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Quotes About Professionalism

Actually it broke my heart to hear that we were going to have to part ways, ... It's a business and they had to do what they had to do.
~ Eddie Griffin
I am not embarrassed to be a banker. I am not embarrassed to be in business.
~ Jamie Dimon
I don't even listen to the records after they come out. It's outlawed in my house. My wife and my kids can't play any of my music around me. Once it comes out, for me, it's just business. Numbers.
~ Dr. Dre
Charge less, but charge. Otherwise, you will not be taken seriously, and you do your fellow artists no favours if you undercut the market.
~ Elizabeth Aston
Briefcases, like CEOs, should never look new and unused.
~ Lois Wyse
Nothing personal, it's just business
~ Unknown
I feel like I'm at a level in my business where I've established myself as a professional. And the one thing I haven't managed to do is find a way to achieve a better balance.
~ Megyn Kelly
I watch every day when we hit and take ground balls and the way we go about our business. If I saw any lackadaisical approach, that would concern me.
~ Mike Quade
When I go into the studio, I'm strictly for business... I don't like any fooling around in the studio.
~ Otis Redding
Relationships built from a business do better than the reverse.
~ Ben Horowitz
It's like night and day... to do business, in Europe, there is no bull, they are pretty straightforward.
~ Caprice Bourret
I used to be kind of bitter and jealous as well, but I get it. It's business.
~ Carlos Alazraqui
My motto has always been: Only first class business and that in a first class way
~ David Ogilvy
If you want your blog to be a business one day, treat it as one today.
~ Darren Rowse
The best piece of advice Ive ever been given was, Be in the business youre in. Dont just be a satellite around it and expect it to come to you. Be in the business youre in.
~ Ray Stevenson
Art and business may be strange bedfellows, but an artist must make room in her bed for both.
~ Eric Maisel
In business, sir, one has no friends, only correspondents.
~ Alexandre Dumas
I've learned from my dealings with Johnny Carson that no matter what kind of friendship you think you have with people you're working with, when the chips are down, it's all about business.
~ Joan Rivers
Everyone knows the first rule of business is "Look good during confrontations." Or if it isn't, it should be.
~ Sophie Kinsella
You know honestly, I enjoy working with everyone because remember, these were all real pros that had been around the business a long time.
~ Burt Ward
I surely haven't only dealt with film people. As a lawyer, I also fought against evictions, or worked on leases - the unglamorous side of the business.
~ Giovanna Cau
Never joke at funerals, or during business transactions.
~ Herman Melville
An uncontrolled sense of humor is often costly in business.
~ William Feather
It's also show business. It's not "show fun friends".
~ Lauren Graham