Business Quotes

“It's far too much to say that effective hoping is the only - or even the biggest - part of what it takes to succeed. If 14% of business productivity can be attributed to hope, that means 86% is dependent on raw talent, fickle business cycles, the quality of the product you're selling, and often pure, dumb luck.”

-- Jeffrey Kluger

“I genuinely believe that if you want to get in the film business, get in the film business.”

-- Daniel Craig

“The comic book world is a tough business.”

-- Shia LaBeouf

“I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.”

-- John Cleese

“I'm lucky. The best possible place in the world for training is Addis Ababa, so I am home all the time except when I am racing. I like to be there, near my family, my kids, also the real estate business I run with my wife.”

-- Haile Gebrselassie

“When you're eight years old nothing is your business.”

-- Lenny Bruce

“In business or in life, don't follow the wagon tracks too closely.”

-- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

“Planning cities is a necessary but risky business.”

-- Cate Blanchett

“I can take more punishment than anyone in the business.”

-- Ric Flair

“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”

-- Benjamin Franklin