Business Quotes
“These women whose antics we smirk at good-naturedly in the pap-traps put themselves out there at least partly on their beauty they are in showbiz, and showing what they've got is part of their business as much as it is for male show-ponies from the Chippendales to George Clooney.”
“The chances of a bank going out of business are extremely slim, but it's always a good idea to spread around major sums so every penny is backed by insurance.”
-- Suze Orman
“The average bright young man who is drafted hates the whole business because an army always tries to eliminate the individual differences in men.”
-- Andy Rooney
“The hardest thing about being in this business is just being able to be yourself. People act like there's this one set of rules to follow to be a pop star and I think, 'Well, you say I'm a pop star, so maybe that's not true.'”
-- Kelly Clarkson
“Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while.”
-- Jack Welch
“The duty of government is to leave commerce to its own capital and credit as well as all other branches of business, protecting all in their legal pursuits, granting exclusive privileges to none.”
-- Andrew Jackson
“If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.”
-- Barack Obama
“I like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass.”
-- David Byrne