“Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.”

“Extracting oil from the tar sands is a nasty, polluting, energy-intensive business.”

“The stores and the things like that, the business side of things came out at the point when, I'd say probably in the early '70s, it looked like the year of the singer-songwriter was over, 'cause music changed in our time and the spotlight was out.”

“The successful man is the one who finds out what is the matter with his business before his competitors do.”

“Profit is the most global aspect of a business, and it is cross-functional.”

“Come, come, leave business to idlers, and wisdom to fools: they have need of 'em: wit be my faculty, and pleasure my occupation, and let father Time shake his glass.”

“People are always saying that Hollywood messes up kids. I'm like, 'No, families mess up kids!' I grew up in Hollywood, and I'm perfectly fine. If my children want to go into the entertainment business, I won't stop them, as long as they're passionate about it.”

“I have heard show business characterized as a refuge for childlike persons in flight from all things harsh and real.”

“Whether you were talking about Pillsbury, Burger King, Godfather's, the National Restaurant Association, in each one of those situations, I had a daunting problem that I had to solve. And I used the same business principles to approach the problem and, more importantly, solve the problem in every one of the situations.”

“If I could create one job in the private sector by helping to grow a business, that would be one more than Congress has created in the last six months.”

“Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops.”

“A man should never neglect his family for business.”

“You know, every family and every business in California knows what it means to go through tough times.”

“The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.'”

“If people in the media cannot decide whether they are in the business of reporting news or manufacturing propaganda, it is all the more important that the public understand that difference, and choose their news sources accordingly.”

“Prophesy is a good line of business, but it is full of risks.”

“What I learned is that in business you must make decisions based on facts, not react with your heart.”

“All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.”

“It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises-but only performance is reality.”

“Rarely in modern times has there been such a revolution in commercial sentiment as occurred in 2008, or such a display in government and business of panic and helplessness.”

“I used to work for a management consulting company, so I dressed differently - business casual, probably a lot of things from Banana Republic. My wardrobe now is definitely more expensive, but I always dress for the occasion.”