Business Quotes

Small: I started my own little carpet and upholstery cleaning business. Ive done it for 20 years. I live well
"I started my own little carpet and upholstery cleaning business. I've done it for 20 years. I live well"
Tommy Kirk, Actor
Small: Singing is an arduous business and it needs sacrifices
"Singing is an arduous business and it needs sacrifices"
Lesley Garrett, Musician
Small: I always knew, that in some way, Id be connected to, and involved in, the music business
"I always knew, that in some way, I'd be connected to, and involved in, the music business"
Jeff Healey, Musician
Small: He asked my girlfriend if we could come over and sing some of the songs that we had written, which we did.
"He asked my girlfriend if we could come over and sing some of the songs that we had written, which we did. After he heard the songs, he said that he knew someone in the record business by the name of Bob Shad"
Phil Harris, Musician
Small: I started The McCoys in 1962, so Im approaching my 40th year in the entertainment business
"I started The McCoys in 1962, so I'm approaching my 40th year in the entertainment business"
Rick Derringer, Musician
Small: A lot of show business, as you know, is about all the contacts you make and who you know
"A lot of show business, as you know, is about all the contacts you make and who you know"
Denise Crosby, Actress
Small: Theres been a big spur in downtown development with new business, restaurants and a lot of loft buying.
"There's been a big spur in downtown development with new business, restaurants and a lot of loft buying. The buses run, and there's a subway that runs through downtown"
Michael Ritchie, Director
Small: The mayor has got to work closely with a wide variety of people, his city council, state legislature, governor
"The mayor has got to work closely with a wide variety of people, his city council, state legislature, governor, business community, labor community, president and the congress in order to be able to do this"
Marc Morial, Politician
Small: It means a lot in my business and its a wonderful feeling to be recognized for what you have done over a lifet
"It means a lot in my business and its a wonderful feeling to be recognized for what you have done over a lifetime, but I didn't go crazy. I still eat my cereal in the morning, have a sandwich in the afternoon, go to bed at night. You know, nothing really different"
Regis Philbin, Entertainer
Small: Our success in this matter is important to all Americans. Whether you are in the forest land business or just
"Our success in this matter is important to all Americans. Whether you are in the forest land business or just enjoy the shade of a majestic oak gracing your lawn, we all have an interest in this important issue"
Leonard Boswell, Politician
Small: The whole profit of the issuance of money has provided the capital of the great banking business as it exists
"The whole profit of the issuance of money has provided the capital of the great banking business as it exists today"
Frederick Soddy, Scientist
Small: Getting back to the point, a guy like Jerry, he deals with the business, and he doesnt see it as being evil or
"Getting back to the point, a guy like Jerry, he deals with the business, and he doesn't see it as being evil or ugly, it's what you have to do, and I mean I know there's some really ugly parts to it and parts which drive me nuts, but not in the same way as music business"
Trevor Rabin, Musician
Small: I never had a job. I bought my first house within a year of getting out of school, and I built a custom one fo
"I never had a job. I bought my first house within a year of getting out of school, and I built a custom one four and a half years later. The Art Center didn't teach much about business, but I learned a lot from the Fortune 500 companies that were my clients"
Richard MacDonald, Sculptor
Small: There is no question that everybody who works in show business is lucky because of the number of people who wi
"There is no question that everybody who works in show business is lucky because of the number of people who wish they where working in show business"
Brent Spiner, Actor
Small: One irreducible residual of 38 years in the business is the number of lasting, loving friendships I have made
"One irreducible residual of 38 years in the business is the number of lasting, loving friendships I have made"
Carroll O'Connor, Actor
Small: Working on a play is a vibrant and collaborative business. Everyone from the choreographer to the music direct
"Working on a play is a vibrant and collaborative business. Everyone from the choreographer to the music director to the director to the writers work together toward the same goal, and everyone chimes in on everything"
Trey Anastasio, Musician
Small: Usually when youre working is when people want you to work. They dont want you as much when youre not working.
"Usually when you're working is when people want you to work. They don't want you as much when you're not working. That's the frustrating nature of our business"
Faith Ford, Actress
Small: I have done things politically, and Ive been running a business at the same time, but I sort of joke that to s
"I have done things politically, and I've been running a business at the same time, but I sort of joke that to some extent I do more than most legislators have done in their whole careers, and I've been doing it as a part-time job"
Craig Benson, Politician
Small: I think, especially in our business we meet a lot of people, and sometimes you spend so much time being nice t
"I think, especially in our business we meet a lot of people, and sometimes you spend so much time being nice to strangers, and so, you know, keeping a clear head and just being nice to each other. And that's all the advice I can give"
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Actress
Small: I got through college realizing business was repugnant
"I got through college realizing business was repugnant"
Bruce McCulloch, Actor
Small: If theres anything about the business that I love and that Im extremely happy about, is that my career started
"If there's anything about the business that I love and that I'm extremely happy about, is that my career started at that time and that I met some of the greatest entertainers at that time and some are still here"
Ben E. King, Musician
Small: Money is a strange business. People who havent got it aim it strongly. People who have are full of troubles
Ayrton Senna
"Money is a strange business. People who haven't got it aim it strongly. People who have are full of troubles"
Ayrton Senna, Celebrity
Small: Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money
Thomas Fuller
"Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money"
Thomas Fuller, Clergyman
Small: The first mistake in public business is the going into it
Benjamin Franklin
"The first mistake in public business is the going into it"
Benjamin Franklin, Politician
Small: Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality
Henry Ward Beecher
"Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality"
Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman
Small: It is easy enough to be friendly to ones friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is
Mahatma Gandhi
"It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business"
Mahatma Gandhi, Leader
Small: Young people are fitter to invent than to judge fitter for execution than for counsel and more fit for new pro
Francis Bacon
"Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business"
Francis Bacon, Philosopher
Small: It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common and the special business of the
Aristotle
"It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition"
Aristotle, Philosopher
Small: I dont think meals have any business being deductible. Im for separation of calories and corporations
Ralph Nader
"I don't think meals have any business being deductible. I'm for separation of calories and corporations"
Ralph Nader, Lawyer
Small: The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you
Charles Dickens
"The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you"
Charles Dickens, Novelist
Small: If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for
Abraham Lincoln
"If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business"
Abraham Lincoln, President
Small: Editor: a person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to se
Elbert Hubbard
"Editor: a person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed"
Elbert Hubbard, Writer
Small: Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the econom
Elbert Hubbard
"Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things"
Elbert Hubbard, Writer
Small: My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the high
Benjamin Disraeli
"My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles"
Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman
Small: Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of
Ronald Reagan
"Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close"
Ronald Reagan, President
Small: When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it
Warren Buffett
"When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact"
Warren Buffett, Businessman
Small: The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more
Warren Buffett
"The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective"
Warren Buffett, Businessman
Small: I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than
Henry David Thoreau
"I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business"
Henry David Thoreau, Author
Small: Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain hi
Henry David Thoreau
"Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him"
Henry David Thoreau, Author
Small: In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield
Warren Buffett
"In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield"
Warren Buffett, Businessman