Harold S. Geneen

It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises-but only performance is reality.

You can’t run a business or anything else on a theory.

It’s better to take over and build upon an existing business than to start a new one.

You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.

In business, words are words explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality.

I think it is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises – but only performance is reality.

In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first the cash will come later.