Business Quotes
“Microsoft has had two goals in the last 10 years. One was to copy the Mac, and the other was to copy Lotus' success in the spreadsheet - basically, the applications business. And over the course of the last 10 years, Microsoft accomplished both of those goals. And now they are completely lost.”
“I am just at that stage of wondering where I go from here. I came into this business almost by accident, but now it has become serious. What started as a bit of fun, something to do other than be a model, has taken on a different career curve. I have been forced to ask where that curve is going to end up.”
-- Cameron Diaz
“Spend a lot of time talking to customers face to face. You'd be amazed how many companies don't listen to their customers.”
-- Ross Perot
“The nature of motion capture is only going to work for certain films. It's not going to put any other type of movies out of business.”
-- Tom Hanks
“The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.”
-- John Steinbeck
“Kids are brought into show business because they are cute and see truth and they're very bright. But there's a sense of doing it because you want the adults to be approving of you. You want to make them happy.”
-- Anna Chlumsky
“I know the history of the record business so well because I followed Billie Holiday into the record studios. It was so primitive compared to the sophisticated business today.”
-- Tony Bennett
“Ultimately, who you choose to be in a relationship with and what you do in your bedroom is your business.”
-- Eminem