing to society, and focus on the crisis and doing the right thing, show our corporate social responsibility.' Don't focus on marketing and sales. That's horrible culture.

As CEO of Unilever, my personal mission is to galvanize our company to be an effective force for good.

I see myself as a conscious capitalist.

We're still expecting capitalism to solve problems: 'Maybe if we sell enough oil, we can give some profits to an environmental agency!' Capitalism isn't a moral system.

What a great partnership: Marley Coffee and BikeCaffe, bringing organic coffee in an earth-friendly vehicle to our customers.

It was my dream to have a beauty parlour in our village and to live near my family in Sinjar.

Globalization can be shaped to ensure that people matter.

I care about affordable housing. I care about bus routes. I care about small business. I care about schools. These are not Muslim issues. Even protection of civil rights - that's not just a Muslim issue. That is for everyone.

International consumers can rest assured that their quinoa purchases have benefited some of Latin America's poorest people, together with their families.