Business Quotes · Page 582

The blood of Christ covers all of our sins, but each of us must do personal business with God in order to…

— Lewis B. Smedes

“Tech companies used to invent solutions to end problems, now they invent problems to sell endless solutions.”

— Abhijit Naskar

A strong sense of purpose drives businesses to take the long view and invest for growth.

— Punit Renjen

Be it $15 million here and $11 million there, it takes hundreds of millions to be successful in this business.

— David Neeleman

I absolutely love working with my dad because there is such an ease about it, and I also love his company.

— Samuel West

This is what you need to do in a luxury business: look for people who will like being there every day.

— Steve Wynn

Business leaders take things far too seriously, and forget that most of the time people spend in their lives is at work,…

— Richard Branson

Most startup companies have two people, and they figure out creative ways to swarm problems. They move faster and have more impact.

— Scott D. Anthony

“A state has no business telling a man sitting alone in his own house, what books he may read or what films…

— Justice John Marshall Daniel J. Solove

Focus very clearly on a few small things. The purpose of a business is to give someone something that they want. Have…

— Brian Tracy

Whales only get harpooned when they come to the surface, and turtles can only move forward when they stick their neck out,…

— Anonymous

It is difficult to compare a footballer's wage to the wage of a bank manager or the manager of a large company.…

— Nicklas Bendtner

When you work as actors in this business, you spend a lot of time apart. That's why a lot of marriages fail.…

— Boris Kodjoe

The other thing being at UCLA was just being in California and around the movie business. Which I honestly believe, and I've…

— Shane Black

I know that producing will ultimately mean more longevity in the business, so when I'm tired of everything else and want to…

— Maria Menounos

President Obama shopped at a book store to help support Small Business Saturday. He bought fifteen books. His tax policies and his…

— Argus Hamilton

“I don’t mind telling you I found the whole business more than a little provoking. I was being called, you understand, and…

— Lev Grossman

I actually went on lectures at Harvard, Stanford, Oxford and all the business schools eight years ago, explaining what the implications were…

— MC Hammer

“By the 1980's and 1990's, Moore's Law had emerged as the underlying assumption that governed almost everything in the Valley, from technology…

— John Markoff

Community. A friend started a real estate brokerage a few years ago. By the time she'd added her second employee, she was…

— Tom Peters

“There are many potential explanations for the less-than-robust performance, but IBM’s current strategy suggests that one component at least is a challenge…

— Stephen O’Grady

“The most direct path to Party was raising pigs. The company had several dozen of these and they occupied an unequaled place…

— Jung Chang

“I shun all activities and you have none. You have freed yourself from all duties which had been forced on you. And…

— R.K. Narayan

“In the lean enterprise, however, the workforce on the plant floor needs to talk constantly to solve production problems and implement improvements…

— James P. Womack

The first - the most obvious test of a true social entrepreneur - is are they possessed, really possessed by an idea.

— Bill Drayton

I am willing to do business and I'm willing to play ball with anyone, for I am very open-minded.

— Matt Hardy

We'd all been trying to get into this business for God knows how long. And it's not like we're talentless.

— Sarah Harding

“Every company’s supply chain should be its ultimate competitive weapon—not the gun with which you shoot yourself in the foot.”

— Steven J. Bowen

When you break it down, Yahoo! is a Very Large Display Advertising business, with a hefty side of search and a bit…

— John Battelle

We will downsize the government, motivate excess employees to become entrepreneurs, and increase the pay of a lean and mean bureaucracy.

— Anonymous

This market right now is moving on nothing more than emotions. Guess what? It almost always moves on emotions.

— David Bach

Just because you're working does not mean you're making money. That's two very different things in show business.

— Billy Porter

“Your business isn't magic; it's engineered. Stop treating it like an accident.”

— Greg Born

No company that I ever hacked into reported any damages, which they were required to do for significant losses.

— Kevin Mitnick

corporate America corrupted the watchdogs that were supposed to be guarding the public interest by feeding them under the table.

— Arianna Huffington

If you're going to get into big time religion, these are the games you have to play. You go into it as…

— Marjoe Gortner

Wrigley is a great business, but that doesn't solve the problem. Buying great businesses at advantageous prices is very tough.

— Charlie Munger

Being in an indie band is running a never-ending, rewarding, scary, low-margin small business.

— Jack Conte

I don't care about awards and public image. We know the business of entertainment. We worship our work, we worship our clients…

— Shailender Singh

When I got divorced and moved into an apartment, I started keeping the TV on, just for company.

— Mark Harmon