Quotes About Business

I do business in 170 countries; none of them is perfect. There is not even one country that I think of, and I am like, 'God, that did everything that I wanted it to do.'

I would love to one day have my own line of clothes.

Acting is a cruel enough business. One minute everyone's going 'Hey!' and the next they're going 'Who?'. You certainly don't need people knowing your private business, especially if you want to come out with your head still attached.

I think one of the things that, at least, I found out over - and many have in the industry - is that of all the customer service desires and needs, price is one of them.

The number one thing that kills businesses in Africa is power - or the lack of power.

The ethics of journalism are one thing. Another thing is the ethics of business.

I meet with people in the industry on an ongoing basis.

Amazon does online application hosting. So does Alibaba.

Before Disney, I did other shows so I was aware of the business. They're all the same in that they're a professional environment. The only difference between a Disney show and other network shows are in the age of the actors you're working with and the age of the intended audience.

On one level, all of the characters in 'Game of Thrones' grow out of George R.R. Martin's imagination. Therefore they are his. As long as they are in the novels they are his. But the moment they step forth onto the TV screen, they become filtered through the showrunners. In a business sense, it's the same way with comics.

I'd always loved technology. It's something I always messed around with in computer labs at school. So I glommed onto it very early as way to differentiate myself in business.

And, in the past, it has been all too easy for legislators to load costs onto business in order to meet broader social goals. And costs for business means costs for consumers.

The best in business have boundless curiosity and open minds.

I want to open a restaurant.

I am willing to do business and I'm willing to play ball with anyone, for I am very open-minded.

I always worked in institutions, I never had a restaurant of my own before, but I have opened over 30 hotels, restaurants and casinos. I understand what it takes to keep them running.

I started selling insurance in 1979 and continued doing that until 1985 when I opened my own insurance firm.

After six years at Le Cirque, I decided to start my own business. I opened Daniel at 76th Street in May '93.

I've never opened a glass of champagne on any acquisition. Bankers do that.

Having never taken a business class, the economics of restaurants scared me. I opened Chipotle with the idea that I could step away from it and use it to support my full-scale restaurant.

When I was in the restaurant and bar business, I followed a rule, which was that the places that I opened were places that I wanted to go to.

I even opened a nightclub called Evonne's.

From our perspective, there's been a price war in the PC industry since we opened for business in 1985.

I've always been very business-oriented, ever since I was, like, eight years old and I opened my first bank account.