Quotes about Business

“The main business of a lawyer is to take the romance, the mystery, the irony, the ambiguity out of everything he touches.”

“People in business tend to have an instinctive reaction to people.”

“If you fire people, you fire customers.”

“Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. Large stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements, will all prove unavailing if you or your employees treat your patrons abruptly. The truth is, the more kind and liberal a man is, the more generous will be the patronage bestowed upon him.”

“Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.”

“All the things I love is what my business is all about.”

“The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.”

“The best in business have boundless curiosity and open minds.”

“I'm no longer an artist, I'm a business partner.”

“When you see corruption, when you see injustice, you speak up. You don't just shut up and say it's none of my business.”

“I think there are probably a handful of real character actors in this business. The rest of us are recycling. So now I'm Sam Malone the editor. I'm Sam Malone the billionaire.”

“In a way, fraud in business is no different from infidelity in marriage or plagiarism in scholarly work. Even people committed to high moral standards succumb.”

“The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind ahead even more than teamwork.”

“Don't ever let your business get ahead of the financial side of your business. Accounting, accounting, accounting. Know your numbers.”

“Effective philanthropy requires a lot of time and creativity - the same kind of focus and skills that building a business requires.”

“That's what show business is, sincere insincerity.”

“If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work.”

“Today, companies have to radically revolutionize themselves every few years just to stay relevant. That's because technology and the Internet have transformed the business landscape forever. The fast-paced digital age has accelerated the need for companies to become agile.”

“Squash was my livelihood and as in business, I had to stay on top.”

“Ethics or simple honesty is the building blocks upon which our whole society is based, and business is a part of our society, and it's integral to the practice of being able to conduct business, that you have a set of honest standards.”

“The most dangerous thing for an entrepreneur to do is to actually go into a business that he does not understand fully.”