By Jack Ma
Government ‘help’ to business is just as disastrous as government persecution… the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands-off.
The spending on science and technology needs to be increased.
As we talk with candour, we open the doors to new possibilities and new areas of cooperation in advance in democracy, in combating terrorism, in energy and environment, science and technology and international peacekeeping.
The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small ones interesting.
What do I mean by concentration? I mean focusing totally on the business at hand and commanding your body to do exactly what you want it to do.
The duty of government is to leave commerce to its own capital and credit as well as all other branches of business, protecting all in their legal pursuits, granting exclusive privileges to none.
If a man’s character is to be abused there’s nobody like a relative to do the business.
A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity. An honest man’s the noblest work of God.
Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backward.
It is the business of the future to be dangerous; and it is among the merits of science that it equips the future for its duties.
The day will come when the man at the telephone will be able to see the distant person to whom he is speaking.
In digital era, privacy must be a priority. Is it just me, or is secret blanket surveillance obscenely outrageous?
How could this Y2K be a problem in a country where we have Intel and Microsoft?
During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.
By definition, risk exposes businesses to danger.
I’ve always been on the business side – running P&L and working with clients.
I was always first in, last out, but not inefficiently.
If you’re not making use of even the most routine assignment to learn something, realize that many of your colleagues and coworkers are.
I like the idea of using all this science and technology to allow our clients to have a deeper insight into the market.
You can’t be successful in business without taking risks. It’s really that simple.
