Quotes about Business

“No one on his deathbed ever said, I wish I had spent more time on my business.”

“CIOs have earned a strategic seat at the table, but now they've got to hold that seat - and the only way they can do that is to converse in the language of business value and business benefits and business outcomes that all align perfectly with the strategic agenda of the company.”

“Make no mistake, blockchain will be a game changer, but it is not the answer to every business opportunity or problem.”

“When we talk about 'smart transportation,' it is more than moving cargo from A to B. Digitization within transport and logistics means seamless service to our customers, visibility in the supply chain, and driving a more efficient business.”

“I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare to make an enemy should get out of the business.”

“You have to understand that every negotiation isn't about taking everything off the table. It's cliche, but you have to try and make sure the other side feels good and you feel good. Because in my business, when I make a deal, it just means once we're done negotiating, we have to go off and work together.”

“In the commercial world, you have this problem that the amount of research you can do in a company is based on how well your current business is going, whereas there actually should be an inverse relationship: when things are going worse, you should do more research.”

“Intuition is the key to everything, in painting, filmmaking, business - everything. I think you could have an intellectual ability, but if you can sharpen your intuition, which they say is emotion and intellect joining together, then a knowingness occurs.”

“I came into this music business at 26 years old. I was a fully developed man at that point. At that age, I didn't have anything to prove.”

“A boss is all about good business, so start with everything that you can control and you can turn up that costs you nothing, then lay all the knobs out, look at all the controls, all the remotes, and just turn them all up. It don't cost you nothing.”

“Hard work isn't enough. And more work is never the real answer. The sort of grit you need to scale a business is less reliant on brute force. It's actually one part determination, one part ingenuity, and one part laziness.”

“Profitability is coming from productivity, efficiency, management, austerity, and the way to manage the business.”

“Books are so cheap and easy to get that people don't bother stealing them, which is the essential rule of piracy that the music business learned much too late.”

“The more you are in this business, the more humbled by it you become.”

“Certainly in the movie business there are bullies all over - bullies in the distribution business, exhibition business, production. Fine-tuning adult bullying is different. When a bully is an adult, it's a whole different set of colors.”

“The clergy is in the same business as actors, just a different department.”

“In business for yourself, not by yourself.”

“I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night.”

“You respect all of these people that you know in the business as actors. And they sort of turn around and say, we really like your work. It's a nice acknowledgment.”

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

“My father, Beric, ran a joinery business and owned two factories.”