Business Quotes
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There is no amount of money in the world that will make you comfortable if you are not comfortable with yourself.
Stuart Wilde
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I hear, more than ever, people actively searching for women to direct, actively wanting to finance women's films, which is not to say it is easy, but I think it's been a great instance of how journalism has put pressure on business to be more fair between genders.
Natalie Portman
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Life is too short to be unhappy in business. If business were not a part of the joy of living, we might almost say that we have no right to live, because it is a pretty poor man who cannot get into the line for which he is fitted.
George L. Brown
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From the business point of view—not to overstate it—intellectual property is dead; long live intellectual process. Long live service; long live performance.
Esther Dyson
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This is also very important. Never take the first table they offer you in a restaurant. Don’t even start walking with the host until you know where you’re going. “What table were you thinking of giving us?” always lets them know you mean business right off the bat. Never sit by the door, near a waiter station, or across from the bathroom. Always take the seat facing out to the room. If there is a booth available you definitely want that.
Gary Janetti
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Life is the acceptance of responsibilities or their evasion; it is a business of meeting obligations or avoiding them. To every man the choice is continually being offered, and by the manner of his choosing you may fairly measure him.
Ben Ames Williams
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And what am I to do on the occasion? -- It seems an hopeless business.
Jane Austen
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I'm not an Internet guy - I'm a business guy.
William Fung
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There's no question that positive thinking has a place in business. [...just as it has in the the rest of a happy, successful person's life.]
David Mason
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I'm thrilled to be working with Goldline, the very best in the gold business.
Monica Crowley
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I've spent so much time in that makeup that I'm now unrecognizable. The business doesn't know who I am.
Michael Dorn
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The habeas corpus business, that's to show that he Bill Clinton is not tough on crime.
Nat Hentoff
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The first mistake belonging to business is the going into it.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
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Companies are bought for their revenue, customer base, technology, or people. A few great companies offer all of these, but any valuable business offers one.
Margaret Heffernan
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Both my brothers became physicians and I, of course, wandered into a business where the undisciplined are welcome.
Carroll O'Connor
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One irreducible residual of 38 years in the business is the number of lasting, loving friendships I have made.
Carroll O'Connor
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My car and my adding machine understand nothing: they are not in that line of business.
John Searle
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I'm really proud to be a woman making music. Nothing makes me happier than when other women approach me at shows and say, "You've inspired me to start writing music," or, "I feel like we could be best friends." Music is a male-dominated business, so it's nice to see bands with girls in them, and not just a bunch of dudes with beards in flannel shirts.
Bethany Cosentino
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When you want to move somebody, you have to say to yourself: 'I'm in the emotional transportation business. I gotta move them, emotionally.'
Peter Guber
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It's impossible for a dishonest person to grow rich in business.
James Cook
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I was trying to find my way into the music business still, but I didn't want to portray something that I wasn't. I really wanted to be just me.
Elgin Baylor Lumpkin
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The point to remember about selling things is that, as well as creating atmosphere and excitement around your products, you've got to know what you're selling.
Stuart Wilde
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Great things in business are never done by one person, they're done by a team of people.
Steve Jobs
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One clear focus for everyone. Your business needs laser focus on what the next objective is. Execution is key.
Ben Keighran