- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Business Quotes
On risk, reinvention and the realities of business.
These quotes cover business from a few honest angles: the risk small operations take on hiring, breaking into an industry you weren't trained for, and how far an entire business can shift over the years. For more, see our Businessman quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Purpose
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- Nov 07, 2020
Profit is not the legitimate purpose of business. The legitimate purpose of business is to provide a product or service that people need and do it so well that it's profitable.
- Phone Call
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- Nov 07, 2020
The publishers, as I remember at the very beginning of my career, wrote letters with their fountain pens. A letter is different from a phone call or fax. It's a different kind of intimacy. That pervaded the entire business of writing and publishing.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must have more union members in this country to fight the political and business forces that are undermining workers in this country. The AFL-CIO has chosen the opposite approach by planning to throw even more money at politicians.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
The last thing I think I am is perfect. I'm just trying to do the best job I can. I'm trying to be the best father I can to my kids. I'm trying to do the best job I can running my business.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a kid, I saw that Dad lost a lot of money in casinos, and I didn't understand that. I thought this must be a great business. At the same time, I saw when I was with him - and I was with him a lot of the time - that this was a really cool business, and it was fun and glamorous.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Commercial books don't even get covered. The reason why so many book reviews go out of business is because they cover a lot of stuff that nobody cares about. Imagine if the movie pages covered none of the big movies and all they covered were movies that you couldn't even find in the theater?
- Fly
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can't operate a business running at a loss, and particularly if you're doing it by paying yourselves. It just doesn't fly.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
We know what we are. Our business is originating, distributing, and managing capital for individuals and institutions.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't want to go get a job or get a degree in business or marketing, or whatever all my friends were getting degrees in.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would like to attend college in the future when I have time. I have always been interested in architecture, so perhaps I would pursue a degree in that or business.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
James Brown was the Monday-to-Friday guy. He was the hardest man in show business. He was like your dad and your uncle: He showed up, and he hit hard.
- Able
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- Nov 07, 2020