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Samuel Zemurray Quotes
18 quotes from Samuel Zemurray — Known as 'Sam the Banana Man.' Built the Cuyamel Fruit Company and eventually took over United Fruit Company..
“You gentlemen have been fucking up this business long enough. I'm going to straighten it out.”
“You're there, we're here; Go see for yourself; Don't trust the report.”
“Sam grew fixated on ripes, recognizing a product where others had seen only trash.”
“No story is without the possibility of redemption; with cleverness and hustle, the worst can be overcome.”
“His early life was a series of adventures, with odd job leading to odd job.”
“A series of jobs followed, tried on and thrown off like thrift-store suits.”
“You're there, we're here; Go see for yourself; Don't trust the report.”
“Sam's defining characteristic was his belief in his own agency, his refusal to despair.”
“No story is without the possibility of redemption; with cleverness and hustle, the worst can be overcome.”
“He grew fixated on ripes, recognizing a product where others had seen only trash.”
“He was looking for different work and would try anything, if only for experience.”
“A series of jobs followed, tried on and thrown off like thrift-store suits.”
“By eighteen, he had saved enough to send for his brothers and sisters.”
“He didn't build a banana empire with focus groups or angel investors.”
“Zemurray anticipated that United would try to absorb Cuyamel, so he secretly began acquiring United stock.”
“Understanding how so-called garbage might be valued under a different name.”
“Seeing nutrition where others saw only waste.”
“With cleverness and hustle, the worst can be overcome.”