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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
- Handbags
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're in the business of selling pleasure. We don't sell handbags or haute couture. We sell dreams.
- School
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- Nov 07, 2020
You wouldn't want to be called a sell-out by selling a product. Selling out was frowned on, whereas now you can major in it at business school.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find myself going to places where I really have no business, speaking to these people in a whole other field that I have no extensive knowledge of. But I do it very often because it scares me.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not sure if I've learned anything from show business. Life in general has taught me if you're kind to people, everything gets easier. Being a decent person really smoothes the way for you and everyone else.
- Crime
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- Nov 07, 2020
In fact, even the perception of a resurgence in crime can be enough to paralyze business momentum and destroy the sense of security that a vibrant and progressive city requires.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
People see me on the 'Daily Show' or 'About a Boy'. But the reality is that I only got into this business to do standup comedy.
- Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always felt that I'm in a spontaneous business and if you script something, if you plan something, it will sound that way.
- Nov 07, 2020
Winning in my business is everything.
- Humor
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's plenty of room for humor in politics, God knows, but it's a serious business.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
America's political system has evolved over the last 50 years in ways that have enhanced the power of business lobbies.
- Everybody
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always smoked cigars. I've smoked cigars with everybody in show business.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we exited the textiles business, we paid our bankers and labourers. We must have been the only company to do that.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020