Entrepreneurship & Business: Business Quotes

"We can put our head in the sand and continue to lose jobs overseas and to other states, or we can say, 'You know what? We are not going to lose another job from California, and we're going to be the very best place to start and grow a business.' So I'll be the chief sales officer for California businesses"

Meg Whitman, Businessman

"If it's not growing, it's going to die"

Michael Eisner, Businessman

"Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars"

Nicholas Sparks, Author

"Because publishing is becoming more business-oriented each day with more examination of the bottom line, it's harder to break out than ever"

Nicholas Sparks, Author

"And those of us who have business opportunities and the capital to do it are going to sit in fear of the President. And a lot of people don't want to say that. They'll say, God, don't be attacking Obama. Well, this is Obama's deal and it's Obama that's responsible for this fear in America"

Steve Wynn, Businessman

"The entire exhibitions industry in the United States of America has filed for bankruptcy"

Jeffrey Katzenberg, Producer

"So, yeah, I think it had a major effect. I think in franchising younger people it was just an idea that's never been trotted out before, but it makes perfectly good sense"

Kurt Loder, Journalist

"We own 18 percent of just the PC business. Now that's only about 60 percent of our business today"

Kevin Rollins, Businessman

"I think right now the jury is out on where and how much profit is available in the consumer electronics industry, because if you look at the current consumer electronics players, the biggest ones on the planet struggle to make profit consistently"

Kevin Rollins, Businessman

"Intel's still our main partner. We have not announced anything with AMD and don't have anything planned, but we're constantly being aware to make sure our customers get the best technology"

Kevin Rollins, Businessman

"As I said in my state of the state address, we can no longer rely on gaming and sales taxes to pay our way. Indian gaming next door in California is eroding our major industry in Nevada"

Kenny Guinn, Politician

"You then get into a period a few years ago, where a lot of external factors that we didn't have anything to do with did hit, and some of them at the same time... devaluations, weak economies, you name it, in various parts of the world"

Jim Cantalupo, Businessman

"Firms would be given initial entitlements to gross markup on the basis of past performance. These entitlements would be transferable and a market in them would be developed"

William Vickrey, Educator

"You learn at a certain point that you have to focus on the business side of music. After getting ripped off a couple of times, you figure out that you need to get a grip on it"

Neal Schon, Musician

"In the restaurant business, you never want to have enemies, whereas it seems that many politicians judge their success by how high their enemies are and whether they can show that they can hold their ground and give a punch for every punch they take"

John Hickenlooper, Politician

"McDonald's is almost 50 years old. For 47 years, we had a pretty consistent track record of being able to deliver admirable sales"

Jim Cantalupo, Businessman

"The CAFTA region currently imports $15 billion annually of U.S. agriculture and manufactured goods"

Ron Lewis, Politician

"In my almost ten years in the House of Representatives, I have voted consistently to allow companies to drill for oil and natural gas in environmentally friendly ways"

Virgil Goode, Politician

"In this context, the current recovery in the Japanese economy is taking place in tandem with the growing interdependence with the rest of the world, particularly with the other East Asian economies"

Toshihiko Fukui, Public Servant

"I have run large organizations, I know what it takes to create a healthy business climate, and I have more experience than Jerry Brown doing that. So it'll be a stark contrast, a career politician vs. someone who has met a payroll, gotten a return on investment, knows how to use technology to do more with less"

Meg Whitman, Businessman

"I answer that question by saying, 'Why Meg Whitman,' which is: I'm not a career politician. I spent 30 years in business. I can tell you that people in California have had it with career politicians: they are done"

Meg Whitman, Businessman

"I am excited to rise today to support National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day. This celebration honors the husband and wife business owner teams whose work helps drive the economy and fuel job growth"

Melissa Bean, Politician

"Mr. Speaker, Delaware River's regional ports handle approximately 58 million tons of cargo yearly"

Robert Brady, Politician

"We kinda look at this as the second or third chapter of our lives. After college, most people figure out what they want to do with their lives. But we already know what we want to do in the future and that is to continue to further our business goals"

Mary-Kate Olsen, Actress

"I think we did a great job of putting together a program that would have made good e-books available had people been buying e-books in any real numbers"

Thomas Perry, Musician

"Currently, Boston has only nine percent of the state's population - but we provide more than 16 percent of the jobs and 19 percent of the state's revenues"

Thomas Menino, Politician

"Trade can really be good for American workers and American businesses"

Richard Neal, Politician

"The reform of state industry, and most directly related to that, the banking sector, is enormously daunting"

William Kirby, Scientist

"Macau has been steady. The shocking, unexpected government is the one in Washington"

Steve Wynn, Businessman

"The rubber industry is of much significance to our countries. For millions of our smallholders, the rubber tree is a tree of life, serving as a crucial source of income for earning a living and raising families"

Thaksin Shinawatra, Politician

"Every business is there to make money, and making a record is business. This tends to be forgotten by many"

Giorgio Moroder, Producer

"Japan's inexplicable lack of response to even consider a move to re-open their market to U.S. beef will sorely tempt economic trade action against Japan"

Saxby Chambliss, Politician

"Networks don't want a show with a continuing story. There's no backend potential"

William Devane, Actor

"When business leaders ask me what they can do for Indiana, I always reply: 'Make money. Go make money. That's the first act of corporate citizenship. If you do that, you'll have to hire someone else, and you'll have enough profit to help one of those non-profits we're so proud of.'"

Mitch Daniels, Politician

"Usually with things, you go where you can find the financing to do it"

Don Bluth, Artist

"Gaming is the backbone of Nevada's economy"

Kenny Guinn, Politician

"I prefer leaving things to the market as much as possible"

Dorothy Denning, Public Servant

"I believe that one-product wonders come and go"

Kevin Rollins, Businessman

"Nevada once again has shown double digit increases in tax revenue... Nevada continues to show economic stability with its desirable business climate and booming tourism sector"

Kenny Guinn, Politician

"And ours is a business that requires discipline and focus"

Jim Cantalupo, Businessman

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