Business Quotes
If you really want to be successful in the business, you have to make that your priority, above family and everything else. It takes up every minute of your life.
I agree today that a man has no business trying to tell women what their characteristics are, which ones are inborn, which are more admirable, which will be best utilized by what occupations.
I think, with Trump, the major point is this guy has business enterprises all over the world. And you're looking just at immense, immense conflict of interest.
I was hooked on writing. I mean, where else can you get paid for sticking your nose into somebody else's business?
I don't want people poking around in my private stuff. They've no business in it. My work is what I give to people, that's my job, and that's where it stops.
Real benefits come when managers begin to understand the profound difference between 'cost cutting' and 'eliminating the causes of costs'
I prayed to God for help and I put myself in a recovery house called Studio 12. It was for people in the business and you didn't have to have any money to go, which was good because I was broke.
I've managed to make a living in a very ridiculous business, and that's fine with me. The trick now is, after you've been in it for a while, you still have to remember to have fun.
In the foundation and development of a successful enterprise there must be a single-minded pursuit of financial profit.
It is very difficult to reconcile the American ideal of a sovereign people capable of owning and managing their own government with an inability to own and manage their own business.
Producing is very much like running a business, where you find the project, you find the different people involved, you put the elements together, and you make sure they all work together well.
I love performing, but I never really liked show business. My success is my family. I want to be more successful as a mother.
Being a famous singer or an international singer - that's my dream, too, but my main goal is to be a real student and be able to graduate and be a lawyer and have my own business.
No right of preference exists in favor of person, property, or business. Personal claims and ambitions must yield in favor of whatever best serves the general welfare.
The marginal tax rate for high income earners is going up. Small businesses are no longer enjoying some of the exemption from payroll tax. Now there will be carbon taxes.
What if I couldn't handle people's opinions of me? I know that shouldn't dictate a person's degree of peace or happiness in life, but the problem is, I chose a business saturated in judgment.
Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was a business; but now, when great fortunes are only made by business, business is war.
I come from a show-business family, so wanting to become an actor never crossed my mind. It was just a part of my life.
I come from a long line of teachers. Not only did I not go into the family business; I had an aborted law career and I played in bands. 'Disco Pigs' was my first professional acting experience.
My worst decision was not learning Spanish yet. I think it would really help my business if I could do some of my singles in Spanish or a Spanish/English mix.
I would have to say the best was when my mom formed a company for me. I write out all of the checks for my performance business. I get to see the money I make and how much it takes to do what I do.
Will Smith is a funny person, a very likable person, but at the same time he can be serious and really handle his business. I'll stay away from talking about his rapping abilities, though.
It’s important for people to know that I’m still focused on football... I’m handling my business to get ready for the next season.
So long as a man attends to his business the public does not count his drinks. When he fails they notice if he takes even a glass of root beer.
Kurt Cobain was Nirvana. He named the band, hired its members, played guitar, wrote the songs, fronted the band onstage and in interviews, and took responsibility for the band's business decisions.
I feel that one of the best things a person can do for another is to create a job. So you do OK commercially, and then you try to make a difference of some sort.
If a student takes a Stanford computer class and a Princeton business class, it shows they are motivated and have skills. We know it has helped employees get better jobs.
The only reason to go into business is to make money. You have to work hard at it. If you're not passionate about it, you'll burn out so fast that it is incredible.
When did I decide to go into business? Well, it wasn't a business, when I decided. It was simply a need to sing.
NASCAR racing provides more brand awareness and interest than any of the other major sports. The opportunities to build business-to-business relationships within the racing community are endless.
A recession doubles the necessity to be really focused on three or four tactics that can prove a return on investment.
Life in the movie business is like the beginning of a new love affair: it's full of surprises, and you're constantly getting f***ed.
A lot of show business, as you know, is about all the contacts you make and who you know.
What's important for me is to give my daughters a well-rounded education and a mixture of people in their lives. They'll make their own choices. I think they would be good in show business.
Business is always looking to avoid the toughest norms. But some do it in a civilized way, while others push it using uncivilized, brazen methods.
My father wasn't much for show business. He was an insurance man - very well-liked, very warm. He had a lot of friends.
I'd hate to say, if I wasn't running, the television networks would be doing less than half the business.
I wouldn't be who I am without my husband, who handled the business end of Donna Karan so I could be creative.
The greatest business icons-it's not that they were worth hundreds of millions, or billions or trillions of dollars, it's that they moved society forward.