Business Quotes
“Commitments are one of the worst things to have in the music business. They're very annoying.”
-- Neil Young
“Christ would be a national advertiser today, I am sure, as He was a great advertiser in His own day. He thought of His life as business.”
-- Bruce Barton
“You can hype a questionable product for a little while, but you'll never build an enduring business.”
-- Victor Kiam
“I am especially grateful that I have been able to keep my own style over the decades, in spite of the many changes that have taken place in the world of fashion and in its business.”
-- Valentino Garavani
“I think early on I knew what I was going to do and it was based a lot on familiarity but it was also because I didn't have a lot of skills. There was nothing I wanted t be. I didn't want to be a doctor. I wanted to be in show business.”
-- Christopher Walken
“It's a real roller-coaster ride if you're lucky to have longevity in this business - you have to be able to ride those waves.”
-- Jennifer Lopez
“The business is a very tricky obstacle course, and you should be very clear about work begetting work. If you're not working, you're not interesting.”
-- Elisabeth Rohm
“It is not fit the public trusts should be lodged in the hands of any, till they are first proved and found fit for the business they are to be entrusted with.”
-- Matthew Henry
“Anything that isn't opposed by about 40 percent of humanity is either an evil business or so unimportant that it simply doesn't matter.”
-- Russell Baker
“After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, and so on - have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear - what remains? Nature remains.”
-- Walt Whitman
“Energy and environmental regulation, transportation, and broadband policy all benefit when legislators have a basic grounding in the technical concepts behind business models, products, and innovation.”
-- John Sununu
“If we get our self-esteem from superficial places, from our popularity, appearance, business success, financial situation, health, any of these, we will be disappointed, because no one can guarantee that we'll have them tomorrow.”
-- Kathy Ireland