Enterprise – Quotes

The New Deals enmity

The New Deals enmity for that system of free and competitive private enterprise which we call capitalism was fundamental. Garet Garrett

The enterprise of describing something in language that has never been described before is a very difficult thing to do. When you decide to do away with old cliches or old phraseologies, and to come up with a new way of saying something, it’s extremely difficult. Gao Xingjian

I have never done

I have never done anything except write, but I don’t possess the vocation or talents of a narrator, have no knowledge at all of the laws of dramatic composition, and if I have embarked upon this enterprise it is because I trust in the light shed by how much I have read in my life. … Read more

In these sacred documents

In these sacred documents are embodied eternal principles that no man, group of men, or nation has the right to withhold from others. Here is our basis for freedom of individual achievement. Our Constitution with its Bill of Rights guarantees to all our people the greatest freedom ever enjoyed by the people of any great … Read more

I want to go

I want to go where I can be of the most service to the general enterprise. Ezra Cornell

Modern love is the

Modern love is the enterprise that everyone wants to be a part of, yet there’s a fifty percent divorce rate in round one and a sixty-five percent divorce rate in round two. Esther Perel

There is one recurring,

There is one recurring, persistent, perennial, and dogging personal problem which, more than any other, steals the force and peace of people and ruins projects and enterprises and careers. It is the habit of feeling hurt, because of what others do, or do not do and what they say or do not say Ervin Seale

What rights have women?

What rights have women? … [they are] punished for breaking laws which they have no voice in making. All avenues to enterprise and honors are closed against them. If poor, they must drudge for a mere pittance if of the wealthy classes, they must be dressed dolls of fashion parlor puppets. Ernestine Rose

Hundreds upon hundreds of

Hundreds upon hundreds of news outlets – okay, thousands – are interested in following the happenings at the White House. Yet the number of news sources at the White House – people who know what’s happening – is finite. Dozens maybe. With that imbalance hanging over the enterprise, it’s hard for a group of reporters … Read more

I see socialism in

I see socialism in the direction, of management, of enterprise, by all who work in the enterprise. Erich Fromm