“I think naturally, if you're an actor, there's a high level of assertiveness that you need to have to survive this business. There's boldness in being assertive, and there's strength and confidence.”

“A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.”

“One thing is certain in business. You and everyone around you will make mistakes.”

“There's another way we are getting behind business - by sorting out the banks. Taxpayers bailed you out. Now it's time for you to repay the favour and start lending to Britain's small businesses.”

“If you want to have a good life, you should focus on your family, on your business, on your dog, on your fun, and you'll have a good life.”

“If you have to forecast, forecast often.”

“Business ethics has always had problems that are distinct from those of other professions, such as medicine, law, engineering, dentistry, or nursing.”

“Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.”

“One irreducible residual of 38 years in the business is the number of lasting, loving friendships I have made.”

“If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.”

“An advertising agency is 85 percent confusion and 15 percent commission.”

“I don't do something necessarily to make a big profit or because it's a logical business decision.”

“My dream of politics all my life has been that it is the common business, that it is something we owe to each other to understand and discuss with absolute frankness.”

“I loved photography and everybody said it was a crazy thing to do because in those days nobody made it into the film business. I mean, unless you were related to somebody there was no way in.”

“If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.”

“I do not understand how it is that financial institutions could think that they could take taxpayer money and then turn around and act like it's business as usual. I don't understand how they can't see that the world has changed in a fundamental way, that it is not business as usual when you take taxpayer dollars.”

“What's so touching is the way we fight the war right until the moment our business is taken care of and then we turn on a dime and we immediately start taking care of people. It's like a shock and aw shucks campaign.”

“To me, business isn't about wearing suits or pleasing stockholders. It's about being true to yourself, your ideas and focusing on the essentials.”

“To be honest I live among the English and have always found them to be very honest in their business dealings. They are noble, hard-working and anxious to do the right thing. But joy eludes them, they lack the joy that the Irish have.”

“The camera fails to capture the 'business' in show business! We typically will give 10 percent of our salary to the agent, 10 percent to the manager, and 5 percent to the lawyer, plus the publicist gets a flat fee, which needs to be budgeted for.”

“Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority.”