Quotes about Business

“Maybe I'm a dreamer, but I think the ordinary guy has just as much right to say 'This is a good song' as somebody who is in the music business.”

“It takes hard work, dedication, discipline and a positive attitude to get to the top - in business or in sports.”

“Real art has been... what's the word? Kidnapped? No, that's not it. But, OK, kidnapped by business.”

“I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate.”

“I learned this early on in the variety business: You've got to give folks responsibility, you've got to trust them, and then you've got to check on them.”

“The music business is motivated by money. Music is motivated by energy and feelings.”

“The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you.”

“Tact and diplomacy are fine in international relations, in politics, perhaps even in business; in science only one thing matters, and that is the facts.”

“It's called a pen. It's like a printer, hooked straight to my brain.”

“We expect all our businesses to have a positive impact on our top and bottom lines. Profitability is very important to us or we wouldn't be in this business.”

“My candle-making business gives me decent money.”

“Journalism: A profession whose business is to explain to others what it personally does not understand.”

“Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.”

“If I had been thinking business since I was 21, I'd be a rich man right now.”

“Business is usually a team sport. There isn't one great person sitting there directing things. You can't run an effective business like that.”

“Regardless of age, regardless of position, regardless of the business we happen to be in, all of us need to understand the importance of branding. We are CEOs of our own companies: Me, Inc. To be in business today, our most important job is to be head marketer for the brand called You.”

“Look at growth, look at how much time people spend on the Net and look at the variety of things that they are doing. It's all really good, so I am actually encouraged by the fundamentals that underlie usage growth on the Net.”

“An open-minded person running a business might catch a problem faster than a closed-minded person. And when they identify a problem, they can fix it much faster.”

“If you don't understand the details of your business you are going to fail.”

“People who achieve the highest levels of success - whether in business or in raising families or simply in discovering fulfillment and satisfaction and purpose in life - are those who place their focus on other people rather than themselves.”

“Jim Newman, the business visionary who created the term 'comfort zone,' showed me how to expand my horizons. Thanks to Jim, after I attended one of his PACE Seminars in 1978; I moved out of my comfort zone at Bear Stearns and became a super successful oilman.”