Entrepreneurship & Business: Business Quotes

"China and India will, separately and together, unleash an explosion of demand"

Mukesh Ambani, Businessman

"China is not only formidable, it is also aggressively building its own economic infrastructure. Just a few years from now, China will rival the U.S. and the European Union in global market power. It already has surpassed us in population"

Jo Ann Emerson, Politician

"I did realise more than ever, after the stabbing, that tennis is a business - a tough business"

Monica Seles, Athlete

"I've found that in business, opportunities will constantly emerge or situations develop that make you revise your plans along the way"

Benjamin Cohen, Journalist

"The one I was driving for at the time, Nissan, they pulled out after they won the championship, because it was costing millions of pounds to do a national championship and ok, that might be ok when you're doing an international championship, but not for a national one"

David Leslie

"Small businesses are the number one job creators in America. Therefore, it is important that the federal government creates an environment that helps them succeed, not one that sets them up to fail"

Randy Neugebauer, Politician

"This merger is a logical next step that creates substantial value for customers and stockholders of both AT&T and BellSouth. It will benefit customers through new services and expanded service capabilities"

Edward Whitacre, Jr., Businessman

"I didn't sign any contracts, and I didn't see any oil"

Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Politician

"But the fact is, Mr. Chairman, for all the challenges the Postal Service of the 21st century faces, it still retains its traditional place as a key cog in how American businesses conduct their affairs and how Americans all across this land communicate"

John M. McHugh, Politician

"In 2003, the value of Airbus's orders was more than twice as much as Boeing's"

Norm Dicks, Politician

"The bill that job creators and out-of-work Americans need us to pass is the one that ensures taxes won't go up - one that says Americans and small-business owners won't get hit with more bad news at the end of the year"

Mitch McConnell, Politician

"As the U.S. trade deficit, and the portion of that deficit attributed to China, continue to grow, our own economy is at risk of losing its reputation as a leader in world trade"

Jo Ann Emerson, Politician

"All those trucks and barges that carry our goods to port are vital connections to the only force which can balance our trade deficit: export. We must keep doing what we do best if we are going to get America out of the red"

Jo Ann Emerson, Politician

"During the past 30 years, European governments have provided more than $15 billion in the form of low- and no-cost loans to Airbus for the specific purpose of developing new aircraft lines"

Norm Dicks, Politician

"For our part, the U.S. must act quickly to ensure Most Favored Nation status to China"

Jennifer Dunn, Politician

"After adding trillions to the debt on big-government policies most Americans didn't ask for and which we couldn't afford, Democratic leaders say they need more money, which they intend to take from small business, even though small businesses create the majority of new jobs"

Mitch McConnell, Politician

"The British regulatory system was revised, so that bigger profits were encouraged, which removed the option of big spending on programming. Quality just fell off a cliff, and all the old hands either left or were fired for being too expensive"

Lee Child, Writer

"Those 3,000 jobs in Sioux Falls, based on our population back then in Sioux Falls, would have taken 300,000 jobs in New York City to equal it at Citibank"

Bill Janklow, Politician

"We wanted to enjoy what we were doing, and we had business things we had to straighten out, and personnel problems, and it sort of took a little time to do it"

Debbie Harry, Musician

"The world has changed, and it's almost been 11 years. I have 975 employees. I have six restaurants. We haven't opened any new ones in almost three years"

Emeril Lagasse, Celebrity

"Large corporations and unions know the power of being big enough to bargain for better rates"

Greg Walden, Politician

"We are going after a targeted group of businesses that are creating opportunities for themselves using other people's property. The Internet has very little to do with this"

Hilary Rosen, Businesswoman

"Of the 55 refineries closed in America in the last 10 years, they were all closed for economic reasons, mostly oil company mergers. Not a single one was closed for environmental purposes or objections"

Peter DeFazio, Politician

"A lot of other things come along with Chapter 11, which basically end up in a lot of pain"

Rick Wagoner, Businessman

"China has not lived up to any other trade agreements over the last decade... They don't have any compliance or enforcement"

David Bonior, Politician

"Over 30 years ago, Airbus was founded by a European consortium of French, German, and later Spanish and British companies to compete in the large commercial aircraft industry with U.S. companies"

Norm Dicks, Politician

"A business of high principle attracts high-caliber people more easily, thereby gaining a basic competitive and profit edge"

Marvin Bower, Businessman

"I do not think I'm a great talent. I think I'm a medium talent, but I think I understand the business and enjoy the business"

Alex O'Loughlin, Actor

"For the whole of Western Europe, I know the business community quite good"

Anatoly Chubais, Politician

"The deal we made was that if we would change our law to invite them to come to South Dakota - that's what they wanted, the invitation - if we would change our law to invite them to come to South Dakota, he would guarantee South Dakota 400 Citibank jobs"

Bill Janklow, Politician

"By furthering the use of ethanol, farmers are presented with the opportunity to produce a cash crop by collecting their agricultural wastes"

Richard Lugar, Politician

"We recognize that it is not only inbound but also outbound (cargo) that can pose a risk as well"

Asa Hutchinson, Lawyer

"The national oil companies still want to acquire some expertise so they will outsource more, but not totally"

Andrew Gould, Businessman

"It is time for Congress to provide relief for tobacco farmers. Since the 1930's tobacco production has been regulated by a quota system, which required farmers to purchase quota in order to grow tobacco"

Allen Boyd, Politician

"Italy in the first years got food, for the first year or the first periods got food. Then we got raw materials and then we got tool machines, let's say, instruments for working"

Gianni Agnelli, Businessman

"It would require more hands to manage a stock of sheep, gather them from the hills, force them into houses and folds, and drive them to markets, than the profits of the whole stock were capable of maintaining"

James Hogg, Poet

"Obviously, the shift to gas and the need for large amounts of gas in the United States is going to be a major focus of attention on the part of producers"

Andrew Gould, Businessman

"Well, WorldCom's growth exploded in the Clinton years, there's no question, there's no disputing that"

Don Nickles, Politician

"We have to be a state where business is welcome and jobs are created. We have to demand value for what is spent and we need to continue to resist a lottery"

Jesse Helms, Politician

"We live in a time today where we face fierce global competition"

Erskine Bowles, Businessman

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