“For a Jewish Puritan of the middle class, the novel is serious, the novel is work, the novel is conscientious application why, the novel is practically the retail business all over again.”

“So long as you don't feel life's paltry and a miserable business, the rest doesn't matter, happiness or unhappiness.”

“I have made the tough decisions, always with an eye toward the bottom line. Perhaps it's time America was run like a business.”

“When in doubt, mumble when in trouble, delegate when in charge, ponder.”

“I became a larger than life figure for one reason only. When you're quoted in the 'Wall Street Journal,' the 'New York Times,' constantly as the expert in the business people assume you're a lot bigger than you are. And then I had to run like hell to catch up with my own image.”

“I happened to come along in the music business when there was no trend.”

“I never hurt nobody but myself and that's nobody's business but my own.”

“Giving someone a one-time stimulus check, or a one-time tax cut that expires doesn't allow the predictability that business needs.”

“Our business is infested with idiots who try to impress by using pretentious jargon.”

“To talk about a relationship trivializes something that's nobody's business.”

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

“The business of the advertiser is to see that we go about our business with some magic spell or tune or slogan throbbing quietly in the background of our minds.”

“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”

“I'm a big fan of small business ownership. I think it's the backbone of American innovation. But to be successful, you first have to have the courage to go for it.”

“It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe.”

“Short cycle business are being impacted by credit, and are being impacted by gasoline prices, food, distribution businesses, chemical business.”

“If we want to secure the best jobs in the future, we must make America the best place in the world to do business.”

“I may be kindly, I am ordinarily gentle, but in my line of business I am obliged to will terribly what I will at all.”

“The death of any man aged 56 is very sad for his widow and family. And no one would deny that Steve Jobs was a brilliant and highly innovative technician, with great business flair and marketing ability.”

“In principle, there are only three main components of spending that much matter to monetary policy: consumer spending, business investment and exports and trade.”

“I'm in show business... I want to hang out with Janet Jackson, not Jesse Jackson.”