Business Quotes

It's clear that it is in the best interest of business to be part of the conservation, along with governments and civil society.

Business is what concerns us. If you care about something enough to do something about it, you're in business

Having a good network can be invaluable. It opens doors for you and allows you to enter into opportunities that are beneficial to your business.

Remain focused on fulfilling your business mission. Never allow adversity divert your attention and efforts.

We have the enormous opportunity in our hands to make a positive difference for business, people, and the planet.

It's never easy to set up any business, but it comes back to determination and drive and the love of what you do!

We have this one life, let's enjoy it, let's live it to the full and don't get so worked up about don't identify yourself so passionately with this business called religion.

Where a chunk of business is simple, the chances are that it is.

We need to stop apologizing for celebrating life. We need to stop apologizing for wanting to protect an individual's right to build a business.

I have never considered it my business to disabuse someone of a belief that makes life tolerable for them.

A cat, after being scolded, goes about its business. A dog slinks off into a corner and pretends to be doing a serious self-reappraisal.

The music business is just the worst as far as Machiavellian, sharky, evil games going on, as far as manipulation.

What you think of me is none of my business. What is most important is what I think of myself.

Many people start a business only to make money. Just to make money is not a strong enough mission.

American philanthropic custom owes much to leadership by business and professional people.

Earth is a family business.

My whole life I've played music for my own personal enjoyment and the idea of it becoming a machine or a business is just horrible.

We are not in the business of being original. We are in the business of reusing things that work.

He was a genius - that is to say, a man who does superlatively and without obvious effort something that most people cannot do by the uttermost exertion of their abilities.

How do you explain the bond between man and wife? Well, for one thing, it's private. What people do in their own marriage is their own business.

You have to stick out the toughness of the business and form relationships with the people in it.

Anything that you do to increase job security automatically does work for you. It makes your employees a closer part of the unit.

I was immature the way I handled the business. I saw myself as a tribune of the people.

Creating art (music, books, films, etc.) can be beautiful and liberating, but trying to sell art, well, that is the movie business. There are few winners, and lots and lots of losers.

My personal problem is that I take the business of film-making so seriously that I find it very difficult to relax.

A polarizing mission statement forces the reader to choose between two sides of a line drawn in the sand. Rare is the business owner who has the courage to craft such a statement.

Consequently, a young business often grows by large percentages. Mature businesses rarely do.

Anything that isn't opposed by about 40 percent of humanity is either an evil business or so unimportant that it simply doesn't matter.

I have a problem with the term social entrepreneurship because people say only business helps to make the world a better place.

Any idea is only as valuable as its ability to solve a problem.

Why IBM? We have tremendous expertise. One of the reasons we can drive phenomenal efficiency around the world is because we've made IBM an e-business.

People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.

But I live very simply. I farm - there is something visceral about being attached to the land. I am a recording engineer. I do my own laundry most days and I get on with the business of living.

Business is a useful tool in politics, but it's not enough. You need much more than to be a good businessman, to be a good politician.

I used to say that I wanted someone cute and nice, an actor too, so he'd get it. But now I think it would be good for me to date someone who's not in the business.

Good ideas come from bad ideas, but only if there are enough of them.

Good marketers measure.

Fire the committee. No great website in history has been conceived of by more than three people. Not one. This is a deal breaker.

Waiting for perfect is never as smart as making progress.

Choose your customers, choose your future.

Everyone is not your customer.

I got into law school to supplement my business background. I'm not planning to practice law.

So much of starting a business or affecting change is the confidence and courage to simply try.

Knowing when to speak up and when to shut up will get you very far not only in business, but in life.

Trust is everything. If I didn't have trust, there would be no downloads, no show, and no business.

I think the moment that I'm very proud of is building a business without using animals. And, hopefully, changing people's perception of how you can do luxury fashion.

When the president decides something on Monday, he still believes it on Wednesday - no matter what happened Tuesday.

The death of the music business was insane, but audio recordings have been around now for maybe 120 years. Books have been around for, what, nine centuries? So they're more entrenched than music.

If you really got the right people, and you've got them working together as a team, whether it's in business, whether it's in science, whether it's in politics, you can make a big difference.

I'm lucky to be in this business. I'm very grateful.