Business Quotes · Page 679

Dispatch is the soul of business, and nothing contributes more to dispatch than method.

— Lord Chesterfield

In the fourth quadrant (lower right), working-class people are motivated to take on green-collar jobs and start green businesses.

— Van Jones

Someone once described the information business as exactly the opposite of sex. When it's good, it's still lousy.

— Michael Bloomberg

However small a company, its founders should try to expand people's opportunities and choices.

— Richard Branson

The idea of strictly minding our own business is moldy rubbish. Who could be so selfish?

— Ritu

As an entrepreneur, you love your business like a child, and you're taught to be laser-focused on the business.

— Daymond John

When you feel your family is being threatened and hurt, you speak up. And then you put your head down and go…

— Matt Lauer

At KPMG, we believe that companies with inclusive and diverse cultures are better positioned to adapt, grow, and thrive in a changing…

— Lynne Doughtie

Germany is not a fair country. Millions of people believe that things aren't fair in this country. Company profits and bonus payments…

— Martin Schulz

It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a…

— Harry Mathews

Ive thought about our future for a while now. our future is, after I graduate ill take over moms business, and ill…

— Crappp

As a black person on the outside, because there's so much black art and so much of black people's work circulating, so…

— Kelela

There is no company - no corporation on earth that engages in accounting fraud to the extent the Imperial Federal Government of…

— Neal Boortz

I always thought the private sector and the work we did there was incredibly fulfilling in terms of our mission to help…

— Doug Burgum

We are a consumer company and our success is directly linked to our users trusting us. Therefore we have the same incentive…

— Susan Wojcicki

“Compaqs, Dells and Novells each of which emerged from practically nothing to become major corporations. What's the common among these companies is…

— Andrew S. Grove

I knew real show business from my father, who had been an actor since he left the world of boxing.

— James Earl Jones

“He who hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments to great enterprise.”

— Louis L'Amour

To be quite blunt, I make pictures for money, to pay the rent.There are some great artists in the business. I am…

— John Ford

From the time I was in elementary school, I wanted to work in the family business.

— Jeanie Buss

Not only is there no question of solitude, but in the long run we may not choose our company.

— Elizabeth Bowen

History is replete with examples of tech firms that were marginalized by new companies and technologies.

— Barry Ritholtz

The raw fact is that every successful example of economic development this past century ... has taken place via globalization.

— Paul Krugman

Anyone who has spent five seconds in my company, or two seconds in my bedroom knows that I am not a white…

— Milo Yiannopoulos

The devil is the father of lies, but he neglected to patent the idea, and the business now suffers from competition.

— Josh Billings

Benjamin Graham wrote, "Those with enterprise haven't the money, and those with money haven't the enterprise, to buy stocks when they are…

— Seth Klarman

If I lost control of the business I'd lose myself-or at least the ability to be myself. Owning myself is a way…

— Oprah Winfrey

“Although you may run a successful company it doesn't mean you can deliver a successful presentation”

— Stephen Keague

No company has embraced the liberating aspects of the Internet as a 'new marketplace of ideas' more than the search giant Google.

— Steven Levy

Any time you build a company designed to be sold, you ultimately get less value if it's sold.

— Joe Kraus

There has to be a balance between your mental satisfaction and the financial needs of your company.

— Alexander McQueen

In my talks with business owners, I hear time and again that they have job openings but can't find workers with the…

— Roy Cooper

In the sixth grade, I planned to start my own business making custom fishing lures.

— Charles Best

Western business people often don't get the importance of establishing human relationships.

— Daniel Goleman

Businesses acting as businesses, not as charitable donors, are the most powerful force for addressing the pressing issues society face(s)

— Tony Elumelu

In October 2008, when the credit crunch hit, small businesses were really crushed by the lack of capital.

— Karen Mills

Obama is attacking every business. He is attacking every employer and employee. He is attacking the system. He has a perverse mind.

— Rush Limbaugh

“Sang (company of people) is not a problem but it should not have a bad effect on you. It is infectious.”

— Dada Bhagwan

The crux of what makes a company Indian is its entrepreneurship. The management needs to be in India.

— Bhavish Aggarwal

“I always thought this time travel was a bad business,” the constable observed dryly, taking a sip from his lemonade.”

— Joel Van Valin