Quotes About Decision

Basically, the single-most important decision in evaluating a business is pricing power.

You should invest in a business that even a fool can run, because someday a fool will.

I've said many times that I'd be thrilled to sell the airline to the employees and our guys said no, we'll take all the money, anyway.

Every business and every product has risks. You can't get around it.

I know a smart business decision when I see one - choosing open standards is | a very smart business decision indeed.

When you are a journalist in the music business, as I was, you end up dying or going to the gym - I chose the gym.

Don't take forever to make a decision, but don't make it too fast.

I decided to retire from show business at the age of 17, because I didn't like it a bit.

By the time I was ready for college, I didn't know what I wanted to do. I think I secretly wanted a show business career, but I was suppressing it.

I knew it would break his heart if I didn't go into the business.

If sophisticated calculations are needed to justify an action, don't do it.

No decision in business provides greater potential for the creation of wealth (or its destruction, come to think of it) than the choice of which innovation to back.

Data is great, but strategy is better

A committee of three can accomplish much if two don't show up.

It's a roll of the dice in the movie business. I mean, every single movie is a roll of the dice. Any movie on paper could look like it's going to be fantastic. You know what I mean?

I called my business manager in California and said, 'Sell all of my stock' - what little of it I had - and it's the only smart financial move I ever made.

Sometimes you buy the horse, sometimes you invest in the jockey. It really comes down to the actual business and the upside.

I thought I was going to be a math major. My parents were both accountants and wanted me to major in business. Math was our compromise.

What happened was, my parents after Circus Boy decided to take me out of show business for two years to go back to normal school. It was the smartest thing they ever did.

The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of a mistake

Running a business well means knowing when it's time to make profit.

The strategist is a chess player thrown into life.

Either you're going to shoot us or you're not. The ball always lands on red or black, never both.

Bad business does not revolve around missing crossroads. It revolves around roundabouts.