Quotes About Business

I'm a mad lover of sport. You cannot say a bad word to me about sports. So I know business is involved and I know it can be cynical, and, of course, I watch it, but for me it's pure.

In the business of scholarship, evidence is far more flexible than opinion. The prevailing view of the past is controlled not by evidence but by opinion.

Business in America can give jobs or doles.

Poetry is a special use of language that opens onto the real. The business of the poet is truth telling, which is why in the Celtic tradition no one could be a teacher unless he or she was a poet.

With mind distracted, never thinking, "Death is coming," To slave away on the pointless business of mundane life, And then to come out empty--it is a tragic error. (116) trans by Robert Thurman

Major labels didn't start showing up really until they smelled money, and that's all they're ever going to be attracted to is money-that's the business they're in- making money.

Each one of us, and, indeed, all those who aspire to national leadership must bring their own visions, views and styles to the business of reforming Nigeria, and the search for solutions.

We're in this entertainment business really to give the audience what they want.

When I was in N.W.A. and didn't get paid all the money I was owed, that's when the business side of showbiz hit me.

When you start a business, go for the lowest hanging fruit.

I'm serious, Ice," and he hands me his business card. "Call me at Warner Bros. tomorrow. If you're interested, we'll get you the script to look at.

In the summertime I used to have a Kool-Aid stand set up in front of the house. A pitcher of Kool-Aid cost maybe a dollar and I'd sell glasses for a quarter apiece. I'd be able to make a profit of eight or nine bucks on a hot day. That was a nice little

Private equity is a growing form of financing.

Definiciones de Mulla Do-Piaza Halago: uno de los negocios más provechosos; siempre en alza.

Grand Ole Opry appearances were a loss leader. Like

In 1950, there were four hundred thousand jukeboxes on location serviced by fifty-five hundred jukebox operators.

You know, the funny thing about Lorne and that show is that, you can go over one million things, but in a business of bean counters, he still likes to laugh at small things and creates a show around it.

Insistence on conformity—cultural, religious, or otherwise—was self-defeating, causing strife and undermining trade and business.

There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from there.

Entrepreneurs are, by definition, active types, so how is it that so much business writing sags with the passive voice? ...If you are using the passive voice to evade responsibility, start owning up. If you are using it out of habit or laziness, or because you just didn't think about it, start thinking about it.

He had talents equal to business, and aspired no higher.

Socialists, like the New York Governor, consider competition to be stealing.

What makes the most money for this business? Dead rock stars.

There's a commercial break coming and I'm very excited about it and you know why? Because that's what keeps daddy in suits.