KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Jim Pattison Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Jim Pattison

Showing 1-10 of 23 Quotes by Jim Pattison

I've got a lot of respect for tuba players, just carrying that thing around.

~Jim Pattison

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


It's quite normal to hear of a change and see it as a problem, but it's probably an opportunity, depending on how quickly you can adjust.

~Jim Pattison

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


We all fail - I have failed so many times, but it never discourages me. I just pick up and go.

~Jim Pattison

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I've always believed that competition is good for consumers and good for businesses.

~Jim Pattison

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I've made more mistakes than anyone I know. Sometimes I learned something, and sometimes I just find myself doing it again. It makes me mad when I wasn't smart enough to learn the first time. You just think it's going to be different the next time, and it's not, as it turns out.

~Jim Pattison

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


No matter what business you are in, there is change, and it's happening pretty quickly.

~Jim Pattison

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


People in the high-tech sector are living with change every hour. They can get up in the morning and find themselves behind already.

~Jim Pattison

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


In my job, I have many operations, so I tend to use time in my car to think. I get in the car after work and drive all night -11 hours, Vancouver to Banff.

~Jim Pattison

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


My grade 3 teacher put on a kids' Christmas concert, and I played the kazoo, so my mother bought me a trumpet. I took lessons for eight years, was in the Kitsilano Boys Band, and I played in the Vancouver Junior Symphony for two years.

~Jim Pattison

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


When I came out of high school, my objective in life was to get a job selling used cars, but after trying for two weeks, nobody would hire me.

~Jim Pattison

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Businessman

Born: October 1st, 1928

Links

Find Jim Pattison on Amazon

Related Authors

Craig Bruce
Bernard Ebbers
Robert Herjavec
Guy Laliberte
Henry Mintzberg
Kevin O'Leary
Maurice Strong
Don Tapscott

Popular Authors

Buddha Robert Frost Ernest Hemingway Vladimir Lenin Nelson Mandela Elon Musk William Arthur Ward Frank Lloyd Wright

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1925 - Gore Vidal

1800 - George Bancroft

1856 - Timothy Thomas Fortune

1858 - Eleonora Duse

1867 - Pierre Bonnard

1867 - Willis Polk

1871 - Stijn Streuvels

1877 - Virginia Gildersleeve

1897 - Louis Aragon

1898 - Leo Mccarey

Birthdays on October 3rd
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Chance Cool Dad Easter Equality Father's Day Technology Veterans Day