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Business Quotes


"Great companies are built on great products."


"Prosperous farmers mean more employment, more prosperity for the workers and the business men of every industrial area in the whole country."


"The credit for much of this rightly belongs to the late Mayor Daley who forged a coalition of business and labor that kept Chicago always moving ahead."


"Big business never pays a nickel in taxes, according to Ralph Nader, who represents a big consumer organization that never pays a nickel in taxes."


"Anybody who finds it easy to make money on the horses is probably in the dog food business."


"I've never been good in the financial and business arenas. I handle the creative side of things."


"So many people comment that I'm much more mature than average. In this business, you can get taken advantage of if you're not aware and you're not tough."


"My professional life has been a constant record of disillusion, and many things that seem wonderful to most men are the every-day commonplaces of my business."


"I figure anything over 13 weeks in this business is pretty good."


"Entrepreneurship is an art, you do it because you love it."


"Tesla is here to stay and keep fighting for the electric car revolution."


"Companies operating in urban communities have a tremendous ripple effect."


"Practically every day, there is a story in the newspapers about a new breakthrough drug on Parkinson's."


"Warren Spector is amazing, and his team is as good as any in the business. Shame to see all the revenues from their game entangled with all the madness of the Dallas office."


"Business leaders shape public opinion."


"My desire to participate in the business is not to make more crap."


"I don't know anything about cars. A business is a business, and I think I can learn about cars. I'm not that old, and I think the business principles are the same."


"You have to respect your parents. They are giving you an at-bat. If you're an entrepreneur and go into the family business, you want to grow fast. Patience is important. But respect the other party... My dad and I pulled it off because we really respect each other."


"Accessing capital to start a business can be a daunting process, especially for entrepreneurs who start out with a great idea, but have no real familiarity with the business world."


"I've got to keep breathing. It'll be my worst business mistake if I don't."


"I came from a real working-class show business family."


"American business has just forgotten the importance of selling."


"I come from a family that has been here for almost 200 years. My ancestors started a very dangerous gunpowder business in 1802, and my great- grandfather and his father were both killed in gunpowder explosions."


"We understand that the real market value of Blockbuster may never be fully realized as a wholly owned part of Viacom."


"I always like to refer managers in corporate America as the renters of the corporate assets, not the owners."


"We've got a low turnover management group and executive group who've grown up in the business."


"If you want to stay in the business then you've got to be a bit shrewd, haven't you?"


"In business a reputation for keeping absolutely to the letter and spirit of an agreement, even when it is unfavorable, is the most precious of assets, although it is not entered in the balance sheet."


"Ronald has had bicycle safety and safety in the home. Yes, Ronald is McDonald's, second most recognised figure after Santa Claus, and there's an element of obviously benefiting your business."


"I wanted to be a columnist so badly that I took a huge pay cut to leave Forbes, which wouldn't give me a column, and join Newsday, which wanted my column for its Sunday business section."
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