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"I'm in a little bit of a different situation, because working in the business that I do and living in the city that I live in, I haven't had a problem with people who are gay. Since I was 10 I've been working alongside them, and some of my best friends are gay."

"I'm in a little bit of a different situation, because working in the business that I do and living in the city that I live in, I haven't had a problem with people who are gay. Since I was 10 I've been working alongside them, and some of my best friends are gay."

Jason Bateman, American Actor

Business, People, Friends, Gay

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"In 1893 I founded a chemical company which I ran until 1899."

"In 1893 I founded a chemical company which I ran until 1899."

Leo Baekeland, Belgian Inventor

Business, Company

30

"Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made."

"Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made."

Bill Cosby, American Comedian

Business, Wisdom, Children, Mistakes

30

"My innovation involved taking an idea from the telecommunications and banking industries, and applying that idea to transportation business."

"My innovation involved taking an idea from the telecommunications and banking industries, and applying that idea to transportation business."

Frederick W. Smith, American Businessman

Business, Idea, Innovation

30

"We are a business, and you do a little of what you think's right, pay your bills, and attract... a single record attracts attention to your concerts and your albums."

"We are a business, and you do a little of what you think's right, pay your bills, and attract... a single record attracts attention to your concerts and your albums."

Bruce Johnston, American Musician

Business, Attention, Right

30

"I like Mr Gorbachev, we can do business together."

"I like Mr Gorbachev, we can do business together."

Margaret Thatcher, English Leader

30

"It's the business I'm in, I can't say that signing things is the favourite part of my career but you know that it has to be done and that there is no pain involved."

"It's the business I'm in, I can't say that signing things is the favourite part of my career but you know that it has to be done and that there is no pain involved."

Cliff Richard, English Musician

Business, Career, Pain

29

"Fortunately, we have a lot of really smart women in the business."

"Fortunately, we have a lot of really smart women in the business."

Rosanna Arquette, American Actress

Business, Women

28

"Social Media = Business. Period."

"Social Media = Business. Period."

Gary Vaynerchuk, American Entrepreneur

Business, Social Media, Digital Marketing

28

"Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's not going to get the business."

Warren Buffett, American Businessman

27

"Politics is the reflex of the business and industrial world."

"Politics is the reflex of the business and industrial world."

Emma Goldman, Lithuanian Activist

Business, Politics, World

27

"I don't think business news is just for old white men with money."

"I don't think business news is just for old white men with money."

Neil Cavuto, American Journalist

Business, Men, Money, News

27

"It is piracy, not overt online music stores, which is our main competitor."

"It is piracy, not overt online music stores, which is our main competitor."

Steve Jobs, American Businessman

Business, Music

26

"People don't buy what you do, they buy why you do it. And what you do simply proves what you believe."

"People don't buy what you do, they buy why you do it. And what you do simply proves what you believe."

Simon Sinek, British Author

Business, Branding, Purpose

26

"The client is not always right."

"The client is not always right."

Enzo Ferrari, Italian Designer

Business, Right

26

"Our ultimate goal is to stay in business. We are not here with a specific plan. That's kind of how our entire career has evolved. We will figure things out as we go along."

"Our ultimate goal is to stay in business. We are not here with a specific plan. That's kind of how our entire career has evolved. We will figure things out as we go along."

Mary-Kate Olsen, American Actress

Business, Goal, Career, Will

26

"People say we are survivors but I don't see us as survivors of anything. We are still here, there's nothing that's come and tried to dislodge us. We just go about our business."

"People say we are survivors but I don't see us as survivors of anything. We are still here, there's nothing that's come and tried to dislodge us. We just go about our business."

Dave Mason, British Musician

Business, People, Nothing

26

"Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to puncture gas bags and discover the seeds of truth."

"Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to puncture gas bags and discover the seeds of truth."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Business, Truth, Fight, Thinking

26

"You have to be a star to be in this business."

"You have to be a star to be in this business."

Jenifer Lewis, American Actress

25

"Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway."

"Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway."

Warren Buffett, American Businessman

Business, People, Advice

25

"There's nobody in show business that I dislike so I wouldn't want to get in there to hurt anybody."

"There's nobody in show business that I dislike so I wouldn't want to get in there to hurt anybody."

Robert Goulet, American Musician

Business, Hurt, Want

25

"If a rich person invests in a business, either directly or through stock purchases, it means business can grow and hire more people."

"If a rich person invests in a business, either directly or through stock purchases, it means business can grow and hire more people."

Terry Savage, American Consultant

Business, People

24

"That's just the way this business works. You're a reliable commodity."

"That's just the way this business works. You're a reliable commodity."

Christy Romano, American Actress

24

"I think a simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress."

"I think a simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress."

Mark Zuckerberg, American Businessman

Business, Simplicity, Progress

24

"You have to keep the business side together as well as the creative side. We have constantly surprised people and stayed with bands until they have grown on people."

"You have to keep the business side together as well as the creative side. We have constantly surprised people and stayed with bands until they have grown on people."

Greg Ginn, American Musician

Business, People

24

"Then there was the challenge to keep doing better and better, to fly the best test flight that anybody had ever flown. That led to my being recognized as one of the more experienced test pilots, and that led to the astronaut business."

"Then there was the challenge to keep doing better and better, to fly the best test flight that anybody had ever flown. That led to my being recognized as one of the more experienced test pilots, and that led to the astronaut business."

Alan Shepard, American Astronaut

Business, Being, Challenge

24

"Capitalist production, therefore, develops technology, and the combining together of various processes into a social whole, only by sapping the original sources of all wealth - the soil and the labourer."

"Capitalist production, therefore, develops technology, and the combining together of various processes into a social whole, only by sapping the original sources of all wealth - the soil and the labourer."

Karl Marx, German Philosopher

Business, Technology, Wealth, Production

24

"The odds are not in your favor the older you get, especially if you're a woman in this business."

"The odds are not in your favor the older you get, especially if you're a woman in this business."

Patricia Clarkson, American Actress

Business, Woman

23

"I'm a parent, and I try to take care of my health and keep my life in order. In the last few years I've really had to decide what's important to me, and it seems to me that my family and my health are top on the list. And those have nothing to do with show business."

"I'm a parent, and I try to take care of my health and keep my life in order. In the last few years I've really had to decide what's important to me, and it seems to me that my family and my health are top on the list. And those have nothing to do with show business."

Diana Ross, American Actress

Business, Family, Health, Life

23

"On the other hand, I mean, that is what writers have always been supposed to do, was to rely on their own devices and to - I mean, writing is a lonely business."

"On the other hand, I mean, that is what writers have always been supposed to do, was to rely on their own devices and to - I mean, writing is a lonely business."

Donna Tartt, American Novelist

Business, Lonely, Writers, Writing

23

"German businessmen are overwhelmed by the high cost of doing business. Inflexible rules, enforced by a burgeoning bureaucracy, discourage entrepreneurship."

"German businessmen are overwhelmed by the high cost of doing business. Inflexible rules, enforced by a burgeoning bureaucracy, discourage entrepreneurship."

Suzanne Fields, American Columnist

Business, Bureaucracy, Rules

23

"In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits."

"In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits."

Lee Iacocca, American Businessman

Business, People, End

23

"Money often costs too much."

"Money often costs too much."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Business, Money

22

"We built that into a wholesale business that became, really, one of the largest companies in the United States. We had success in building new markets, opening markets for competition, and that takes a personal toll."

"We built that into a wholesale business that became, really, one of the largest companies in the United States. We had success in building new markets, opening markets for competition, and that takes a personal toll."

Jeffrey Skilling, American Criminal

Business, Success, Building, Competition

22

"We like the size of the company today given the environment and have no plans to split it up and make it smaller."

"We like the size of the company today given the environment and have no plans to split it up and make it smaller."

Robert Iger, American Businessman

Business, Company, Environment, Today

22

"A woman's two cents worth is worth two cents in the music business."

"A woman's two cents worth is worth two cents in the music business."

Loretta Lynn, American Musician

Business, Music, Woman, Worth

22

"We're still in a recession. We're not gonna be out of it for a while, but we will get out."

"We're still in a recession. We're not gonna be out of it for a while, but we will get out."

Warren Buffett, American Businessman

22

"It's embarrassing to be involved in the same business as the mainstream comic thing. It's still very embarrassing to tell other adults that I draw comic books - their instant, preconceived notions of what that means."

"It's embarrassing to be involved in the same business as the mainstream comic thing. It's still very embarrassing to tell other adults that I draw comic books - their instant, preconceived notions of what that means."

Daniel Clowes, American Author

Business, Books

22

"I really always felt that I was going to be an actress. I had a lot of confidence in the fact that I would do well from a very early age. I didn't know how tough the business is."

"I really always felt that I was going to be an actress. I had a lot of confidence in the fact that I would do well from a very early age. I didn't know how tough the business is."

Susan Lucci, American Actress

Business, Age, Confidence, Fact

22

"Billions are wasted on ineffective philanthropy. Philanthropy is decades behind business in applying rigorous thinking to the use of money."

"Billions are wasted on ineffective philanthropy. Philanthropy is decades behind business in applying rigorous thinking to the use of money."

Michael Porter, American Educator

Business, Money, Philanthropy, Thinking

22

"Information technology is at the core of how you do your business and how your business model itself evolves."

"Information technology is at the core of how you do your business and how your business model itself evolves."

Satya Nadella, Indian Business Leader

Business, Technology, Evolution, Change

22

"Confidence is everything in this business."

"Confidence is everything in this business."

Reese Witherspoon, American Actress

Business, Confidence

22

"Our business is about technology, yes. But it's also about operations and customer relationships."

"Our business is about technology, yes. But it's also about operations and customer relationships."

Michael Dell, American Businessman

Business, Technology, Customer, Relationships

21

"When I got back into the film business after college, I started out as a production assistant."

"When I got back into the film business after college, I started out as a production assistant."

Mike Lookinland, American Actor

Business, College, Film, Production

21

"My proceeds from the PayPal acquisition were $180 million. I put $100 million in SpaceX, $70m in Tesla, and $10m in Solar City. I had to borrow money for rent."

"My proceeds from the PayPal acquisition were $180 million. I put $100 million in SpaceX, $70m in Tesla, and $10m in Solar City. I had to borrow money for rent."

Elon Musk, American Entrepreneur

Business, Investment, Startup, SpaceX

21

"Business has only two functions - marketing and innovation."

"Business has only two functions - marketing and innovation."

Milan Kundera, Czechoslovakian Writer

Business, Innovation, Marketing

21

"In this business you have to develop a thick skin, but I'm always going to feel everything. It's my nature."

"In this business you have to develop a thick skin, but I'm always going to feel everything. It's my nature."

Taylor Swift, American Musician

Business, Nature, Skin

21

"I wake up every morning and I feel like I'm juggling glass balls. I live in Los Angeles, my business is run out of London, and most evenings I'm cuddled up in front of Skype, in my dressing gown, speaking with my studio in London. I travel a lot, my team travel a lot, but I wouldn't have it any other way."

"I wake up every morning and I feel like I'm juggling glass balls. I live in Los Angeles, my business is run out of London, and most evenings I'm cuddled up in front of Skype, in my dressing gown, speaking with my studio in London. I travel a lot, my team travel a lot, but I wouldn't have it any other way."

Victoria Beckham, English Musician

Business, Travel, London

21

"Only a monopolist could study a business and ruin it by giving away products."

"Only a monopolist could study a business and ruin it by giving away products."

Scott McNealy, American Businessman

Business, Giving, Ruin, Study

21

"The base paths belonged to me, the runner. The rules gave me the right. I always went into a bag full speed, feet first. I had sharp spikes on my shoes. If the baseman stood where he had no business to be and got hurt, that was his fault."

"The base paths belonged to me, the runner. The rules gave me the right. I always went into a bag full speed, feet first. I had sharp spikes on my shoes. If the baseman stood where he had no business to be and got hurt, that was his fault."

Ty Cobb, American Athlete

Business, Fault, Feet, First

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