Entrepreneurship & Business: Business Quotes

"No government is here forever. And there are other forces - the most potent force in our society, in fact, big business - doing good for the environment"

Jared Diamond, Author

"It certainly was difficult to sell NAFTA because it's always difficult to sell open markets"

Lawrence Summers, Economist

"Starbucks represents something beyond a cup of coffee"

Howard Schultz, Businessman

"I don't hang out with agents and producers, and I'm not into the business side at all"

Winona Ryder, Actress

"Today I have 35 people who work in the club and associated businesses"

Sergei Bubka, Athlete

"The great thing about the business is how Darwinian it is. We have to swim or die - if you are found wanting over a period of time, you've either got to change what you're doing or find something else to do"

Steven Soderbergh, Director

"We're no longer a small business; we're a large organization spread around the world. I can't imagine Netscape growing as fast as it has if it weren't for the way we use our products"

Jim Barksdale, Businessman

"Business should never be allowed to justify mean, thug ugly deals for any reason"

Ralph Steadman, Cartoonist

"We also provide a lot of services with our consulting group that allow people to take maximum advantage of the Net economy. Those all seem to resonate with customers and are providing a good strong base going forward"

Jim Barksdale, Businessman

"Several other aerospace and defense firms have announced plans to build facilities in north Mississippi in recent weeks. They join an impressive group of high-tech companies already doing business in our region"

Roger Wicker, Politician

"The closest thing to a law of nature in business is that form has an affinity for expense, while substance has an affinity for income"

Dee Hock, Businessman

"I mean, all the ratings wars are silly. But, I mean, someone has to be concerned about the ratings because it means, you know, it translates into revenue"

Connie Chung, Journalist

"Consequently, a young business often grows by large percentages. Mature businesses rarely do"

Roy H. Williams, Businessman

"Reducing trade barriers with this key ally will go a long way toward increasing market access for American farmers, manufacturers and service providers"

Jim Ramstad, Politician

"We were just a one-room bookstore; we didn't have any money for lawyers"

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Poet

"Government can't create wealth, but it can create the conditions for private enterprise to flourish"

Bill Owens, Politician

"Global competition is about winners and losers"

David Korten, Activist

"If it were up to the candidates for president on the Republican side, we would be driving foreign cars. They would have let the auto industry in America go down the tubes"

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Politician

"Corporate partners help UNICEF fund our programmes for children, advocate with us on their behalf, or facilitate our work through logistical, technical, research or supply support"

Carol Bellamy, Educator

"At a time when U.S. jobs are heading overseas at a record pace, and amidst increased sanctions on our manufacturers and producers from other countries, it's imperative that we do all we can to provide our businesses a climate to operate successfully"

Blanche Lincoln, Politician

"We must never forget that it is the private sector - not government - that is the engine of economic opportunity. Businesses, particularly small businesses, flourish and can provide good jobs when government acts as a productive partner"

Bill Richardson, Politician

"The Hudson's Bay Company has always been the guardian angel of the North"

Ernest Thompson Seton, Leader

"And I trusted someone to look after me on the business side of life"

Elton John, Musician

"It is extremely difficult to say how long the process actually took to finally achieve my fragrance, Boudoir, because there was a lot of time waiting around for other people"

Vivienne Westwood, Designer

"But, having a perfume and license, in general, is a financial necessity. A designer must, to reap back the money spent on prototypes and all that sort of thing"

Vivienne Westwood, Designer

"We were proposing, in a sense, that the rest of the world be made safe for American ideas, as they adopted intellectual property rights that gave patent protection to our very innovative economy"

Jeffrey Sachs, Economist

"Whether you were talking about Pillsbury, Burger King, Godfather's, the National Restaurant Association, in each one of those situations, I had a daunting problem that I had to solve. And I used the same business principles to approach the problem and, more importantly, solve the problem in every one of the situations"

Herman Cain, Businessman

"Friends don't necessarily made good business or creative partners"

Joseph Barbera, Cartoonist

"All else being equal... When you double your leads, you double your business"

Alex Hormozi, Entrepreneur

"The only thing that beats "free" is "fast". People will pay for speed"

Alex Hormozi, Entrepreneur

"If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business"

B. C. Forbes, Journalist

"We've always been in favor of improved wages for workers. When you have a strong middle class, they want to buy more stuff at Costco"

James Sinegal, Businessman

"We have to get government out of the job of picking winners and losers. That's what they've been doing the last year and a half, getting in the way of businesses that are trying to reinvest to get our economy back on its feet"

Kristi Noem, Politician

"My business is hurting people"

Sugar Ray Robinson, Athlete

"In the space of a decade, China and India have emerged as dramatic, dynamic competitors"

Peter Mandelson, Politician

"I think Canada, our industry is still somewhat based in America's industry"

Scott Speedman, Actor

"Most of my relationships have been like that - with record companies. I've never had a legitimate business relationship with a company. I've always had a personal relationship with someone in the company"

Ornette Coleman, Musician

"When you compete with Wal-Mart, even if you think you've found a niche, don't ever become complacent"

Michael Bergdahl, Author

"The mercantile business did not suit me"

John James Audubon, Scientist

"In the underlying bill, I think the authors of the legislation, those in support of it, understand the use of the Mississippi River. Yes, there is commercial navigation on it, and there will be tomorrow"

Ron Kind, Politician

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