Quotes about business
business fighting men
Charles Caleb Colton An Irish man fights before he reasons, a Scotchman reasons before he fights, an Englishman is not particular as to the order of precedence, but will do either to accommodate his customers.
business men morality
Charles Dickens Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its moralities are concerned. They are not units but fractions.
business clever men
Charles Dickens The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you
business law brain
Charles Stross Contract law is essentially a defensive scorched-earth battleground where the constant question is, "if my business partner was possessed by a brain-eating monster from beyond spacetime tomorrow, what is the worst thing they could do to me?"
business past derivatives
Alan Greenspan It seems superfluous to constrain trading in some of the newer derivatives and other innovative financial contracts of the past decade. The worst have failed; investors no longer fund them and are not likely to in the future.
business colleagues depends
Alan Greenspan ...our market system depends critically on trust-trust in the word of our colleagues and trust in the word of those with whom we do business.
business years risk
Alan Greenspan What we have found over the years in the marketplace is that derivatives have been an extraordinarily useful vehicle to transfer risk from those who shouldn't be taking it to those who are willing to and are capable of doing so.
business greatness views
Alan Greenspan I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that, for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well.
business expression favour
Alan Bennett I'm all in favour of free expression provided it's kept rigidly under control.
business school want
Alan Alda 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.
business mind firsts
Al Ries It's better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
business want scope
Al Ries Customers want brands that are narrow in scope and distinguishable by a single word, the shorter the better.
business innovation enemy
Akio Morita An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
business sure-thing
Akio Morita The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.
business doe knows
Akio Morita The public does not know what is possible. We do.
business contain door evaluate framework front ideas passion players theme
George Foster We want the players to have a framework to evaluate business opportunities put in front of them. The sporting theme (inspires) much more passion for a lot of people, but a lot of sporting ideas go bankrupt, so passion is not enough. You've got to have revenues come through the door and you've got to contain your cost.
business career considered experience gives means people schools students
Richard Williams We want them to have a real-world experience, which means working with people from other schools and cultures, which gives them an experience of diversity. Some students never would have considered a career in international business and exportation without this kind of exposure.
business care finish
Dean Wilson We want to take care of business and finish our business.
business closer deliver leadership management managers people staff
We want to streamline the management and admin staff of the business and get our managers closer to the business to deliver that better leadership and get the right people in the right jobs.
business cannot group publicly recovery statements supports welcome
We want to see who in the group supports his (Robertson's) statements. Those who support the statements cannot do business with us. Those that publicly support Ariel Sharon's recovery ... are welcome to do business with us.
business entrepreneurship partners
Chris Campbell Friends don't always make the best of business partners.
business debt may
Chinua Achebe A debt may get mouldy, but it never decays.
business winning persons
Chin-Ning Chu When you compete with a person, you only have to be as good or better than the person to win. If you compete with yourself, there is no limitation to how good you can be.
business election united-nations
David Vitter The United Nations has no business in our elections.
business thinking editors
David Robinson I think editors are excellent marketers. They know their audience and produce copy to appeal to them - they just don't call it marketing.
business finance beats
David Dreman Nobody beats the market, they say. Except for those of those of us who do.
business swindling
August Bebel The nature of business is swindling.
business needs looks
David Ogilvy There is no need for advertisements to look like advertisements. If you make them look like editorial pages, you will attract about 50 per cent more readers.
business wish ifs
Frederic Bastiat If you wish to prosper, let your customer prosper.
business earlier korean normal office pay trade visit week
We acknowledge that representatives from the Korean FTC (Free Trade Commission) did pay an unscheduled visit to our office in Seoul earlier this week during normal business hours.
business continue focused stay strategies win
We always feel we win in our business when we stay focused on our strategies and our customers. It has always been a competitive business and it will continue to be a competitive business.
business passion passionate
Denis Waitley Chase your passion, not your pension.