Business Quotes (2135)

Quotes and citations about business

Advertising is the ability to sense, interpret... to put the very heart throbs of a business into type, paper and ink... view

By: Leo Burnett

The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I'm just now learning. But it's not dangerous in any of the ways people think.. view

By: T-Bone Burnett

In other words, I'd say the whole story of Bob Dylan is one man's search for God. The turns and the steps he takes to find God are his business. I think he went to a study group at the Vineyard, and it created a lot of excitement... view

By: T-Bone Burnett

Everything around a writer, or musician in the record business, probably everything in all the United States or in all of western civilization, is about competition... view

By: T-Bone Burnett

The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure, and pleasure my business... view

By: Aaron Burr

Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has... view

By: William S. Burroughs

I do like to work with young directors because it's such a difficult business that I think after directors have been around a while sometimes, not always, but sometimes their passion gets siphoned off because they get hurt... view

By: Ellen Burstyn

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... view

By: Ron D. Burton

I like business and personal life to be distinct... view

By: Carter Burwell

Like you, I'm fed up with business as usual in Washington. Send me to Congress, and I won't tweak our broken system. I'll shut it down... view

By: Francine Busby

It's the No.1 issue with people I talk to, whether Republican, Democrat or independent. They want to see the way business is done in Washington change... view

By: Francine Busby

And what's interesting, and I don't think a lot of Americans understand this fact, is that, one, most new jobs are created by small businesses.. view

By: George W. Bush

Politics is a people business. I like people... view

By: Laura Bush

I emphasize... that the Harrimans showed great courage and loyalty and confidence in us, because three or four of us were really running the business, the day to day business... view

By: Prescott Bush

Of course, everybody makes mistakes, and we've all been young and stupid. But people need to have a sense of respect, particularly in this business, because hundreds of people are ready to take your place at any time. Maybe some people should think about that... view

By: Sophia Bush

I think there are a lot of honest people doing honest business on online auctions. But the control on these Web sites is pretty minimal... view

By: Dan Butler

No... a novel is a long business. I'm a slow writer, even when I'm doing very well I write slowly... view

By: Octavia Butler

One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once... view

By: Samuel Butler

All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it... view

By: Samuel Butler

If I lose show business - I'll really be an orphan!.. view

By: Red Buttons

So many people comment that I'm much more mature than average. In this business, you can get taken advantage of if you're not aware and you're not tough... view

By: Amanda Bynes

The State of Virginia is similar to a great business corporation... and should be conducted with the same efficiency and economy as any private business... view

By: Harry F. Byrd

I like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass... view

By: David Byrne

I'm not a very gregarious person. I can't bear attention being called to me in a public place, which is ridiculous in a business that pays you to be noticed... view

By: Gabriel Byrne

If we are to succeed, we must recognize that the community redevelopment is not solely the rehabilitation of housing, or putting a mall in the business strips... view

By: Jane Byrne

The credit for much of this rightly belongs to the late Mayor Daley who forged a coalition of business and labor that kept Chicago always moving ahead... view

By: Jane Byrne

Chicago kept industry, attracted new business, became the center for convention trade and transportation... view

By: Jane Byrne

If we must have a tyrant, let him at least be a gentleman who has been bred to the business, and let us fall by the axe and not by the butcher's cleaver... view

By: Lord Byron

Sometimes I wish I didn't have somebody in my family who's in the business... view

By: Scott Caan

Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down traditional business and retail lending activities as banks try to rebuild their balance sheets. This was one aspect of modern financial liberalisation that had dire consequences... view

By: Vince Cable

We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life... view

By: John Cage

And to do that not only for the war fighter, but also to help prepare the people in the acquisition, personnel and policy worlds who need to make adjustments in the department's business, which itself may take 10 or 15 years to accomplish... view

By: Stephen Cambone

There's another way we are getting behind business - by sorting out the banks. Taxpayers bailed you out. Now it's time for you to repay the favour and start lending to Britain's small businesses... view

By: David Cameron

You know, in the film making business no one ever gives you anything... view

By: James Cameron

The reason why I take my life is because I want to go to my wife and boy. My usefulness in this world is at an end. I can not be satisfied in any business and can not be without their companionship... view

By: Alex Campbell

Quite a few people have commented during the campaign that more help is required for small businesses. SMEs need support and encouragement in their early stages, and in Cambridge the links to the University and the huge pool of expertise here helps that... view

By: Anne Campbell

It's business, selling comics, you work out what sells and you don't want to muck about with it too much... view

By: Eddie Campbell

If you want to be in the automotive business, you go to Detroit, and you figure it out. If you want to be in entertainment, go to where it's at. Go to Hollywood, go to New York... view

By: Nick Cannon

Ronald has had bicycle safety and safety in the home. Yes, Ronald is McDonald's, second most recognised figure after Santa Claus, and there's an element of obviously benefiting your business... view

By: Jim Cantalupo

When you raise prices, you've got to make sure you get it to the bottom line. You can fritter it away because of the way you're running the business, with maybe not a totally disciplined approach... view

By: Jim Cantalupo