Quotes about Business

“Having my son has changed so much of what I dream about. It used to be about business, business, what's the next deal? What's the next movie? Now it's about him.”

“Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either.”

“As for the music business itself, the key things have not changed that much. It operates like any business and money still keeps things moving.”

“The idea that you can create a template that will work forever doesn't happen in any business. There's some really, really bright people in this business. You can't do the same thing the same way and be successful for a long period of time.”

“No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.”

“There's no point in starting a business unless you're going to make a dramatic difference to other people's lives. So if you've got an idea that's gonna make a big difference to other people's lives, then just get on and do it.”

“Cannibals prefer those who have no spines.”

“I think that it is important that one grows a thick skin fast in this business, and I think we have done that.”

“I never trust an executive who tends to pass the buck. Nor would I want to deal with him as a customer or a supplier.”

“Chinese people, young people, they don't go shopping a lot in department stores. All department store guys hate me. They say business is bad because of Jack.”

“A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement.”

“The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.”

“I want to put a ding in the universe.”

“A transfer of money should never be involved in this profound situation. Although illness is profound, too, but medicine's a business today. It's a business.”

“In order to run a great business, you must know that a bunch of really intrinsically unhappy people, that's not a recipe for success. Don't be anywhere you don't need to be; it's just like that.”

“In the business world and the volunteer world, each job has certain requirements that must be met in order for that job to be done properly and for that organization to survive and prosper.”

“Agriculture is a business that has been up to its bib overalls in politics since the first Thanksgiving dinner kickback to the Indians for subsidizing Pilgrim maize production with fish head fertilizer grants.”

“All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavour to find out what you don't know by what you do; that's what I called 'guess what was at the other side of the hill'.”

“It's the job of any business owner to be clear about the company's nonnegotiable core values. They're the riverbanks that help guide us as we refine and improve on performance and excellence. A lack of riverbanks creates estuaries and cloudy waters that are confusing to navigate. I want a crystal-clear, swiftly flowing stream.”

“When it comes to people I love and care about, I may condense the time, but I'm giving them every ounce of my energy. When it comes to creation, I block create and block focus on business.”

“Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can't miss.”