Business Quotes
“A couple of months ago, I was down in Florida for the Food and Wine Festival. And this journalist grabbed me and said, 'How does it feel to be a TV guy? You're no longer in the restaurant business.' And I laughed. I asked him, 'How long do you think it takes me to do a season?' He said, 'Well, 200 days.' And I was like, '200 days? Try 20!'”
“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