Business Quotes

There's nobody in the business strong enough to scare me.

I became a general contractor in my early 20s. I have been in the business for over 35 years.

The film business is absurd. Stars don't last very long. It's much more interesting to be a proper actor.

No... a novel is a long business. I'm a slow writer, even when I'm doing very well I write slowly.

The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.'

And I'm not apolitical - I'm very specific in my politics. But a lot of the time it's nobody's business unless you're over at my house having dinner.

I commonly went ashore every day, either upon business, or to recreate myself in the fields, which were very pleasant, and the more for a shower of rain now and then, that ushers in the wet season.

We also never undercut representatives' prices. A representative will always be able to sell the discounts in our core business, which are not offered at retail. So it's never more advantageous to buy there.

A guy named Charlie Beacham was my first mentor at Ford. He taught me the importance of the dealers, and he rubbed my nose in the retail business.

Remind people that profit is the difference between revenue and expense. This makes you look smart.

When we started NFL Films, there were no focus groups, there were no demographic studies, there were no surveys. Every decision that we made, we made with our hearts, not with our heads. And, in the very beginning, we really didn't even have a business plan.

Radio is a really strange business now, too. There's a very narrow door and a very few people control what gets played.

Just the fact that I've lived more, and I'm not concerned about when I am going to get my next job anymore. This business is free-lance and it's not a steady job. Younger, I would have been more preoccupied with myself.

Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.

There are over 2,000 direct clones of the Groupon business model. However, there's an equal amount of proof that the barriers to success are enormous. In spite of all those competitors, only a handful are remotely relevant.

I had been playing for about a year and a half when the Beach Boys formed. When our folks went to Mexico on business, we would take the food money they had left us and we would rent instruments.

The business is so upside down now. It's not just about the bling-bling.

I started out mopping floors, waiting tables, and tending bar at my dad's tavern. I put myself through school working odd jobs and night shifts. I poured my heart and soul into a small business. And when I saw how out-of-touch Washington had become with the core values of this great nation, I put my name forward and ran for office.

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

All the things I love is what my business is all about.

If there wasn't any business and it was just strictly basketball, then there would be no issue, it would probably be done by now. But the team has to protect.

The business that people do in LA on the social level is amazing. You go to a restaurant, bump into this guy or that guy. The next day you get a call, and they want you in their movie.

Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.

Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and it's been their only major business advantage for the past two centuries.

Buzz and the right publicist are not only important but crucial in show business.

I was a weirdo to want to be in show business. Most kids wanted to be teachers or nurses.

If you create something that is asking for people to respond as they're going to respond, you have to allow them to respond as they're going to respond. Some of the people are going to be uninterested and some people are going to be mad for some reason, which is their business. That's just the way the world is.

I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business.

The music business used to carry a certain amount of brotherly love, but it isn't that way now.

I love how people in this business push themselves to know themselves, the world, and their creativity better.