241 Quotes by Anita Roddick

Successful entrepreneurs may hate hierarchies and structures and try to destroy them. They may garner the disapproval of MBAs for their creativity and wildness. But they have antennae in their heads. When they walk down the street anywhere in the world, they have their antennae out, evaluating how what they see can relate back to what they are doing. It might be packaging, a word, a poem, or even something in a completely different business.

But the minute we went public on the stock market, which is how our wealth was created, it was no longer how many people you employed, it was how much you were worth and how much your company was worth.

Cynicism is what passes for insight when courage is lacking

All through history, there have always been movements where business was not just about the accumulation of proceeds but also for the public good.

You've got to be hungry - for ideas, to make things happen and to see your vision made into reality

At The Body Shop we had always been measured by how many jobs we had created, and I got a major award from the Queen on that.

Over the past decades...while many businesses have pursued what I call 'business as usual', I have been part of a different, smaller business movement, one that tried to put idealism back on the agenda.

The market controls everything, but the market has no heart.

Being good is good business