Business Quotes

Small: I came into this whole business by going to see Rock Against Racism gigs with the Clash
"I came into this whole business by going to see Rock Against Racism gigs with the Clash"
Billy Bragg, Musician
Small: 10 was amazing! I had no career before 10 and then all of a sudden I was able to do pretty much whatever I was
""10" was amazing! I had no career before "10" and then all of a sudden I was able to do pretty much whatever I was able to do in the business"
Bo Derek, Actress
Small: When I started the business, I hardly went home. I became very driven about work and about my career
Calvin Klein
"When I started the business, I hardly went home. I became very driven about work and about my career"
Calvin Klein, Designer
Small: I think one of the most difficult challenges in show business is the challenge of longevity and to constantly
"I think one of the most difficult challenges in show business is the challenge of longevity and to constantly realize and reveal what's already been there - like doing stage and singing and dancing in New York. I haven't been that far out of my comfort zone in a while"
Blair Underwood, Actor
Small: You can say what you want to about a rapper in a movie, but look at what Ice Cube has done. Ice Cube has creat
"You can say what you want to about a rapper in a movie, but look at what Ice Cube has done. Ice Cube has created more opportunities for other actors to get jobs in this business than some actors have"
Anthony Anderson, Actor
Small: I am not sure the others are as committed as Rob Hall and Scott Fischer. I think there is more business now, a
Anatoli Boukreev
"I am not sure the others are as committed as Rob Hall and Scott Fischer. I think there is more business now, and I know it will be impossible to stop this Everest business"
Anatoli Boukreev, Athlete
Small: Ive been in this business for a long time, and I no longer think that anything that I do by way of clarificati
"I've been in this business for a long time, and I no longer think that anything that I do by way of clarification is ever going to eradicate the mistakes"
Ann Beattie, Writer
Small: My whole familys been in the business. My whole family is crazy
Blake Lively
"My whole family's been in the business. My whole family is crazy"
Blake Lively, Actress
Small: I wanted to be a columnist so badly that I took a huge pay cut to leave Forbes, which wouldnt give me a column
"I wanted to be a columnist so badly that I took a huge pay cut to leave Forbes, which wouldn't give me a column, and join Newsday, which wanted my column for its Sunday business section"
Allan Sloan
Small: The business of the law is to make sense of the confusion of what we call human life - to reduce it to order b
"The business of the law is to make sense of the confusion of what we call human life - to reduce it to order but at the same time to give it possibility, scope, even dignity"
Archibald MacLeish, Poet
Small: We wish that all countries around the world honor our wishes and our Jihad, and we avoid interfering in their
"We wish that all countries around the world honor our wishes and our Jihad, and we avoid interfering in their business"
Ahmed Yassin, Activist
Small: Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable
"Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable"
Aneurin Bevan, Politician
Small: When I started writing a business column 15 years ago, I knew Id found the perfect job for myself. As a column
"When I started writing a business column 15 years ago, I knew I'd found the perfect job for myself. As a columnist I could pick my own topic, do my own analysis, say what I wanted to say and attribute it to myself. Best of all, I could write in my own voice"
Allan Sloan
Small: The more you are in this business, the more humbled by it you become
"The more you are in this business, the more humbled by it you become"
Meryl Streep, Actress
Small: The thing that interests me least about the radio business is the radio business. But Ive had to learn a littl
"The thing that interests me least about the radio business is the radio business. But I've had to learn a little bit about it. It's not rocket science: You get ratings, that's good"
Al Franken, Comedian
Small: The business of the poet is not to find new emotions, but to use the ordinary ones and, in working them up int
"The business of the poet is not to find new emotions, but to use the ordinary ones and, in working them up into poetry, to express feelings which are not in actual emotions at all"
T. S. Eliot, Poet
Small: Show business has been really, really good to me because I can work and take a lot of time off, and Im extreme
"Show business has been really, really good to me because I can work and take a lot of time off, and I'm extremely undisciplined person"
Meryl Streep, Actress
Small: The whole point of being in this business and being blessed and being successful is that youre able to do thin
"The whole point of being in this business and being blessed and being successful is that you're able to do things for your friends or your family, which means that they can have something special in their lives, too"
Elton John, Musician
Small: Go to your business, pleasure, whilst I go to my pleasure, business
William Wycherley
"Go to your business, pleasure, whilst I go to my pleasure, business"
William Wycherley, Dramatist
Small: And I trusted someone to look after me on the business side of life
"And I trusted someone to look after me on the business side of life"
Elton John, Musician
Small: I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American way of li
"I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American way of life is freedom, limited government, and minding our own business overseas"
Ron Paul, Politician
Small: Business today consists in persuading crowds
"Business today consists in persuading crowds"
T. S. Eliot, Poet
Small: Weve got to lift our game tremendously. Well sell our business news and information in print, well sell it to
"We've got to lift our game tremendously. We'll sell our business news and information in print, we'll sell it to anyone who's got a cable system, and we'll sell it on the Web"
Rupert Murdoch, Publisher
Small: Im in a business where no one cares about anything except how well your last collection sold
Calvin Klein
"I'm in a business where no one cares about anything except how well your last collection sold"
Calvin Klein, Designer
Small: You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory
"You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory"
Harold S. Geneen, Businessman
Small: You cant run a business or anything else on a theory
"You can't run a business or anything else on a theory"
Harold S. Geneen, Businessman
Small: The worst disease which can afflict business executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholis
"The worst disease which can afflict business executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism"
Harold S. Geneen, Businessman
Small: Its better to take over and build upon an existing business than to start a new one
"It's better to take over and build upon an existing business than to start a new one"
Harold S. Geneen, Businessman
Small: It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises-
"It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises-but only performance is reality"
Harold S. Geneen, Businessman
Small: In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first the cash
"In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later"
Harold S. Geneen, Businessman
Small: In business, words are words explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is rea
"In business, words are words; explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality"
Harold S. Geneen, Businessman
Small: I think it is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are p
"I think it is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises - but only performance is reality"
Harold S. Geneen, Businessman
Small: Its a libel to say that I use my newspapers to support my other business interests. The fact is, I havent got
"It's a libel to say that I use my newspapers to support my other business interests. The fact is, I haven't got any other business interests"
Rupert Murdoch, Publisher
Small: No, I mean wed all definitely involved in the music business someway or another, because were all living with
"No, I mean we'd all definitely involved in the music business someway or another, because we're all living with it, and in it, and also we've got all sorts of things we would like to do"
John Deacon, Musician
Small: Few men have led a more active life - bodily or mentally - from a constitutional anxiety for regularity, preci
William Banting
"Few men have led a more active life - bodily or mentally - from a constitutional anxiety for regularity, precision, and order, during fifty years' business career, from which I had retired"
William Banting, Celebrity
Small: I dont believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front
"I don't believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front"
Mel Brooks, Comedian
Small: I love producing. I am loving doing that. I think that is my most natural space in the business. I just love p
Will Smith
"I love producing. I am loving doing that. I think that is my most natural space in the business. I just love producing or editing and that's where I thrive"
Will Smith, Actor
Small: Man, I dont want to have nothing to do with computers. I dont want the government in my business
Erykah Badu
"Man, I don't want to have nothing to do with computers. I don't want the government in my business"
Erykah Badu, Musician
Small: If you dont drive your business, you will be driven out of business
"If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business"
B. C. Forbes, Journalist
Small: Architecture is not an inspirational business, its a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful
Harry Seidler
"Architecture is not an inspirational business, it's a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful things; that's all"
Harry Seidler, Architect
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