Above all, film is a business... Independence is a really cool thing as you can be a bit more bold, and take a few more chances with what you do. - Mel Gibson
Do your homework or hire wise experts to help you. Never jump into a business you have no idea about. - John Templeton
The American Beauty Rose can be produced in the splendor and fragrance which bring cheer to its beholder only by sacrificing the early buds which grow up around it. This is not an evil tendency in business. It is merely the working-out of a law of nature and a law of God.
The best thing that happens to us is when a great company gets into temporary trouble...We want to buy them when they're on the operating table.
If you aren't willing to own a stock for ten years, don't even think about owning it for ten minutes.
I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years.
You only have to be able to evaluate companies within your circle of competence. The size of that circle is not very important; knowing its boundaries, however, is vital.
Far too many businesses have been all too eager to lobby for maintaining and increasing subsidies and mandates paid by taxpayers and consumers. - Charles G. Koch
For business to survive and prosper, it must create real long-term value in society through principled behaviour. - Charles G. Koch
In general, an asset should be sold when it has greater value to a buyer. This happens when a buyer has a complimentary business or capability that would enable them to do more with that business. Many businesses we have exited were not failures, but had simply reached a point in their life cycle where they no longer provided a core capability or served as a platform for growth. - Charles G. Koch
Just as central planning is a failure in running government, so it is at the level of the firm. - Charles G. Koch
Koch companies employ 60,000 Americans, who make many thousands of products that Americans want and need. - Charles G. Koch
Many businesses with unpopular products or inefficient production find it much easier to curry the favour of a few influential politicians or a government agency than to compete in the open market. - Charles G. Koch
My father, who co-founded the company that would become Koch Industries. He exemplified much of what is centrally important to us: the value of hard work, integrity, humility and a lifelong dedication to learning. - Charles G. Koch
The role of business in society is to help people improve their lives by providing products and services they value more highly than their alternatives, and to do so while consuming fewer resources. - Charles G. Koch
Connect with
Login with Facebook