Business Quotes
“I'd get kicked out of buildings all day long, people would rip up my business card in my face. It's a humbling business to be in. But I knew I could sell and I knew I wanted to sell something I had created. I cut the feet out of those pantyhose and I knew I was on to something. This was it.”
“You wouldn't want to be called a sell-out by selling a product. Selling out was frowned on, whereas now you can major in it at business school.”
-- Alan Alda
“Most of my relationships were people in the business. Having said that, me and Tim don't really talk that much about work. He comes into my bit of the house every so often to vent but we don't really have very high, cultured conversations.”
-- Helena Bonham Carter
“Anybody who really knows about the TV business knows that it would be impossible to just march in one day and say to your colleagues and bosses, 'Oh yes, I'm hosting my own show.'”
-- Andy Cohen
“I'm in a business where no one cares about anything except how well your last collection sold.”
-- Calvin Klein
“Every few seconds it changes - up an eighth, down an eighth - it's like playing a slot machine. I lose $20 million, I gain $20 million.”
-- Ted Turner
“There's a terrible truth for many women in the picture business: Aging typically takes its toll and means fewer and less desirable roles.”
-- Maureen O'Hara