--- title: "9 Poor Business Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Poor Business quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Poor Business sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b4/herman-melville-162_business_poor-people-make-a-very-poor-business-of_2579655.jpg" --- > [Poor people make a very poor business of it when they try to seem rich.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/poor-people-make-a-very-poor-business-of-it-when-they-try-to-seem-rich/) [Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b4/herman-melville-162_business_poor-people-make-a-very-poor-business-of_2579655.jpg) > [If one is only to talk from first-hand experience, conversation would be a very poor business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/if-one-is-only-to-talk-from-first-hand-experience-conversation-would/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/c-s-lewis-2-132_communication_if-one-is-only-to-talk-from-first-hand-e_2838924.png) > [A company that does not produce anything other than money is a poor business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ford/a-company-that-does-not-produce-anything-other-than-money-is-a-poor/) [Henry Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c9/henry-ford-492_business_a-company-that-does-not-produce-anything_308922.png) > [A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ford/a-business-that-makes-nothing-but-money-is-a-poor-business/) [Henry Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acd/henry-ford-492_business_a-business-that-makes-nothing-but-money_642392.png) > [Of course there's a different law for the rich and poor; otherwise, who would go into business? E](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-stewart/of-course-there-s-a-different-law-for-the-rich-and-poor-otherwise-who/) [Ralph Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/409/ralph-stewart-271353_business_of-course-there-s-a-different-law-for-th_697361.jpg) > [When others are having hard times and poor business, you will find your greatest opportunities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-d-wattles/when-others-are-having-hard-times-and-poor-business-you-will-find/) [Wallace D. Wattles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wallace-d-wattles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/350/wallace-d-wattles-1465_business_when-others-are-having-hard-times-and-po_1098744.jpg) > [“About as poor business as one can engage in is that of going through life with one's eyes so fixed upon what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orison-swett-marden/about-as-poor-business-as-one-can-engage-in-is-that-of-going-through/) [Orison Swett Marden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orison-swett-marden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7e/orison-swett-marden-711_business_about-as-poor-business-as-one-can-engage_14675.jpg) > [The poor have no business with culture and should beware of it. They cannot eat it; they cannot sell it; they can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aubrey-menen/the-poor-have-no-business-with-culture-and-should-beware-of-it-they/) [Aubrey Menen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aubrey-menen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c27/aubrey-menen-51070_business_the-poor-have-no-business-with-culture-a_1877444.jpg) > [I'm feeling like the music business is reaping what it's sown. It's going through what inevitably it was going to go through.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-levine/i-m-feeling-like-the-music-business-is-reaping-what-it-s-sown-it-s/) [Adam Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-levine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d30/adam-levine-4584_advantage_i-m-feeling-like-the-music-business-is-r_2510142.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poor-business/#itemlist", "name": "Poor Business Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Poor people make a very poor business of it when they try to seem rich.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Herman Melville" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/poor-people-make-a-very-poor-business-of-it-when-they-try-to-seem-rich/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b4/herman-melville-162_business_poor-people-make-a-very-poor-business-of_2579655.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b4/herman-melville-162_business_poor-people-make-a-very-poor-business-of_2579655.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b4/herman-melville-162_business_poor-people-make-a-very-poor-business-of_2579655.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Poor people make a very poor business of it when they try to seem rich.” — Herman Melville", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If one is only to talk from first-hand experience, conversation would be a very poor business.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "C. 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