Business Quotes
“You hear entertainers all the time, saying, 'If I couldn't get paid for this, I'd do it for free.' When's the last time you ever heard a business person say, 'If I couldn't get paid for being chairman of British Petroleum, I'd do it for free'?”
“Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves.”
-- E. Joseph Cossman
“All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgements of probabilities, and not on certainties.”
-- Charles W. Eliot
“We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life.”
-- John Cage
“Prosperous farmers mean more employment, more prosperity for the workers and the business men of every industrial area in the whole country.”
-- Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Some people want fame, popularity and huge sales. I've always hoped to have a really long career. So I've tried to make each of my creative decisions and business decisions to allow for longevity. As a side effect I got really famous and really big. I didn't realize the two could go together.”
-- Jewel