Business Quotes · Page 649

Tenure in any department is serious business, because it means, essentially, employment for life.

— Michael Shermer

Well... I graduated from the business school of Northumberland University in Newcastle.

— Alexei Mordashov

“Love ain't got no business happenin' to the young. Only the old be wise enough to treat it right.”

— Leila Meecham

In a ballet company, you're trying to create unison and uniform when you're in a cour de ballet.

— Misty Copeland

There are no laws that prohibit an American president from continuing to be involved in their private business matters while in office,…

— Rachel Martin

Of course ABC and its parent company Disney were right to cancel the sitcom 'Roseanne' after its eponymous star, Roseanne Barr, wrote…

— Bret Stephens

OK, I know this is going to disgust you, Michael, but a lot of people are in this business to make money.

— Sydney Pollack

“No business can continue to shrink. That can only go on for so long before irrelevancy sets in.”

— Jeff Bezos

Yahoo is a global technology company that provides personalized products and services, including search, advertising, content, and communications in more than 45…

— Alex Stamos

I think the book business is really sitting on the greatest moment in the history of time. We are providing the stories…

— Adriana Trigiani

I'm the non-executive chairman of nine or so major companies, and on the nine companies, it's a little trying because you jump…

— Ratan Tata

Remember what Bilbo used to say: It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if…

— JRR Tolkien

The Macau casinos have a wonderful business, it's taking in money from Chinese businessmen elsewhere who send it through junky companies to…

— James Chanos

Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is great for keeping records and putting down details, but…

— T. Boone Pickens

Greyhound racing is a self-regulating gambling business that depends on the uncontrolled breeding and unaccountable disappearance of thousands of dogs every year.…

— Annette Crosbie

“LINCKLAEN, JOHN. (Agent of the Holland Land Company.) Journals of Travels into Pennsylvania, New York and Vermont (1791-1792). Translated from French by…

— Anonymous

Two thirds of federal disaster aid is weather related,and though we cannot prevent bad weather, we are getting better at predicting it.…

— William M. Daley

The record business is an oxymoron. In the 1960s, there was an upside to selling plastic discs so labels took the risk…

— Tom Silverman

The thing is, in the WWE, we have the WWE title, the World title, the United States title, the Intercontinental title, the…

— Dolph Ziggler

“There is no sincere stupidity that doesn't create, eventually, its own rationale, conduct, operating procedures, its own critical formulae whereby it may…

— Gilbert Sorrentino

It's really, really eclectic. It's not a business book [Girlboss], but it's still a book that should make you want to get…

— Sophia Amoruso

You may earn whatever money you earn as a cricketer, but you want to play for your country. At the end of…

— Anonymous

“I know. I made it my business to know everything there was to know about you the second I saw you on…

— Rebecca Yarros

No idea for a new growth business ever comes fully shaped. When it emerges, it's half-baked, and it then goes through a…

— Clayton Christensen

Management always has a big influence on your success, no matter how good or how bad the business is itself.

— Li Lu

I just came from school one day and told my mom I want to start my finance company.

— Ananya Birla

“Too many abused beers have suffered in the name of networking. Let us find a better way to mix torture and business.”

— Jarod Kintz

Everyone in the dating business wants to know what women want - it's the billion-dollar question. But it's simple: put one in…

— Whitney Wolfe Herd

Success in business hinges mostly on the ability to get the important things done.

— William Feather

The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by your own.

— Michael Korda

When God gives a vision, transact business on that line, no matter what it costs.

— Oswald Chambers

I'm often in the company of adults, so it's nice to meet girls my age or younger.

— Malala Yousafzai

“You had no business putting it on your show!” he said. “Oh, I almost unleashed my beautiful Twitter account against you, and…

— Megyn Kelly

Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.

— Anonymous

It sounds boring, but anything is easy to start-starting a novel, starting a business ... it's keeping the thing going that is difficult.

— Prue Leith

“Running a business isn't easy, you have to go through a lot of ups and downs, and still have to keep calm”

— Akbar de Wighar

Whether you lead a nation, an enterprise, a community, or a family, we are all in the communication business.

— Robin S. Sharma

“Put simply entrepreneurs work in the results economy whereas most other people work in the time and effort economy .”

— Allan Dib

In a company, hundreds of decisions get made, but objectives and goals are thin.

— Ben Horowitz

Where else? I belong to a lost generation and am comfortable only in the company of others who are lost and lonely.

— Umberto Eco