Business Quotes
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France in August when you can travel through the entire country without encountering a single pesky Frenchman or being bothered with anything that's open for business.
P. J. O'Rourke
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Baseball cannot be learned as a trade. It begins with the sport of the schoolboy, and though it may end in the professional, I am sure there is not a single one of these who learned the game with the expectation of making it a business. There have been years in the life of each during which he must have ate and drank and dreamed baseball.
John Montgomery Ward
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I make a habit of asking myself, 'Is there purpose to this meeting or conversation? Do I want to build a relationship with this person or company? Is there purpose behind this meeting that aligns with my life and business strategy?' If the answer is 'No,' then I pass every time.
Brandon Webb
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When you feel like this isn't your business, get out of the business.
Andy Lau
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I let beef get settled in the street, I just handle my business as a professional boxer.
Adrien Broner
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Politics is the reflex of the business and industrial world.
Emma Goldman
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I'll do business with anyone, but I'll only go sailing with gentlemen.
J. P. Morgan
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Lots of business owners spend their lives trying to land the whale - the single, massive, brand-name account that will fatten the top line and bestow instant credibility. But big customers make me nervous.
Jason Fried
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When I first started getting into the business, a young woman in a music game that was mostly men, I did feel inadequate.
Alicia Keys
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To be in the right is often an expensive business.
Phyllis Bottome
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You're starting to see new record companies and business models taking shape, but it takes time.
Simon Le Bon Duran Duran
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I'm happy to report that 'The New Press' is still in business to this day. But not thanks to me. I was a really bad publishing intern.
Lev Grossman
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The wireless segment is approximately 50 percent of our business... we believe this is an industry-wide phenomenon and that we are, in fact, maintaining if not gaining market share.
Antonio Perez
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O2O and all-in-one systems mean we have to make online and offline inventory accessible to each other. This is complicated both in terms of the technical aspect and in cost. A story sounds wonderful, but if it is too costly, it is not good. Technology has to match business.
Li Ning
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Money is always the least of the problems. It is finding the right business or growing the right business. You can't do that without the right people.
Christoffel Wiese
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Our troops are home. It's time for American business to replace the yellow ribbons with help wanted signs.
Bobby Kotick
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I was never that interested in business, to be honest. I do the minimal amount of business as possible because I'm not actually interested in it as a thing. But some people are interested in it, and there's nothing wrong with that.
Mick Jagger The Rolling Stones
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Life in the restaurant business can provide a start in the working world for young people or a stable living for many Americans and their families.
Kevin McCarthy
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India offers exciting business opportunities owing to the growth in corporate travel and a significant middle-class population waiting to explore the world. To begin with, Travelex is setting up eight city centre branches in metros and other major cities including tourist destinations.
Lloyd Dorfman
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Our 2015 financial performance will continue to be driven by our Home Robot business. Home Robot revenue is expected to grow 10% to 12% in 2015 and comprise 90% of total company revenue.
Colin Angle
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A poor logo doesn't mean a business will fail, and a good logo doesn't mean it will succeed - it just helps. Ultimately a good logo is something that people recognize instantly and relate to.
Matt Mickiewicz
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We hear a great deal of lamentation these days about writers having all taken themselves to the colleges and universities where they live decorously instead of going out and getting firsthand information about life. The fact is that anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days. If you can't make something out of a little experience, you probably won't be able to make it out of a lot. The writer's business is to contemplate experience, not to be merged in it.
Flannery O'Connor
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I've been really lucky to work with some of the best writers in the business.
Cullen Bunn
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Just as two people can have similar personalities, two companies can have a remarkably similar approach to business.
Om Malik