Ben Cohen Quotes

#1. Dozens of America's wealthiest taxpayers - including hedge fund legend Michael Steinhardt, super trial lawyer Guy Saperstein, and Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's fame - have appealed to President Obama not to renew the Bush tax cuts for anyone earning more than $1 million a year.

Joe Conason

#2. In the best classrooms, grades are only one of many types of feedback provided to students.

Douglas B. Reeves

#3. We learned that a product doesn't sell just because you're trying to do good in the world. You still have to have a healthy distribution, a good marketing strategy, and price the product properly.

Ben Cohen

#4. Probably the biggest temptation that young writers face is to be entertaining, to show your bag of tricks and do a bit of tap dancing. I read a lot of things, and I keep seeing this brocade of voice where someone is trying to be too pally with you or ingratiating on the page.

Teju Cole

#5. Business has a responsibility to give back to the community.

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#6. It's crazy that in a country where schools are falling apart, we're spending $20 billion on nuclear weapons.

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#7. We decided to redefine the bottom line at Ben & Jerry's

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#8. To rally every black sheep is my goal.

Julian Cope

#9. When I went back to New York with somewhat of a name, they didn't want movie actresses.

Gloria Stuart

#10. Having the equivalent of 150,000 Hiroshima-sized bombs at the ready does nothing to protect us from terrorists planning to sneak in a bomb through a cargo container.

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#11. I don't believe that just because one person is born on one side of some imaginary line and another person is born on the other side means that a lot of people should be getting screwed through no fault of their own.

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#12. There is a spiritual aspect to our lives - when we give, we receive-when a business does something good for somebody, that somebody feels good about them!

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#13. To gain unshakable faith in Jesus Christ is to flood your life with brilliant light.

Richard G. Scott

#14. If we reduced the amount we spend on maintaining our nuclear weapons by a small fraction, we could reallocate those funds to improve kids' health care and schooling.

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#15. If you're aware of injustice, you can either ignore it, say there is nothing you can do about it, complain about it and not do anything, or put your energies into doing something about it.

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#16. The young man void of understanding may be depended upon to fall into the ditch of debauchery without much pushing, and

Robert B. Parker

#17. When business starts using its voice for the benefit of the country as a whole, not just in its narrow self interest, it can really be the force that can make the changes that need to be made.

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#18. As we help others, we cannot help but help ourselves.

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#19. I always ask myself, "Did I get one percent better today?"

Benson Henderson

#20. The key to growing a business is that you need to be meeting some segment of the consumer's needs. If you've got a small business and a product or service that is not popular, you simply have to change your product or service to be more popular.

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#21. Never trust a skinny ice cream man.

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