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Business Quotes


"In 1893 I founded a chemical company which I ran until 1899."


"I believe it is an important project, it makes the cost of doing business lower and they will make us more competitive at the same time, it will also provide some satisfaction to the people who demand services for them of the quality they want and also quickly."


"I think that focusing on the money, on the business, is not enough."


"That business of relaxation, which is so terribly modern today, is all good and well, but my work interests me so much, and is so varied, that many times it seems relaxing when I go from one aspect to another."


"Squash was my livelihood and as in business, I had to stay on top."


"But every company of the future is going to be in the business of exquisite care - which means quick turnaround time and convenience. To deliver exquisite care, you need an organization that coordinates well and listens well."


"The reason is that they define how I have gone about my business. I have trusted to intuition. I did it at the beginning. I do it even now. I have no idea how things might turn out, where in my writing I might go next."


"The nation will benefit in the long term if it continues to be open to foreign expertise. This will help the country to establish its business culture and environment faster, based on international best practice."


"I'm called away by particular business - but I leave my character behind me."


"We wish that all countries around the world honor our wishes and our Jihad, and we avoid interfering in their business."


"Politics is the reflex of the business and industrial world."


"Well, if you look back, in almost two and a half years, the biggest change probably was in late 2000 when we decided to totally change the CA business model."


"If you deprive yourself of outsourcing and your competitors do not, you're putting yourself out of business."


"Some of the fans here were not too sure about their club signing a player from their biggest rivals. Fortunately, we had a great season and won the League title for the first time in four years. Now, I think, everyone can say it was good business."


"Writing a book is a very lonely business. You are totally cut off from the rest of the world, submerged in your obsessions and memories."


"If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it. Do this, and you will have calm and drowsy nights, with all of the good business you have now and none of the bad. If you have time, don't wait for time."


"But you don't get into a business because of personal tastes."


"This is not a business where you can hand off and run by remote control."


"Just the fact that I've lived more, and I'm not concerned about when I am going to get my next job anymore. This business is free-lance and it's not a steady job. Younger, I would have been more preoccupied with myself."


"Don't compare me to Babe Ruth. God gave me the opportunity and the ability to be here at the right time, at the right moment, just like he gave Babe Ruth when he was playing. I just hope I can keep doing what I've been doing - keep taking care of business."


"And, in the past, it has been all too easy for legislators to load costs onto business in order to meet broader social goals. And costs for business means costs for consumers."


"I did realise more than ever, after the stabbing, that tennis is a business - a tough business."


"Even institutions of State, such as the judiciary, were seriously weakened, to the extent that the citizenry justifiably feared a breakdown in law and order. The business community was hit by a slump in sales and confidence, leading to reduced earnings and loss of jobs."


"Faculty met, and after the usual business, some conversation was had about certain students being addicted to drinking, and it was reported that a citizen of the village had informed a member of the Faculty that there was a good deal of drinking this term among the students."


"There's another way we are getting behind business - by sorting out the banks. Taxpayers bailed you out. Now it's time for you to repay the favour and start lending to Britain's small businesses."


"The FBI has always supported big business and big government."


"I look at every business and ask, How long can this last? How can I identify the status quo and change it?"


"When I started in this business, everybody said the Democrats were the better communicators because they sounded like social workers, and Republicans were awful because they sounded like morticians. In some cases. they actually dressed like morticians."


"Michael Eisner let it be known last week that he had no intention of leaving the entertainment business once he steps down as CEO of Disney in October."


"Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's not going to get the business."


"No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or 'get rich' in business by being a conformist."


"Early in my business career I learned the folly of worrying about anything. I have always worked as hard as I could, but when a thing went wrong and could not be righted, I dismissed it from my mind."


"Christmas is over and Business is Business."


"Every business and every product has risks. You can't get around it."


"A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay."


"As a member of the House Committee on Small Business and because of my own experience as a small business owner, I am appreciative of the impact these small businesses have on our local economies."


"My mother taught me to love my work. I learned everything about business from her."


"For too long, our country's version of an energy policy has consisted of Americans waking up every day and wondering how much it will cost to drive to work, how much it will cost to keep their business running, how much it will cost to heat or cool their homes."


"If the power goes out, business stops... whether you sell roses or you're a big manufacturer."
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