Business Quotes · Page 645

Informal conversation is probably the oldest mechanism by which opinions on products and brands are developed, expressed, and spread.

— Johann Arndt

A lot of record company people, even though they're our age, want to be perceived as young hip guys, and they're hurting…

— John Mellencamp

This was very, very scary, doomsday legislation for business. When the House bill passed, I realized it needs to be all hands…

— David Penry

When Bill Morgan and I formed Kinder Morgan in February of 1997, it had about $300 million in enterprise value.

— Richard Kinder

If you could position the best platform media company around the world with the best content, we could get explosive growth.

— David Zaslav

I just make it my business to get along with people so I can have fun. It's that simple.

— Betty White

When God gives us a vision, we must transact business with Him at that point, no matter what the cost.

— Oswald Chambers

My first business was a retro-gaming site where you'd go and play all these cool old-school games. It was a good idea…

— Nick Woodman

What is more important is that Foreign Service Officers understand business, about the needs of U.S. business and how to help U.S.…

— Lawrence Eagleburger

The best part of making music, for me, is collaborating and working with new people and fresh sounds and all those things…

— Mariah Carey

Today, the Indian government is trying to present privatization as the alternative to the state, to public enterprise. But privatization is only…

— Arundhati Roy

I had a cookie business there, with my brother, when we were growing up, called the Chip Yard, and that became the…

— Mitchell Hurwitz

Our bailout of Detroit will be remembered as the equivalent of pouring billions of taxpayers' money into the mail-order catalogue business on…

— Thomas Friedman

I've heard time and again from small business owners in Ohio that extending bonus depreciation is the single biggest factor in allowing…

— Pat Tiberi

I have no ego. There is no way you can have a big ego and survive in this [show]business. You can't learn…

— Jennifer Lopez

Marketing and advertising are incredibly exciting and creative functions. They are central to the creation of brands and to the creation of…

— Jim Speros

I see top business schools working to bridge this gap [between academic research and business application] by respecting executive education, by having…

— Dave Ulrich

“book and magazine publishers aren’t in the business of enlightenment. They’re in the business of selling books and magazines, not truth, and…

— Jed McKenna

“Driving through the “Túnel de la Bahía,” which was started two years after I was in Havana last, was completed in 1958…

— Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba

“In a world where nearly everything that passes for art is tinny and commercial and often, in addition, hollow and academic, I…

— John Champlin Gardner Jr

Used to the conditions of a capitalistic environment, the average American takes it for granted that every year business makes something new…

— Ludwig von Mises

“They were both young men under thirty. Art is not so precocious as literature, and does not send quite so many early…

— Hume Nisbet

“Introverts, in contrast, may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home…

— Susan Cain

“The investigation followed a complaint from a company called SolarWorld, which has a factory in Oregon but is based in Germany. SolarWorld…

— Anonymous

Mentorship plays such an important role in business - we know it's a must - and I believe schools should embrace it…

— Adam Neumann

That I would rather be in another business where a bad cold wouldn't put me out of work.

— Merv Griffin

“Entrepreneurs are all unique. One way to build a business and turn it into a brand is to know who you are.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

“A famous chef once observed that the restaurant business is a haven for people who don’t fit in anywhere else.”

— Steve Dublanica

I got to work with one of my heroes, Johnny Depp, and to see how he goes about business, which was really…

— Orlando Bloom

“Even if you delegate that responsibility, ultimately you are the one responsible for how your brand is portrayed.”

— Amber Hurdle

Rappers aren't the really rich ones. We all have nice houses with studios and cars, but you need a piece of someone's…

— Drake

“That is the casualty of life in a small town. People scoop into your business, then hand out cones to anyone who…

— Barbra Annino

One of the things that worry business men is the number of unemployed on the payroll.

— Anonymous

Successful entrepreneurs judge correctly the need for change, then do something about it.

— James Edward Smith

Now I have a business, artists to take care of. I want to make sure everything's going right, because at the end…

— Mustard

“Your lack of attention to detail is why no one is paying attention to you. Professionalism, communication and follow through builds real…

— Loren Weisman

My definition of success? The more you are actively and practically engaged, the more successful you will feel.

— Richard Branson

Any business or enterprise that shaves away loneliness is going to last forever. And like it or not but we've got a…

— Anita Roddick

With a lot of young entrepreneurs, it always start rotten, but then something good happens - but do you keep it good?

— Mannie Fresh

I have a theater company that I'm a part of, Colt Coeur, and they do some really rad projects.

— Ato Essandoh