Business Quotes

The most important invention that will come out of the corporate research lab in the future will be the corporation itself.

Innovation, I believe, is the only way that America will regain the initiative in a global dynamic economy.

EROEI [energy returned on energy invested, or net energy] is to a civilization what gross profit is to a business, the source of the surplus that supports the entire enterprise.

The right remedy for the trade cycle is not to be found in abolishing booms and thus keeping us permanently in a semi-slump; but in abolishing slumps and thus keeping us permanently in a quasi-boom.

Men in great fortunes are strangers to themselves, and while they are in the puzzle of business, they have no time to tend their health either of body or mind.

The world of finance hails the invention of the wheel over and over again, often in a slightly more unstable version.

The clergy is in the same business as actors, just a different department.

In a collective society, everybody's business is everybody's business.

Early to bed and early to rise probably indicates unskilled labor.

I'm sure there was people in Australia that told Peter Norman that hey, man, you shouldn't have done what you did, you shouldn't have gotten involved in those individuals, it wasn't your business.

In raising a people from slavery to freedom, you have called them to act on a new theatre; and it is a necessary part of your business, to teach them how to perform their parts.

The major value of reaching goals is not to acquire it, but it's the person you become while you're working to acquire it.

Good wages are pro business, since they reduce turnover, increase morale, produce better-skilled employees, and improve productivity.

Funny, but after trading for more than 15 years, I still am capable of forgetting a cardinal rule: The paper you own, in the end, will be intertwined with the fate of the 30-year bond.

The end of pleasure is to support the offices of life, to relieve the fatigues of business, to reward a regular action, and to encourage the continuance.

Well, you can't be trying to achieve success of any kind in this business without accepting that there's going to be a flip side to it.

Always do what you say you are going to do. It is the glue and fiber that binds successful relationships.

All things being equal, people want to do business with their friends.

I thawt I thaw a putty tat.” “I did, I did thee a putty tat" Finished with his Tweety Bird imitation, he grinned unpleasantly at me. “Now, then, luv, let’s get down to business

Jordan Henderson is a player who likes to do his business in the middle of the park.

The first rule of business is FUN

The fundamental problem with banks is what it's always been: they're in the business of banking, and banking, whether plain vanilla or incredibly sophisticated, is inherently risky.

If we take care of the business and keep our eye on the goal line, the stock price will take care of itself.

You just can't get too focused on worrying about what's going to happen in the next quarter. You have to worry about where the business is headed long-term.

The poet's business is not to save the soul of man but to make it worth saving.

I'm in the business where I can't ever say there's no risk associated with someone.

Every vital organization owes its birth and life to an exciting and daring idea.

A leader should never compare his technical skills with his employee's.

Make it a part of every day's business to read and meditate on some portion of God's Word. Private means of grace are just as needful every day for our souls as food and clothing are for our bodies.

I run my operation like a family business. I sign every check, every receipt, I'm not tough, but I'm strong.

I have had my different husbands, my families. I am fond of them all and I visit them all. But deep inside me there is the feeling that I belong to show business.

I'm pretty open book, I'm also the kind of person that will say, 'That's none of your business,' too.

Major labels didn't start showing up really until they smelled money, and that's all they're ever going to be attracted to is money-that's the business they're in- making money.

Employee engagement is an investment we make for the privilege of staying in business.

Prosperity may be found in small as in big business.

No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work.

Of necessity, we made the discovery that it is easier to turn poets into business journalists than to turn bookkeepers into writers.

A customer votes everyday with his dollar. Our job is make sure he votes for us.

All change is a miracle to contemplate, but it is a miracle which is taking place every instant.

I couldn't do anything. I'd work in a department store for a couple of weeks, but I couldn't hack it. I couldn't even type! I had no skills whatsoever outside of show business.

I'm not saying all seniors should be running a city or running a business, but I am saying seniors are good for a lot more than simply running a bath, baking cookies or babysitting grandchildren.

Business reporting is not dealing with objects, it is dealing with relationships between objects.

To me, job titles don't matter. Everyone is in sales. It's the only way we stay in business.

By my count, more business leaders have failed and derailed because of arrogance than any other character flaw.

A star may guarantee business, but the tradeoff is a very short run.

You can't run a business or anything else on a theory.

A one-night stand that waited three years to tell me I had a son. I needed cash flow fast, It was time to get into the business.

I love innovation, I love competing. I hate my competitors. You cannot be in the world of business when you don't have this consciousness of winning.

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.

We're going to march on Washington with a host of Republicans, Democrats, business leaders, legislators.