Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joseph A. Schumpeter

Those revolutions are not strictly incessant; they occur in discrete rushes which are separated from each other by spans of comparative quiet. The process as a whole works incessantly however, in the sense that there always is either revolution or absorption of the results of revolution, both together forming what are known as business cycles.

Joseph A. Schumpeter

All we can thus far say about the duration of the units of [the business cycle] and each of [its] two phases is that it will depend on the nature of the particular innovations that carry a cycle,... and the financial conditions and habits prevailing in the business community in each case.

Joseph A. Schumpeter

It is, after all, only common sense to realize that, but for the fact that economic life is a process of incessant internal change, the business cycle, as we know it, would not exist.

Joseph A. Schumpeter

We always plan too much and always think too little.

Joni Mitchell

I hate show business.

Kevin Spacey

I'm not out there trying to get press for myself nor am I trying to convince anybody that I'm living any kind of a life. I'm actually trying to convince people: I don't want you to know what I'm living, because it's none of your business.

Kevin Bacon

The business that people do in LA on the social level is amazing. You go to a restaurant, bump into this guy or that guy. The next day you get a call, and they want you in their movie.

Joe Torre

You only have a couple of hours to enjoy it, and then we have to think about business (Friday night). It's a great feeling, especially falling behind. I think it says a lot about how determined these guys are.

You could not operate a multimillion-dollar business without some form of IT reporting. And if you think you can you're fooling yourself,

You could not have a business like this without the way the web site works.

You can't win by just running three yards at a time, hoping to bust one out.

You can't take a step up if you are busy pushing others down.

Martin O'Malley

You can't strengthen the ranks of your middle class, you can't strengthen and grow the ranks of your businesses and family-owned businesses, unless you are fiscally responsible.

You can't slow down just because the business slowed down, now is the time to gear up.

Pablo Picasso

You can't run a business without taking risks.

You can't play with one hand in this business at all. You have to be really focused.

you can plan on being here tommorow (Sunday). You can't stay in this business for 45 years without being confident. I learned one thing about quotes in 45 years is that they are easily forgotten.

The market helps too. Businesses locate where they fit.

The market had no business going down yesterday.

The major concern is obviously to be able to get notification well in advance... We cannot continue like this. It is impossible when the City of Cape Town is not able to clearly inform business when outages will occur.

Terry Zwigoff

The main trouble with Hollywood is that the guys you have to pitch to, the guys who run the studios, are all business school grads.

Matt Mickiewicz

The main thing that 99designs is about is choice. It's a fantastic model that eliminates risk for small business owners and puts designers on equal footing.

The main thing is to upgrade the Legion. Business has changed dramatically in the last 50 years and in order to survive the Legion has to change.

The main thing is I really want to do what guys like Vince Young and Reggie Bush did, which was really put their team on their back and carry them to the promised land. I feel like I can do that.

Sandy Carter

The major message is that business process management is a critical part of SOA and we have new products that are integrated and open around BPM.

The major issue for us was that it truly was an urban site with all of the rough edges and toughness that you find in an urban site, one in the shadow of the expressway, bounded by four busy streets.

Brian Tracy

The lifeblood of a business is sales and cash flow,

The margins continue to be the problem and will always be the problem. Plain old e-commerce is a difficult business with razor-thin margins.

The margin for making mistakes has gotten much smaller. In a commodity economy, it's hard to kill off your business. You still have the mine. You still have oil wells. You can always rebuild. In a knowledge economy, if you make a mistake, you're in trouble.

Bailee Madison

One of my favorite traditions is that my sisters and I, we all wear the same pajamas. I've even still got some from when I was 6. Also, I'll always remember cooking together in the kitchen and that no matter how busy our schedules are, we are all together for Christmas.

Carl Sandburg

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split one boulder.

The jury is still out on the US Airways fare increase for the business traveler.

John Oates

The key, I think, from a business point of view, is to learn how to be efficient in making a record that's not too expensive, so that you're not going crazy spending tons of money making a product that might not ever return that money.