Business Quotes · Page 631

With some notable exceptions, businessmen favor free enterprise in general but are opposed to it when it comes to themselves.

— Milton Friedman

“I oft go to a loft aloft in the sky. I go alone, because I enjoy the company of a lofty intellect.”

— Jarod Kintz

Basically, the single-most important decision in evaluating a business is pricing power.

— Warren Buffett

For me, whenever I got into this business, I wanted to be the very best that I could be.

— Christian Cage

I have been with the record company and Tommy was there doing records with other people.

— Al Jarreau

The food business is very tough, but there's also a lot of love and very giving.

— Marcus Samuelsson

I had thought that maybe I will go into hotel business because our family loves food. And North Indian food is very…

— Prabhas

The world can forgive practically anything except people who mind their own business.

— Margaret Mitchell

“manager’s bill of rights,” those basic things that you have a right to expect from your employees. Responsible employees: Are responsive to…

— Erika Andersen

We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity; more than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness.…

— Charlie Chaplin

“Sometimes a business has to lose money in its infancy. But that's only okay if there's a path to profitability and a…

— Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

For me the true business of photography is to capture a bit of reality (whatever that is) on film...if, later, the reality…

— Garry Winogrand

In times of recession there are massive opportunities and fortunes to be made, so for new up and coming entrepreneurs, this is…

— Richard Branson

Startups are transforming our society. Over the past 100 years, we've gone from an industrial era, where a hierarchical structure dominated business…

— Brad Feld

“You’re not dressed like a Mormon.” “So you go knock on the door. Just in case. If he’s there, tell him you’re…

— Lee Child

I admire companies that give back to communities. It is an absolute essential for organizations to watch, mitigate, and improve their impact…

— Shiv Nadar

I assisted Bobby Houghton at Halmstads, and we were both just under 30. We'd say, 'Wouldn't it be great to do this…

— Roy Hodgson

“Product development has become a faster, more flexible process, where radically better products don’t stand on the shoulders of giants, but on…

— Eric Schmidt

“I see,” she said softly, nodding her head as though she really did. “Well, it’s your business, of course.” She turned her…

— Diane Setterfield

Yes, I am scared of prison. It's the last thing if you are after building up a business over 38 years and…

— Sean Quinn

“So, of the three major risk areas, execution risk remains the only real issue in building a company. How will the enterprise…

— Salim Ismail

In my heart I know you didn't come here just for me, you came here because you believe in what this country…

— Barack Obama

“jangled. Would you look at that? A pair of open handcuffs dangled from my headboard. The key glistened on the bedside table,…

— S.M. Reine

“Friedman identifies three world “flatteners.” First are the new technologies and the new processes made possible or enhanced by these technologies. Second…

— Lynne Schrum

Im an American. Weve translated democracy and brotherhood and equality into enterprise and opportunity and success - and thats getting Americanised.

— Susan Glaspell

This is what I wanted the business to be when I started it: a lot of black, a lot of luxurious materials,…

— Kenneth Cole

Business could not make dull, nor passion wild; Who saw life steadily, and saw it whole.

— Matthew Arnold

A lot of show business, as you know, is about all the contacts you make and who you know.

— Denise Crosby

“At the lower end of the social scale, as well as among the gentry, enterprise and social mobility were part of the…

— Thomas Sowell

“This is what made the difference, they used social networking for entertainment and I used it for business.”

— Amit Kalantri

If you talk to people about the history of the games business during economic downturns, they'll tell you that it's a recession-proof…

— Bobby Kotick

We've weathered several periods when times weren't so good, and so I don't think we'll cancel our advertising now. In fact, we…

— Will Keith Kellogg

Whenever you see a gaming table be sure to know fortune is not there. Rather she is always in the company of…

— Oliver Goldsmith

I have a bad gambling problem. You're not in show business for 12 years and dress like this without a bad gambling problem.

— Artie Lange

The snow may be falling in the winter of my discontent, but at least I've got sarcastic company.

— John Green

Slavery was incredibly prosperous for some people, at that time. It was not a bad business plan, but it was terrible and…

— Chuck D

Let us endeavor to commence every enterprise with a pure view to the glory of God, continue it without distraction, and finish…

— Francois Fenelon

Any time an investment company has to spend heavily on advertising, it's probably a bad business in which to invest.

— Robert Kiyosaki

We live in an age in which superfluous ideas abound and essential ideas are lacking.

— Joseph Joubert

I love Hunch, the awesome team, my brilliant cofounders - we're doing great work and building a great company.

— Caterina Fake