Business Quotes

“You know, out-of-touch liberals like Barack Obama say they want a strong economy, but in everything they do, they show they don't like business very much. But the economy, of course, is simply the product of all the businesses of the nation added together. So it's a bit like saying you like an omelet, but you don't like eggs.”

-- Mitt Romney

“What other people think of me is none of my business.”

-- Gary Oldman

“Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.”

-- Thomas A. Edison

“The owners don't win by having a lockout. Shutting down your business is not good for anybody and it's certainly not good for the players, it's certainly not good for the fans. And that's most important to us.”

-- Roger Goodell

“It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.”

-- Tom Brokaw

“I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for perfection is God's business.”

-- Michael J. Fox

“When I was in college, I was debating to try my hand at show business, or to become a professor. I just thought of the risk of not going into show business and always wondering if I would've had a chance. Because that's where my real heart was.”

-- Steve Martin

“I do love television. But the business is accelerating and people are not getting the chance to fail.”

-- Dick Wolf

“I have laid aside business, and gone a'fishing.”

-- Izaak Walton

“Selling public property is the true Chicago way. Had Mr. Obama not been elected president, the nation's business journals would be falling over one another to praise his city for its daring, market-friendly innovations.”

-- Thomas Frank