Business Quotes

Basic research is like shooting an arrow in the air and, where it lands, painting a target.

A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists.

I want them poor and they deserve to be poor. You can't have capitalism without punishment.

If doing what ought to be done be made the first business and success a secondary consideration--is not this the way to exalt virtue?

I make no claim to being a business genius. You can make so much money in this business that it loses its value.

It is your business when the wall next door catches fire.

Business leaders must not cling to old ways of doing business, or allow inertia or complacency to prevent them from making the decisions that they will eventually be forced to make.

Have a vision. Be demanding.

One thing the military does far better than business is train its own leaders. I can't go to IBM and hire a battalion commander. They don't have any.

As unmarried business women we must constantly use our opportunities in business in such a way that we are prepared for the marriage which may be ours tomorrow.

I want to hear the word 'cherish' about 5 times.

I wanted to do an acting role in a movie that had nothing to do with the music business or in which I would play a singer or a songwriter. When I act, I don't even want to be thought of as Ne-Yo.

In 15 years from now half of US universities may be in bankruptcy ... in the end I'm excited to see that happen. So pray for Harvard Business School if you wouldn't mind.

If you study the root causes of business disasters, over and over you'll find this predisposition toward endeavors that offer immediate gratification.

If anything is going to halt necessary investments in next generation networks it will be Congress dictating business models to companies.

The premium single-cup segment is the fastest-growing business within the global coffee industry.

I didn't think before that I'd done enough to justify publishing an autobiography but after 40 years in show business I'm now ready to tell my story.

Comedy is a very, very, very stringent business.

Benedict Cumberbatch is not only the best name in show business, it's also the response you get when you ask John Travolta to pronounce Ben Affleck.

It is not the business of religion in these days to isolate herself from the world like John the Baptist. She must go down into the world like Jesus Christ.

Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts, and politicians violently denounce the politicians of other countries.

North Vegas is where you go if you're a hooker turning forty and the syndicate men on the strip decide you're no longer much good for business out there with the high rollers.

There is always room for losers in the football business. They are the mother's milk of gambling, and why not? Somebody has to do it, or there won't be any winners.

Unfortunately, since the Sept. 11 tragedy, our business is not doing too well.

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

This walking business is overrated: I mastered the art of doing it when I was quite small, and in any case, what are taxis for?

The death tax is one of the leading causes of the dissolution of small businesses.

You'd better make it your business to understand the market. The ability to charm or play the game is useful.

I guess there are no real strict rules [in comedy], but I just learn to apply my philosophy about comedy which is, it's a serious business and the result needs to be funny, not the process.

I'm not in the service business.

I'm not in the business of reading tea leaves. I don't have a crystal ball.

The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise that the one whose policy clashes with the demands of the times does not.

I was just shaking and then also immediately, I had to go into 'take-care-of-business-mode' which included a change to a more healthy diet.

When I was in N.W.A. and didn't get paid all the money I was owed, that's when the business side of showbiz hit me.

But maybe because the dot-com world gives people positions at a younger age, and many women are prominent in this business, it will help change the view about who can run big companies.

I've lectured at the Harvard Business School several times.

Incrementalism is innovation's worst enemy.

If I say something about David [Bowie], I get 1000 tweets, if I say something about my business just a few! The more personal, the better.

I'm in show business... I want to hang out with Janet Jackson, not Jesse Jackson.

The rewards that will flow from a successful shift to a low carbon economy are high. Neither governments nor business can afford to let these opportunities pass them by

Life is a beautiful thing. But you're always striving to be better in your art, striving to be heard. And obviously in a movie business, it's striving to be noticed and appreciated.

Because publishing is becoming more business-oriented each day with more examination of the bottom line, it's harder to break out than ever.

It comes down to that ... business tactic: the guy that yells loudest is right.

Nothing is so great an adversary to those who make it their business to please as expectation.

In the long-term, security comes from an asset you create or acquire, not a position in someone else's asset.

If you make your business about helping others, you'll always have plenty of work.

You can't overestimate the need to plan and prepare. In most of the mistakes I've made, there has been this common theme of inadequate planning beforehand. You really can't over-prepare in business!

I think he [Donald Trump] is generally a good person, but you know what? He had no business being president of the United States. If I thought he did, I wouldn't be running. I'd be helping him.

A good businessman sees where others don't see.

I never have time to cook, so I just look through the books and imagine the dishes I would make if I wasn't going out for a business dinner.