Business Quotes
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Until the nineteen-seventies, Western countries paid little attention to corruption overseas, and bribery was seen as an unpleasant but necessary part of doing business there. In some European countries, businesses were even allowed to deduct bribes as an expense.
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The nature of business and government has been to build a surplus and self-perpetuate, but the Internet fosters and rewards smaller, more fluid organizations.
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Being Asian in this business is something you have to consider, because sometimes people aren't as open. They'll say, I can't see you with a Caucasian person.
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A well-trained workforce is critical to small-business success. What I hear from business is that it's hard to find help that meets their needs.
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The CEO of AT&T told an interviewer back in 2005 that he wanted to introduce a new business model to the Internet: charging companies like Google and Yahoo! to reliably reach Internet users on the AT&T network.
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People refuse to take chances in business, because they fear the criticism which may follow if they fail. The fear of criticism, in such cases is stronger than the DESIRE for success.
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There's no way I could be president of the United States, I have no; military experience, I've never run a business, for God's sakes I mean - who could possibly clear that bar? The great thing about President Obama is he's actually left the presidential bar on the floor, anyone can walk over that bar now. If Barack Obama can be President of the United States literally anybody in the planet can be President of the United States.
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I cannot do business. I cannot sit and say, 'How are you, the weather's great, how's your golf?' I'm like a bull in a china shop.
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Producing is very much like running a business, where you find the project, you find the different people involved, you put the elements together, and you make sure they all work together well.
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Agriculture's not insulated from having a percentage of people who might be really good old graziers, but they're no good as business people.
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In show business you learn to let it slide off your back. You know, fuck 'em. Otherwise you'd kill yourself.
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Airlines are in a unique position where they do business with virtually everybody.
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The business is so driven by money, everyone's trying to get it right.
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The basic definition of the business and of its purpose and mission have to be translated into objectives.
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The Army is into every business in this country. Except hairdressing.
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In this business, you never really expect a second season of something.
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Several companies have explicit policies against cronyism, with good reason. Hiring a family member simply for a relationship can be troubling and may not necessarily serve a company's interests. But by and large, financial firms in particular commonly hire people who have certain connections, whether through family or a business relationship.
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For the Puritans, the God-centered life meant making the quest for spiritual and moral holiness the great business of life.
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If I do something I think is new, it will be misunderstood, but if people like it, I will be disappointed because I haven't pushed them enough. The more people hate it, maybe the newer it is. Because the fundamental human problem is that people are afraid of change. The place I am always looking for-because in order to keep the business I need to make a little compromise between my values and customers' values-is the place where I make something that could almost-but not quite-be understood by everyone.
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I've said this over the years publicly - this is not a lucrative business. My goal every year is to break even with the White Sox.
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High-tech companies should be managed by the young generation — talented and ambitious people who are acutely aware of the trends of modern digital business development
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No one at Goldman Sachs gets paid out of his or her own P&L. It matters how your business is doing, but it matters more how the firm as a whole is doing.
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The one thing about the business of entertainment is that you have to learn patience.
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'Business Week' is guilty of very shoddy reporting.
