Business Quotes

[My father did] advertising. That's why I got into this business. I think because we're really boxes of soap - actors and singers. You're artists, but in the public eye it's a matter of advertising.

Clearly [Donald] Trump likes the way business executives and generals think and talk much more than policy professionals.

If you're looking to become an entrepreneur then don't waste your time going to university or business school - just get on and do it.

Having colleagues nearby, whether at the beach or in a crypt, means the ideas are always flowing

Business has to give people enriching, rewarding lives...or it's simply not worth doing.

To have created one of the most respected companies in the world. Not necessarily the biggest.

Customers shouldn't just think of your business as a place to buy a product or use a service - it should be a fun place to be.

First and foremost, any business proposal I like must sound fun.

I never went into business to make money, but I have found that if I have fun, the money will come.

Develop the business around the people; build it, don't buy it; and, then, be the best.

Whatever business you are in, every company can shoot for the start in their own way.

We spend most of our lives working. So why do so few people have a good time doing it?

Fun is at the core of the way I like to do business and it has been key to everything I've done from the outset.

Communication: the thing humans forgot when we invented words.

Remember it's OK to be yourself.

I think business needs to have a heart and to have a heart a company must be more than just a moneymaking machine.

I have learnt so much over my 40 years of business which would have been valuable to me when I was younger.

I have always believed that business should be a force for good.

I was never, ever interested in becoming a businessman or an entrepreneur. If I was a businessman, or saw myself as a businessman, I would have never gone into the airline business.

We'll go into orbit. We'll go to the Moon. This business has no limits.

Screwing business as usual fundamentally recognises that doing good is good for business.

You've got to take risks if you're going to succeed. I would much rather ask forgiveness than permission.

Take a chance - it's the best way to test yourself, have fund and push boundaries.

Because I don't see Virgin as a company but as a way of life and I fully enjoy it, I don't think I'll ever retire.

I have always believed that personal relationships are vital in business and that people should be directly accountable for their actions.

A business can be started with very little money.

I have had fun running all of the Virgin businesses, so I never see a setback as a bad experience; it is just a learning curve.

Find somebody else to run your business on a day-to-day basis.

If you can make peoples lives a lot better, you've got a really good business.

It took me years to work out the difference between net and gross. In meetings I just used to say, 'Tell me if it's good or bad news.

Ideas Are The Lifeblood Of Business. Capture Every Fleeting Idea And Drive For Change.

We've got an engaging, edgy, vibrant, fun product, ... It may or may not work, but we're going to give it our best shot.

Be creative. Innovate consistently on the little things that the big companies ignore. Little things often make big differences in business.

I have always been a huge believer in the inestimable value good mentoring can contribute to any nascent business

Be swift to take advantage of business opportunities. Bigger companies are too cumbersome to move quickly; this can be a competitive advantage for you.

Focus on your business strengths and keep its weaknesses away from the competition or public.

In the beginning it was just about the business - now it's about the brand.

One of the best bits of advice I can give is, early on, when you're building a new business, try to find somebody to run it on a day-to-day basis to free yourself up to look at the bigger picture.

Every business will face tough times.

Our company has indeed stumbled onto some of its new products. But never forget that you can only stumble if you're moving.

Today is a time of turbulence and stagnation, of threat and promise from a competitor: the magic, omnivorous videocassette recorder (VCR). In other words, it is business as usual.

Business really has to work its way back. It has to re-earn the trust of its broad sets of constituents.

I like playing Vernon Dursley in 'Harry Potter,' because that gives me a license to be horrible to kids. I hate the odious business of sucking up to the public.

I have to say I was very lucky in this [movie] business. I was in the right place at the right time when I first got started.

We are going to continue having these meetings, everyday, until I find out why no work is getting done.

If someone says you're not strategic, try to figure out what that means and then tell him or her to go to hell.

Let the business shape the organization, not the organization shape the business.

Trade can really be good for American workers and American businesses.

The business of writing is empathising with situations that aren't your own.

The US needs military/defense, economic, and social strategies. A medium-sized business, by contrast, is normally best off focusing its efforts on a single crucial objective.