Entrepreneurship & Business: Business Quotes

"Eliminating what is not wanted or needed is profitable in itself"

Phil Crosby, Author

"The historical debate is over. The answer is free-market capitalism"

Thomas Friedman, Journalist

"And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because he is a famous basketball player. I want to really learn the business"

Shaquille O'Neal, Athlete

"Not only did I enjoy the creative side of Playboy and enjoy being surrounded by people who are curious about life, but I also love the analytical and hard business side of it"

Christie Hefner, Businessman

"I don't really count myself as a very sophisticated businessperson. I'm a creative artist. All I know from business I've picked up along the way"

Mick Jagger, Musician

"The E.U. imports more agricultural goods from developing countries around the world than does the U.S., Canada and Japan, combined"

John Bruton, Politician

"U.S. companies rely on the European market for more than half of their global foreign profits"

John Bruton, Politician

"I never really studied business in school. I kind of wish I had, but how boring is that?"

Mick Jagger, Musician

"As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth"

John Greenleaf Whittier, Poet

"The whole financial industry is consolidating in the United States"

Sanford I. Weill, Businessman

"If we build something great, like we have at Travelers Group so far, a whole host of people benefit"

Sanford I. Weill, Businessman

"From the business point of view, always encouraging the people in our company to own stock in the company, and if we're going to build something great, to have a lot of people share in the benefits of that greatness"

Sanford I. Weill, Businessman

"And I thought I'd always like some form of business, I didn't know what kind of business I'd go in"

Sanford I. Weill, Businessman

"You know that big government doesn't hurt big corporations. They've got the best lawyers and accountants in the world. You know who gets destroyed by big government? It's the little guys"

Marco Rubio, Politician

"Americans chose a free enterprise system designed to provide a quality of opportunity, not compel a quality of results. And that is why this is only place in the world where you can open up a business in the spare bedroom of your home"

Marco Rubio, Politician

"So it's the kind of business where you can't wait to get up in the morning and read the papers, or listen to what's on the news, and you know, how the world's going to change"

Sanford I. Weill, Businessman

"Today's leading real-world retailer, Wal-Mart, uses software to power its logistics and distribution capabilities, which it has used to crush its competition"

Marc Andreessen, Businessman

"They still have some money, and they have needs to supply. They must begin immediately to pool their earnings and organize industries to participate in supplying social and economic demands"

Carter G. Woodson, Historian

"Negro banks, as a rule, have failed because the people, taught that their own pioneers in business cannot function in this sphere, withdrew their deposits"

Carter G. Woodson, Historian

"I went to a woman for advice about how to be in business, but I learned a great deal from men"

Victoria Principal, Actress

"Personally, I think that, for example, the chemical directive in its present form does too much damage to the chemical industry - especially the medium sized businesses - and will hurt our worldwide competitiveness"

Angela Merkel, Statesman

"As you grow in this business, you learn how to do more with less"

Morgan Freeman, Actor

"We expect all our businesses to have a positive impact on our top and bottom lines. Profitability is very important to us or we wouldn't be in this business"

Jeff Bezos, Businessman

"I was once ask if a big business man ever reached his objective. I replied that if a man ever reached his objective he was not a big business man"

Charles M. Schwab, Businessman

"When businesses face tough times, one of the first items they cut is overhead expenses. The government should do the same"

Byron Dorgan, Politician

"Two to three years down the road, other companies not on a model like Dell's will be in trouble"

Jimmy Johnson, Coach

"There are two kinds of companies, those that work to try to charge more and those that work to charge less. We will be the second"

Jeff Bezos, Businessman

"A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well"

Jeff Bezos, Businessman

"There are two ways to extend a business. Take inventory of what you're good at and extend out from your skills. Or determine what your customers need and work backward, even if it requires learning new skills. Kindle is an example of working backward"

Jeff Bezos, Businessman

"Cities are, first of all, seats of the highest economic division of labor"

Georg Simmel, Sociologist

"Over the past decade... while many businesses have pursued what I call 'business as usual,' I have been part of a different, smaller business movement, one that tried to put idealism back on the agenda"

Anita Roddick, Businessman

"If I had learned more about business ahead of time, I would have been shaped into believing that it was only about finances and quality management"

Anita Roddick, Businessman

"I believe in businesses where you engage in creative thinking, and where you form some of your deepest relationships. If it isn't about the production of the human spirit, we are in big trouble"

Anita Roddick, Businessman

"The money that we make from the company goes into The Body Shop Foundation, which isn't one of those awful tax shelters like some in America. It just functions to take the money and give it away"

Anita Roddick, Businessman

"The market controls everything, but the market has no heart"

Anita Roddick, Businessman

"All through history, there have always been movements where business was not just about the accumulation of proceeds, but also for the public good"

Anita Roddick, Businessman

"American corporations hate to give away money"

Stephen Ambrose, Historian

"The music business looks like, you know, innocent schoolboys compared to the TV business. They care about nothing but profit"

Tom Petty, Musician

"The truth is, when I got started in this business, it wasn't because I had a full understanding of the importance of the business, but because I thought it was fun. I found it exciting. It fulfilled me, whatever it was that I was looking for"

Sam Donaldson, Journalist

"At the outset, at least, all three groups had something else to recommend them, as well: They were headquartered 3,000 miles away from the East Side of Manhattan"

Tom Wolfe, Journalist

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