- 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
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you are realistic about how our present society works, the economic clout - and a lot of the political clout, frankly - is in the business sector. And it's the locus of innovation.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most important thing for small businesses is getting the economy back on its feet. That - the key driver of small business activity is demand for their product, and that is what we are trying to do, getting the economy back on its feet. That's far more important than other factors.
- Present
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- Nov 07, 2020
The present government is very insistent that business sponsorship should replace government sponsorship of the arts. Business sponsorship won't happen unless you make tax concessions, which they won't.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Penguin became less of a publisher for all different kinds of people and increasingly became the paperback publisher for the best-educated people, those people who shopped at bookstores. That proved perhaps not only to be rather elitist, but it also proved not to be good business.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know that no business contract, no order or commercial consideration can ever be worth the happiness of one's home or the peace of one's mind.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a clear business case for building the resilience and capacity of local communities, businesses, and institutions because a peaceful, educated, and productive population will stimulate economic growth in the long term.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Go for a business that any idiot can run - because sooner or later, any idiot probably is going to run it.
- Forget
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- Nov 07, 2020
Although it's easy to forget sometimes, a share is not a lottery ticket... it's part-ownership of a business.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've got my own businesses I run every day and I like to think I'm a nurturer rather than a firer, but the reality is, if somebody continues not to succeed and do the right thing for the business they lose the job because they are affecting the livelihoods of others.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Business is about making money but it is also about having fun, so get your character across.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the things that slightly annoys me in business is that we use words like innovation. Young people often think innovation is about doing something new, but actually it's not. It's about doing something better than your competition.
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020
I lost my computer business when I was 29 because I gave credit to firms I didn't investigate. I lost my house and had to move back in with my parents and then I lived in an office for six months.
- Making
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've played a massive and growing part in making business glamorous and even, yes, sexy.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Business is about more than just money. It's about being creative and innovative.
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- Nov 07, 2020