Business Quotes

There is a growing literature about the multitude of journalism's problems, but most of it is concerned with the editorial side of the business, possibly because most people competent to write about journalism are not comfortable writing about finance.

What the insurance companies have done is to reverse the business so that the public at large insures the insurance companies.

Sweat equity is the most valuable equity there is. Know your business and industry better than anyone else in the world. Love what you do or don't do it.

Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

My mother taught me to love my work. I learned everything about business from her.

You have to work in this business on your own terms. Don't sell out for money, fame, or notoriety.

When business executives are making the artistic decisions and don't understand animation, things can go awry.

Of course, everybody makes mistakes, and we've all been young and stupid. But people need to have a sense of respect, particularly in this business, because hundreds of people are ready to take your place at any time. Maybe some people should think about that.

I'm not in the business of harassing anybody.

I have heard show business characterized as a refuge for childlike persons in flight from all things harsh and real.

That space between the white lines, that's my office. That's where I conduct my business.

Listen, if there's one sure-fire rule that I have learned in this business, it's that I don't know anything about human nature.

At home, we don't listen to our music-we listen to other people's music. It keeps you attached to the show business world.

It is the gossip columnist's business to write about what is none of his business.

What I would have liked to do on that show was play a secretary of state who has huge personal business interests throughout the world. That, to me, seems to be more in synch with reality.

My curiosity and my appetite for evolving as an actor is one of the main components of me still working today in the business.

I love my family very much. I wish I could see them a little more often than I do. But we understand because we're a show business family and we all work.

We in universities are not in the democracy business. What we do, when we're doing it, is teach and learn.

I have to take time occasionally to get away from the pressures of this business. If I don't, I think I would get stale, and that would show in my music.

Mr. Wrigley believed in this: Put all your eggs in one basket and watch the basket. They don't do that today. This is the old-fashioned way I'm talking about. He carried it on to his business. Do one thing and stay with it.

Business is tough; you need tough guys.

I think in politics, in Congress, you often do things that are Republican, or you do things because you're a Democrat. Sometimes that's good, obviously, and sometimes that's obviously bad. But in the news business, there's no such thing as Republican or Democratic news. News is news.

All that non-fiction can do is answer questions. It's fiction's business to ask them.

If you're going to stick around in this business, you have to have the ability to reinvent yourself, whether consciously or unconsciously.

When I decided to get married at 40, I couldn't find a dress with the modernity or sophistication I wanted. That's when I saw the opportunity for a wedding gown business.

The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks.

Part of the film business is, if you want an apple, you buy an apple.

I started at a very early age in this business and I'm sure most of you have read stories about people who have started as children and ended up in very difficult lives and bad consequences.

I got into the acting business very young.