“It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.”

“If you deprive yourself of outsourcing and your competitors do not, you're putting yourself out of business.”

“Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers. It tells people to go out and stick their noses in other people's business.”

“I used to be focused on being the dopest rapper in the game, and then once that became what I was, I wanted something different, and I wanted to become the best businessman in the game. I wanted to learn how to master the business like I mastered the rap.”

“Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts.”

“Interior design is a business of trust.”

“I have always maintained that society has no business dictating morality.”

“You can be in this business 50 years and still not know anything about it.”

“I stayed in show business to pay for my animal business.”

“If you don't understand the details of your business you are going to fail.”

“And I'm not apolitical - I'm very specific in my politics. But a lot of the time it's nobody's business unless you're over at my house having dinner.”

“Family farms and small businesses are the backbone of our communities.”

“I don't really count myself as a very sophisticated businessperson. I'm a creative artist. All I know from business I've picked up along the way.”

“The business of America is business.”

“I never get the accountants in before I start up a business. It's done on gut feeling, especially if I can see that they are taking the mickey out of the consumer.”

“The Republican platform specifically says we don't believe in bailing out private business, and yet we did.”

“It can be hard in this business, especially when you're very young, to figure out who you can and can't trust.”

“Of course, everybody makes mistakes, and we've all been young and stupid. But people need to have a sense of respect, particularly in this business, because hundreds of people are ready to take your place at any time. Maybe some people should think about that.”

“Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.”

“When I started Netscape I was brand new out of college and all the aspects of building a business, like balance sheets and hiring people, were new to me.”

“Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.”