If at first you don't succeed, try management. Indecision is the key to flexibility. If at first you don't succeed, take the… — Kirk Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
Writing is a funny business. You sit in your room and listen to voices and write everything down. What kind of a… — William Kittredge Copy Share Image
Nobody has tried to swallow us since I've been here. I think they are afraid how we would taste. — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
We were hoping to build a small profitable company; and of course, what we've done is build a large, unprofitable company. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
I've never known an auctioneer to lie unless it was absolutely necessary. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
It's a funny business. I kind of compare it to baseball. I'm always looking for a home run. — Billy Mays Copy Share Image
You don't want another Enron? Here's your law: If a company, can't explain, in one sentence, what it does... it's illegal. — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
Make sure you have a vice president in charge of your revolution, to engender ferment among your more conventional colleagues. — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
I love making things, like software, and films, and laughter. And working with Gus Silber, to make the Funny Business book, has… — Ronnie Apteker Copy Share Image
There are three cardinal rules - don't take somebody else's boyfriend unless you've been specifically invited to do so, don't take a… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
I've talked to you on a number of occasions about the economic problems our nation faces, and I am prepared to tell… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Doing actual comedic material is just about the most joyful endeavor ever. That's the truth. The only time it's not funny is… — Julia Louis-Dreyfus Copy Share Image
Never put off until tomorrow what you can avoid altogether. A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer. All… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
It's to paint directly on the canvas without any funny business, as it were, and I use almost pure turpentine to start… — Edward Hopper Copy Share Image
Writing about why you write is a funny business, like scratching what doesn't itch. Impulses are mysterious, and explaining them must be… — Patricia Hampl Copy Share Image
Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings, they did it by killing all those who opposed them. If at… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
It was all very strange, Mr. Gray thought, as he wiped the coffee canister clean with a sponge. Very, very mysterious. You… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
The general systems of money management today require people to pretend to do something they can't do and like something they don't.… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
There were rumors that flew about the two of us, which were complete poppycock. There was never any romance between Madonna and… — Keith Carradine Copy Share Image
Funny business, a woman's career: the things you drop on the way up the ladder so you can move faster. You forget… — Joseph L. Mankiewicz Copy Share Image
“Funny business, a woman's career. The things you drop on your way up the ladder-- so you can move faster-- you forget… — Bette Davis Copy Share Image