Business Quotes
“Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things.”
-- Elbert Hubbard
“The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts.”
-- Twyla Tharp
“I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can't truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.”
-- Zig Ziglar
“I love producing. I am loving doing that. I think that is my most natural space in the business. I just love producing or editing and that's where I thrive.”
-- Will Smith
“We mean by 'politics' the people's business - the most important business there is.”
-- Adlai E. Stevenson
“You and I and everybody in show business and the entertainment industry fly by the seat of our pants. We don't know quite what is going to happen.”
-- William Shatner
“Design, in its broadest sense, is the enabler of the digital era - it's a process that creates order out of chaos, that renders technology usable to business. Design means being good, not just looking good.”
-- Clement Mok
“I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.”
-- Thomas Paine
“We have in this country a federal government that increasingly is engaged in trying to determine which business, which regions, which industries will succeed, which will not through a whole range of economic development, regional development corporate subsidization programs.”
-- Stephen Harper
“I'm no longer dependent on the movie business to make a living. So if I want to make movies as other old guys would play golf, I can.”
-- Francis Ford Coppola
“Leave the President's family business to him. You will have plenty to do without trying to manage the First Family. They are likely to do fine without your help.”
-- Donald Rumsfeld
“The business of the poet is not to find new emotions, but to use the ordinary ones and, in working them up into poetry, to express feelings which are not in actual emotions at all.”
-- T. S. Eliot
“The life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business speculation his friends, his pleasures, patrons, and acquaintances are his capital.”
-- Honore de Balzac
“'Handsome' means many things to many people. If people consider me handsome, I feel flattered - and have my parents to thank for it. Realistically, it doesn't hurt to be good-looking, especially in this business.”
-- Richard Chamberlain
“It takes more than capital to swing business. You've got to have the A. I. D. degree to get by - Advertising, Initiative, and Dynamics.”
-- Isaac Asimov
“An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.”
-- Jack Welch