Quotes About Business

My father was a businessman, but my mother was an intellectual. She cared about culture, politics, and philosophy, so I became interested in the protest aspect of Latin American art.

I think the biggest thing that people fear when it comes to art becoming a business is those authentic, pure aspirations of art being compromised.

A merchant who approaches business with the idea of serving the public well has nothing to fear from the competition.

The business world worships mediocrity. Officially we revere free enterprise, initiative and individuality. Unofficially we fear it.

The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts.

I can quit boxing now and practically go into any kind of business and I'll be successful just as well as I was in boxing.

To rush to throw away your magazine business and move it on the iPad is just sheer insanity and insecurity and fear.

There is no room for jealousy in business. If someone is doing a better job than you are, either find a way to improve yourself or join forces with that person.

Life in the movie business is like the beginning of a new love affair: it's full of surprises, and you're constantly getting f*cked.

One of the things that worry business men is the number of unemployed on the payroll.

All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is to enjoy it.

Many persons have an idea that one cannot be in business and lead an upright life, whereas the truth is that no one succeeds in business to any great extent, who misleads or misrepresents

Think P.I.G. - thats my motto. P stands for Persistence, I stands for Integrity, and G stands for Guts. These are the ingredients for a successful business and a successful life.

Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others.

There are seven things that will destroy us: Wealth without work; Pleasure without conscience; Knowledge without character; Religion without sacrifice; Politics without principle; Science without humanity; Business without ethics.

The type of person you are is usually reflected in your business. To improve your business, first improve yourself.

But it seems to me that in these days there is a tendency to mix up the genres and forget that the novelist's business is rather to weave a plot and edify his readers than to fiddle away at producing a frontispiece or tailpiece in drypoint.

But let me tell you what happens when regulations go too far, when they seem to exist only for the purpose of justifying the existence of a regulator. It kills the people trying to start a business.

You know who a complicated tax code kills? The guy or gal trying to start a business out of the spare bedroom of their home. So we've got to simplify our tax code.

Americans chose a free enterprise system designed to provide a quality of opportunity, not compel a quality of results. And that is why this is only place in the world where you can open up a business in the spare bedroom of your home.

Barack Obama doesn't believe in free enterprise. He's never going to admit it. For instance, he's never going to come straight out and say, 'If you own a business you didn't build it.' Alright, maybe he will.

Mitt Romney understands free enterprise, he has worked in it. He has seen companies succeed and he has seen them fail, too. He knows what people think about when they invest their money.

I traveled the state of Florida for two years campaigning. I have never met a job creator who told me that they were waiting for the next tax increase before they started growing their business. I've never met a single job creator who's ever said to me I can't wait until government raises taxes again so I can go out and create a job.

Even though work stops, expenses run on.