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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
- Improvement
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- Nov 07, 2020
Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures.
- Nov 07, 2020
All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer.
- Leader
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- Nov 07, 2020
As far as I'm concerned, the first business leader who was able to establish a cult of personality around his tenure was Lee Iacocca.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
As for the music business itself, the key things have not changed that much. It operates like any business and money still keeps things moving.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
The child stars who emerged from Disney boot camp and dominated pop culture in the late '90s and '00s are not only still around but also have spawned successors who have proven even more indispensable to the business of music, movies, and television.
- Nov 07, 2020
In 2003 Scotland had 36 new business registrations per 10,000 adults. It's still the same.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
As the wonderful agony begins for 1964-65, I sometimes wonder why I do it. I've got an insurance business going on the side, and it is starting to grow nicely. Selling insurance fulfills me, in a way, like basketball. But basketball keeps calling me back. I suppose I'll play until I can't keep up with the kids any longer.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
The car business is a lot like football. In football, you have to win once a week. In the car business, you have to win every day.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sustainability includes how you run your business, and my bottom line includes how you treat your people. Sustainability starts with your staff.
- Chef
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't have any interest in being a chef without being on the business side of things, or vice versa, because if you don't make money at the end of the month, you're going out of business.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fame is a silly business. People who chase it are almost always going to be disappointed.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Inflammatory passion and selfish interest characterizes most men, whereas ambition characterizes men who pursue and hold national office. Such men rise from the people through a process of self-selection, since politics is a dirty business that discourages all but the most ambitious.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
The film business is absurd. Stars don't last very long. It's much more interesting to be a proper actor.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020