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Profitability is a shallow goal if it doesn't have a real purpose, and the purpose has to be share the profits with others.
Often, organizations need bold, grand gestures to galvanize people towards a new mission or refocus their attention.
When you're surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment around a common purpose, anything is possible.
Companies should not have a singular view of profitability. There needs to be a balance between commerce and social responsibility... The companies that are authentic about it will wind up as the companies that make more money.
It is very difficult to get people to focus on the most important things when you're in boom times.
We're not a company that seeks out controversy, but we sure do find it.

Sunday Telegraph (London) (2000)
Part of company culture is path-dependent - it's the lessons you learn along the way.
There are two kinds of companies, those that work to try to charge more and those that work to charge less. We will be the second.
I've always thought that I had a great gift for being a beachcomber... if I could find someone who could do the work better than I could I would hire that man and take it easy myself.

Quoted in Getty on Getty (1989)
The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.
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