Quotes About Business

My 'Chili Palmer' was my mother. Her name is Carmen Milian, and she's my manager. Before getting into music, we actually educated ourselves, and I went to college for music as a business and learned the business side, and she read a lot of books.

When you're in 45 markets, you take it on the chin here and there.

The Chinese are no slouches when it comes to capitalism.

I love being part of the Chinese scene as a businessman. That doesn't mean that there aren't short-term discomforts and adjustments.

We want to make sure that we have the right products for Chinese people.

I will do a chocolate deal for product only. No need for money.

I am choosing films only to entertain people, but at the same time, if someone is putting their money into my films, I want that person to make money.

I know CEOs, and they get sick when they have to lay people off, especially around Christmas.

If Satan wasn't around, churches would go out of business.

From now on, I approach the cinema as a business woman.

It's not easy to have success with restaurants in different cities, but I like the challenge.

I haven't done a great deal of it but this was a chance to do more and bring it to that part of the business and even more so, but the fact that it was a black superhero was really the catalyst to me.

Some people confuse confidence with arrogance. There's no doubt in the business world there are a few big egos and I think arrogance can get in the way. But if you have the confidence to go to your higher superior and say this is wrong, it can make a difference.

That's what happens in the world. You get offered superior contracts.

I know I'm very lucky. A lot of it is quite normal, scooting around the supermarket with a shopping trolley and things like that. With one parent being a prince and the other being an amazing sort of... business woman.

I started in the supermarket business in the early '70s. And by '75, '76, I realized you don't have a business unless you own the real estate.

Remember, restaurateurs are only shopkeepers; that's all we are. It's no different from the supermarket down the road.

Many business owners dream of having their product or service endorsed by a global celebrity. But instead of trying to get a superstar to support your business, try seeking out a local celebrity instead.

Chinese people have that superstitious fix - people always do feng shui when they are opening a shop; even the Hong Kong Shanghai Bank pays people to do feng shui for them.

We need open, competitive, market economies... but at the same time with effective regulation and supervision.

We lived above my father's launderette. Both my parents ran the launderette, but my father was also a factory supervisor, and my mum worked part-time in an accounts office.

Companies need to be very active in formulating public policy - not as a substitute for government, but as a supplement.

I got into law school to supplement my business background. I'm not planning to practice law.

I was the founder of the 'Cartoon Bank' in the '90s. I was interested in finding ways for cartoonists to supplement their incomes.