Quotes About Business

Every time I release an album my old record company releases another one.

I believe there are and will be major opportunities to enhance Time Warner's value in future combinations.

Slavery was incredibly prosperous for some people, at that time. It was not a bad business plan, but it was terrible and inhumane. But as a business it worked.

I've spent about that amount of time trying to tell the public that there was purpose in... my business, my career and the roller coaster ride... how the people I associated with worked together.

I remember that Jack Lemmon, who is one of my favorite actors of all time, says that the day he stops being nervous is the day he should leave the business.

The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman.

Giving someone a one-time stimulus check, or a one-time tax cut that expires doesn't allow the predictability that business needs.

If I had a brick for every time I've repeated the phrase Quality, Service, Cleanliness and Value, I think I'd probably be able to bridge the Atlantic Ocean with them.

In advertising, I was frustrated by having to deal with the client. It was the only time I really worked in a proper office, and I didn't like it-simple as that.

We sold a certain, steady amount of product for them and they could count on it. When it came time to ask for the money for this new record, they dropped us. It was fine with us. It was a dead fish.

I never have time to cook, so I just look through the books and imagine the dishes I would make if I wasn't going out for a business dinner.

Just like any business is a living, breathing thing, an entrepreneur has to be able to adapt over time.

The most generous part of your philanthropy could be the time you put in to procure the same results and same outcomes and same returns you demand in business.

Jay Abraham's client sent him $50,000 a month for a long time for writing one headline. That's what people who understand communication can do.

The more time I spend with our people, the more I find out about our business.

My father dealt in stocks and shares and my mother also had a lot of time on her hands.

It is ridiculous ever to forget that you and your business are each implanted in the society of the moment. We cannot ignore the world of our time. We had better understand it.

Singers come and go; the music business waxes and wanes. The blues are popular and unpopular, often at the same time.

I think in terms of businesses, in terms of things that are really big and marry technology with entertainment. That's where I like to spend my time.

The company must be paying dividends. Preferably the dividend will have been increasing and have been paid for some time.

I don't like department stores. I had a chain of department stores back in 1994 which was Lewis's and Owen Owen, only for a short time, and I found department stores personally difficult.

If there could've ever been a magical time to build an enterprise software company, now is absolutely that time.

Will Smith is a funny person, a very likable person, but at the same time he can be serious and really handle his business. I'll stay away from talking about his rapping abilities, though.

Most men of business think "Anyhow this system will probably last my time. It has gone on a long time, and is likely to go on still.