Business Quotes

“I know I did the right thing by taking time off to raise my son. But it also came at a price. I turned down many opportunities over the years because I didn't want to leave him for long periods of time. And in Hollywood, as in any business, the calls stop coming when you don't answer.”

-- Arsenio Hall

“I get a lot of return business. I think it's all those years I put in traveling around the country people saw me before and had a good time so they want to see me again.”

-- Rita Rudner

“And I trusted someone to look after me on the business side of life.”

-- Elton John

“My business is to prevent the future.”

-- Ray Bradbury

“Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request.”

-- Lord Chesterfield

“It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.”

-- Mark Twain

“I will never do another TV series. It couldn't top I Love Lucy, and I'd be foolish to try. In this business, you have to know when to get off.”

-- Lucille Ball

“I find the business world hard.”

-- Haile Gebrselassie

“The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a wholesale, not a retail business. He cannot accommodate his processes to the convenience of individuals.”

-- William James

“In business, you're the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.”

-- Barbara Corcoran