Business Quotes · Page 588

I got into this business to entertain and, of course, make a living from it and to be able to have our…

— Steve Harwell

The basic definition of the business and of its purpose and mission have to be translated into objectives.

— Peter Drucker

Competitive advantage is a companys ability to perform in one or more ways that competitors cannot or will not match.

— Philip Kotler

Poor governance affects us all - entrepreneurs, homemakers, farmers, labourers, whatever identities we might have.

— Rohini Nilekani

The psychology of the Klitschkos is to be nice to you before the fight and then destroy you in the ring. With…

— Dereck Chisora

Market leaders inevitably slip into decline when they tell the people what they want instead of giving the people what they want.

— Alan Sugar

Uniqlo as a company has always developed new fabrics and is always trying to be innovative. The design is simple, so the…

— Nicola Formichetti

Profits are part of the mechanism by which society decides what it wants to see produced.

— Henry Wallich

Entourage' is a great show, but it's fantasy. I spent my twenties in L.A. in this business, and my life didn't look…

— Johnny Galecki

Basilicas should be constructed on a site adjoining the forum and in the warmest possible quarter, so that in winter business men…

— Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

In any business opportunity, you'd be looking, probably, primarily at the risk and return. Some business can be very risky with a…

— John Caudwell

The fact that equities are being sold down, despite the lowest interest rates in recent history, simply means that the market doesn't…

— John C. Malone

One of the things about working on stage - actually, about working in show business, that is - is that it's such…

— Gregory Hines

I'll be the first to thank RuPaul, who gave me the money and let me out into the world. RuPaul is an…

— Bianca Del Rio

The muse whispers to you when she chooses, and you can't tell her to come back later, because you quickly learn in…

— Terry Brooks

In fact, I was welcomed. There were movie stars and rock stars. I became a pot star. I glorified in that. And…

— George Jung

Nvidia's self-driving-car business grew out of a long-standing relationship with auto companies. Car guys used Nvidia chips for computer-aided design, then used…

— Daniel Lyons

The son will run away from the family not at eighteen but at twelve, emancipated by his gluttonous precocity; he will fly…

— Charles Baudelaire

Let the business of the world take care of itself... My business is to get the world saved; if this involves the…

— William Booth

We've got to establish a Socialist economic structure that will limit private profit-oriented businesses. Whether the transition is peaceful depends on the…

— Jane Fonda

“At the heart of every successful web project lies the user. Your applications should prioritize user experience through intuitive navigation, clear messaging,…

— Rajamanickam Antonimuthu

“One day, Father Alvarez, finding himself overwhelmed with business, was anxious to get rid of it, in order to go and pray,…

— Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

This relationship is the foundation for the argument, made by some trade unionists and labour advocates, that high wages can actually be…

— Jim Stanford

I have said, and I believe, that potentially we have in this country a free enterprise system of radio and television which…

— Edward R. Murrow

You can invest in companies, you can help grow companies, you can be a venture capitalist - and be a philanthropist at…

— Pierre Omidyar

I've also learned that you can't be all things to all people. Whatever it is that you're successful at, that has to…

— Rachael Ray

I think the business affairs people at the studios get some kind of perverse satisfaction in finding the worst hotels for actors…

— James Purefoy

I will never do another TV series. It couldn't top I Love Lucy, and I'd be foolish to try. In this business,…

— Lucille Ball

Marriage is the only thing that affords a woman the pleasure of company and the perfect sensation of solitude at the same…

— Helen Rowland

The two most important things in any company do not appear in its balance sheet: its reputation and its people.

— Henry Ford

I think the music business will eventually crush me, but I [smiles]... I'm ready.

— Elliott Smith

If you wait for the right time or the good times to start a business, you wait all your life.

— Fran Tarkenton

For a single woman, preparing for company means wiping the lipstick off the milk carton.

— Elayne Boosler

Have you ever been tempted to start your own business? First read this cautionary tale, especially if you think your ideas come…

— Phil Vischer

“That's the difference between crime and business. For business you gotta have capital. Sometimes I think it's the only difference.”

— Raymond Chandler

Animation functions like a repertory company. It requires a stable group of people.

— Rob Minkoff

Spike is an entertainment company. So why not have entertaining fights when you can do them?

— Scott Coker

There's a real cowardice in the movie business. If you don't meet the right crazy people, you can't do it.

— Leos Carax

Releasing a film through DTH is a double-edged sword. The opinion formed following the premiere of a film can mar or enhance…

— Rockline Venkatesh

I have had some great successes and great failures. I think every entrepreneur has. I try to learn from all of them.

— Kevin O'Leary