Famous Quotes & Sayings

We need the same kind of opportunities for our local small businesses as we're giving this big, multi-billion dollar out-of-slate business.

Ben Bernanke

In many spheres of human endeavor, from science to business to education to economic policy, good decisions depend on good measurement.

Stephen Hawking

I was not a good student. I did not spend much time at college; I was too busy enjoying myself.

Robert Green Ingersoll

There is a quiet about the life of a farmer, and the hope of a serene old age, that no other business or profession can promise.

Robert Kiyosaki

This rise of the new global mega-rich is happening as established institutions are falling. The fall runs the gamut from the music business and traditional media to the Detroit automakers who find themselves obsolete, outmaneuvered, and out-priced by entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, Mumbai, Shanghai, and even Siberia.

Robert Green Ingersoll

I can imagine no sweeter way to end one's life than in the quiet of the country, out of the mad race for money, place and power - far from the demands of business - out of the dusty highway where fools struggle and strive for the hollow praise of other fools.

Robert Kiyosaki

If my businesses or my investments are not profitable, then I don't eat. And I like to eat.

Robert Kiyosaki

The Web and new technology offer more opportunities to reach a world market at a lower price. Today, a person can start a business at home and reach the world market.

Noam Chomsky

The public is strongly in favor of the Kyoto Protocols, so strongly in favor that a majority of Bush voters thought that he was in favor of it. They are simply unaware.

Mitt Romney

I have seen American determination in people like Debbi Sommers. She runs a furniture rental business for conventions in Las Vegas. When 9/11 hit, and again, when the recession tanked the conventions business, she didn't give up, close down, or lay off her people. She taught them not just to rent furniture, but also to manufacture it.

Andrew Luck

It's none of our business, the sexual preference of people. So, I hope if someone's thinking about it, that if they do come out as gay and are a professional football player, and it makes them happy, and it makes their life easier, then I think they should do it.

Zoe Kravitz

I think I'm lucky having parents that have been in show business for a while, and they don't care about the shiny stuff so much. They raised me in that way - to stay grounded, not to chase the shiny, pretty things.

Zhang Xin

I don't do evening business dinners, and I don't do weekends.

In business, every phase of things counts. Companies that just yell out a low price today to win business aren't going to make money in the long term.

Zach Roerig

My family had a business where they worked with gravestones, and I remember growing up and playing in cemeteries like it was a normal playground.

Victor Koo

If Youku had adopted YouTube's business model, we just would not be here. We would not exist.

Rick Boucher

The president and the Congress will be diverted from the urgent national business, while prolonged proceedings take place in the Senate,

Eric Johnson

The pressure is coming out of the governor's office and the business community, ... They are the big dogs.

The problem we've had in the past is that the bus service from Edinburgh doesn't start until 11.25am, which is too late to get down here.

Jason Calacanis

The problem today isn't low-quality journalism, it's too much noise. If one out of five 'Business Insider' stories is original, the other four would be culled.

The problems in our core health business are substantial. They are not something we can fix in a quarter or two.

Bob Wright

The problems are spreading and no one is immune, ... In my business we're just looking over the shoulder of the music industry, which has gone through a very difficult time.

The problem is why Bush at this time made this kind of statement.

The quality of life for our citizens and the quality of life for our businesses is entwined.

Elon Musk

Those familiar with the launch business will know that countdown scrubs are a way of life.

Chris Dixon

Those companies that don't have really well thought out business models and are driven by a need to spend money to capture customers and maybe make it some time in the future are toast.

Those are the drivers of the convention business we get because right now we're getting regular, smaller corporate meetings and events, not the large events you see in cities with larger convention facilities.

Watertown Luther Prep's got a nice team. We knew they'd bust out. We just didn't want it to happen tonight, and it did.

We are in the toy business 365 days a year. We have a very good idea of what will be the hot toys this season.

John Franklin

We are in the business of driving drugs out of Reading, not people.

Dieter Zetsche

We are in a difficult business situation and we know the only way to initiate change effectively is by working together. The true test of a strong relationship is measured during times such as these.

We are in a cyclical business and it is good to have a lot of cash on the upswing in case you have a downturn ... we might also use the firepower for some acquisitions in the future.

Rene Preval

We are in a country where we have, in the capital, two hours of electricity per day. Students can't study, businesses can't work, industry can't work. We need immediate aid.