Business Quotes · Page 515

Bureaucrats have no business strong-arming private citizens over their property rights.

— Anna Paulina Luna

A culture of discipline is not a principle of business, it is a principle of greatness.

— Anonymous

It's also important to remember that so much of what's on social media is fake or edited and, while it may look…

— Coleen Nolan

Film is not a national business. It's international. And its centre will always be Hollywood.

— Eric Fellner

“If you do not have the sense to understand religion from the right perspective, then you are in the trap of the…

— Mohammed Zaki Ansari

As an actor you have to wait for someone to cast you, so you're relying on the business.

— Mia Wasikowska

I'm the kind of person that when I saw a lack of African Americans in the apparel business, that was something I…

— Daymond John

My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what…

— Jane Austen

One thing I know in baseball is you should never be comfortable where you are. It doesn't matter who you are. It's…

— Jon Lester

I'm actually an optimist about what lies ahead. Are wikis reliable? It depends on the specific business. Is Wikipedia reliable? You bet.…

— Paul Saffo

Selling Atari when I did - I think that's my biggest regret. And I probably should have gotten back heavily into the…

— Nolan Bushnell

You work like hell to get yourself ahead in the business. You could go anywhere before, and suddenly you can't go anywhere.…

— Robert Redford

Regulation - which is based on force and fear - undermines the moral base of business dealings. It becomes cheaper to bribe…

— Alan Greenspan

“In other words, the best marketing decision you can make is to have a product or business that fulfills a real and…

— Portfolio

“I offered her the benefit of my company this New Year's Eve, but informed her that as of midnight I should much…

— Dawn French

Small business owners are experiencing great uncertainty because of the possibility of tax increases, the inconsistent flow of credit, an outrageous national…

— Sam Graves

But I did mine through a production company. All the music I did, I gave to the production company. Then the production…

— Roy Ayers

“Watson demanded total loyalty to the corporation from everybody it employed. ‘Joining a company,’ he would tell his staff, ‘is an act…

— James Essinger

“Everywhere he looked he saw families reunited, and finally, he saw the two whose company he craved most. “It’s me,” he muttered,…

— J.K. Rowling

We're trying to win business by doing a good job for the clients, as opposed to, "We think being big and universal…

— Jamie Dimon

You know, I never knew if I had any talent when I started in this business. My first job was being a…

— Regis Philbin

“Within most well-established companies is a core of uniqueness. It is identified by answering questions such as the following: • Which of…

— Michael E. Porter

“Their challenge is to find out how to use that to make a business.  How to make money from the things they…

— Julie Merrett

To me, money is a means to do good. I reached a point in my life where I had enjoyed tremendous business…

— Eli Broad

“Amazon isn’t happening to the book business,” he likes to say to authors and journalists. “The future is happening to the book…

— Brad Stone

“PALATABLE CRITICISM: In a performance review, don't offer more than three criticisms. That's all an employee can digest.”

— Nancy Humphries

My ideal job? Landlord of a bordello! The company's good and the mornings are quiet, which is the best time to write.

— William Faulkner

In wrestling, you need to be physically fit and appearance is very important. Someone who is not aware of this is clearly…

— Sable

I've been lucky to be able to make the records I've wanted to make. The record company has never pressured me to…

— Lyle Lovett

When I see Kickstarter, I don't see a company. Instead, I see a social movement. I see people doing things for people.

— Om Malik

War is a business in which a lot of people watch a few people get killed and are damn glad it wasn't…

— Herman Wouk

“If you are going to be in business, you must learn about money: how it works, how it flows, and how to…

— Idowu Koyenikan

“marketing is expanding your sphere of influence to your target audience in order to propel your business forward.”

— Dwayne Brown

Jobs are a priority for every country. Doing more to improve regulation and help entrepreneurs is the key to creating jobs -…

— Paul Wolfowitz

“the rest of the company would have preferred it if her husband had been the guest at the Beckhams”

— Leigh Michaels

Most entrepreneurs fail because they are working IN their business rather than ON their business.

— Michael Gerber

I just always try to stay on point, take care of the business, and take care of the people around me.

— Montel Vontavious Porter

To let her dail would be the greatest profit both for the company and for the merchants.

— Peter Stuyvesant

All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]

— Tacitus

Sell practical, tested merchandise at a reasonable profit, treat your customers like human beings - and they will always come back.

— Leon Leonwood Bean