I didn't sign any contracts, and I didn't see any oil.
Date of birth: 1946-04-25
Quotes number: 23
Nationality: Russian
Profession: Politician
The conventional definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is developing people through work.
Western concepts of ownership and privatization came in and clashed with that. So land began to be exchanged.
When there wasn't any money involved, for all intents and purposes, nobody gave a damn. But now the land, supposedly worthless, is seen for what it really is: an incredibly valuable asset.
You're talking serious money already in the bank, and millions of dollars coming in every year.
We don't have a monopoly. We have market share. There's a difference.
What we've gone through in the last several years has caused some people to question 'Can we trust Microsoft?'
Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do.
There are two kinds of companies, those that work to try to charge more and those that work to charge less. We will be the second.
Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.