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.

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 business, 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.