Business Quotes · Page 597

Keeping a bar clean is basic in this business. Having a staff that speaks adequate English is basic.

— Jon Taffer

Any self-respecting entrepreneur has borrowed money from their mother at some point.

— Kevin Plank

I thank You, God, in Heaven, for friends. Margaret Elizabeth Sangster Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among…

— The Talmud

I wish someone would give me one shred of neutral evidence that financial innovation has led to economic growth — one shred…

— Paul Volcker

I started Kernel, a neuroenhancement company, personally investing $100M, to help ensure that humans and AI evolve together.

— Bryan Johnson

I measure my success by how happy I am, not how big the business is or how much money I've made.

— Gary Vaynerchuk

An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.

— Laurence J. Peter

This business of fame - when people ask me what it was like growing up in this famous family, I say, 'When…

— Frank Sinatra Jr

It's great to work with people who are jobbing actors at different stages of their career, and learning from them, and getting…

— William Kircher

India and Israel share great relations, and with Israel known as a start-up country, there are a lot entrepreneurship opportunities to explore…

— Pranitha Subhash

I went to college because my father thought that I should learn engineering, because he wanted to go into the heating business…

— Leonard Susskind

I've had some bad business lessons and learned some things. It's not always about going platinum. So long as I know who…

— Mannie Fresh

“Remember that this is what separates the women from the girls. If you want to be great, this is the challenge. If…

— Ben Horowitz

Religion is by no means a proper subject of conversation in mixed company; it should only be treated among a very few…

— Lord Chesterfield

Yesterday, after the Thanksgiving parade, Donald Trump appeared at Macy's to promote his new line of fragrances and business suits. Unfortunately, there…

— Conan O'Brien

When you decide to like something, I mean, you may feel you're sort of innocently putting out your preferences, but actually you're…

— Tim Wu

It is the great business of every Christian to save souls. People complain that they do not know how to take hold…

— Anonymous

The feet are loaded with nerve endings and are the key to balance - and I'm in the balance business. In fact,…

— Laird Hamilton

“Nat and I are entrepreneurs. It’s been feast of famine over the years. One of the greatest blessings in our lives is…

— Richie Norton

I don't know where people got the idea that characters in books a supposed to be likable. Books are not in the…

— John Green

The future will be less predictable, forecast rises will shrink, company lifetimes will shrink, new entrants will proliferate and it’s going to…

— Steve Jurvetson

We are so accustomed to the miracle of private enterprise that we habitually take it for granted. But how does private industry…

— Henry Hazlitt

Our government's investments in science, technology and innovation are ensuring that ideas move from the lab to the marketplace faster, creating jobs…

— Julian Fantino

Show business always tries to stereotype you, so that is something you have to fight against no matter who you are. A…

— Judah Friedlander

I would like to get the tax rate as low as possible so that businesses want to create jobs here.

— Gary Cohn

The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be.

— Reid Hoffman

I have a suspicion that the definition of "crazy" in show business is a woman who keeps talking even after no one…

— Tina Fey

Entrepreneurs are not driven by fear; they are driven by the idea to create impact.

— Bhavish Aggarwal

What chance gathers, she easily scatters. A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

If your team is filled with people who work for the company, you'll soon be defeated by tribes of people who work…

— Seth

Salespeople are the most important people in any organization. Until a salesperson gets an order, nobody in the company has a job.

— Chris Gardner

I will eliminate capital-gains taxes for the small businesses and the startups that will create the high-wage, high-tech jobs of tomorrow

— Barack Obama

My relationship to plants becomes closer and closer. They make me quiet; I like to be in their company.

— Peter Zumthor

“Our offices are filled with people working their lives out to enrich their boss, government or company.”

— Sunday Adelaja

Ideally, the star will be replaced within eight hours. This sends the message that no single individual is bigger than the company.

— Jack Welch

“when your consciousness or mental attitude shifts, remarkable things begin to happen. That shift is the ultimate business tool and life tool.”

— Guy Spier

There are really very few economies of scale in centralising or standardising advertising.

— Stephen King

I partnered with the LGBT Chamber of Commerce to persuade America's largest city to adopt a certification program for LGBTQ enterprises.

— Ritchie Torres

Business is a game, played for fantastic stakes, and you're in competition with experts. If you want to win, you have to…

— Sidney Sheldon

Anyone who's in the magazine business thinks about advertisers when they write about something. And anyone who says they don't is a…

— John F. Kennedy Jr