Famous Quotes & Sayings

Increasing the small-business threshold from $300,000 to $400,000 is terrific news for any small business owner, and decreasing the small business rate from 12 to 11 per cent, again, good news.

Noel Gallagher

In business, you can have one massive success that earns $50 million overnight, and that's it. You're successful. End of story. But in the music business, you have to keep on doing it.

Felix Sabates

In business I want to be a pig because pigs get fatter and hogs gets slaughtered.

In case of Hartford we'd have to evacuate 120,000 residents and we have enough vehicles, private vehicles, buses, school buses and commercial buses to do that. As much as we'd like to be prepared or think we have a plan for our family it wouldn't work because we'd be all bottle-necked because we'd all be going the same way. There's not enough roads out of the city.

Independently owned businesses drive Charlotte's economy. And for too long this so-called small-business sector has been an afterthought in the financial scheme of things. The needs of independently owned companies and professional firms are at the heart of everything we do.

Indeed, if it all went wrong at the UN, and the U.S. was faced with going to war alone, it seemed to me that Bush might blink.

In January, I did try to drop a hint that that the business would be lumpy.

Initially, this helps Bush because it has him taking charge, showing leadership, marshaling the power of his office.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

In many countries, laws still work to women's disadvantage - for example, by requiring married women to obtain their husbands' permission to register a business, own property, or work.

In light of the magnitude of the penalty, FHA will need to reassure lenders that FHA remains business friendly. Lenders have other choices and will go elsewhere if FHA business is perceived as too risky.

Sebastian Thrun

In most parts of the world, starting a company that goes bust is dubbed a 'failure.' In Silicon Valley, we call this 'gaining experience.' We are willing to take the risks that are inherent for innovation.

In most cases, people are totally oblivious to it. There will be coyotes hiding in bushes or in the parks or something and people will be walking by with their dog and they'll have no idea there's a coyote there.

In less than 24 hours, we had 200 leaders in the business community ready to sign up.

Orrin Hatch

in large part to somehow send a message to President Bush as he deliberates on how to fill the remaining vacancy on the Supreme Court.

In my former job, I was accountable for the financial results of the product line, developing a business plan and a marketing strategy. I had a full team of people reporting to me. Now, the steps are the same, but I am the cross-functional team.

In my book, either a business grows, or it goes down. I want to be number one.

Gary Bettman

In an increasingly dynamic sports and entertainment marketplace, new technology and entertainment vehicles have impacted the way sports leagues function and how we deliver the NHL experience to our business partners and fans,

In a lot of cases, the IT solutions may not map to what business process needs and metrics are. That's where a lot of companies fall down.

I'm much more interested in raising revenues for businesses than for the government.

Matt Damon

I'm not a fan of ( President Bush ), so I let out a big cheer (over West's comments),

John Schneider

I'm not a Christian for your benefit. I'm a Christian for my benefit, and how I walk my walk is my business, and how you walk your walk is your business.

I'm not a hitter, and I have no business getting hits. I'm just fooling some guys.

I know they've got a business enterprise, but they've got an enterprise as a restaurant.

I know what I can do. I know what type of pitcher I can be, and if I take care of my business and prove things to myself, right there that helps this team, because as a pitcher, you're the one with the ball. You have the control of the situations you're in.

Russ Grimm

I know what he likes, how he played the game, how he would like the game coached. But friends are friends, and business is business. Don't hire me just because I'm a friend, hire me because you think I can do the job.

Kofi Annan

I know we will not be alone. We will be happy to work with other parts of the international community to support the efforts of President Bush and his administration, the American Red Cross , and other U.S. relief organizations who have been our partners in the past,

I know we were there because of Bus 107,

I know we keep saying this, but eventually a big win on the road will be the spark we need. We've had trouble taking care of business at home, but we've had some big wins on the road.

I know the media end of things and not much about the business end. Leslie knows the business end but not much about the media.

I know the Bush administration is talking about going back to the moon and going to Mars. But there are plenty of new things to look for right here, in our rain forests, in our oceans. There are whole worlds that are unknown to us.

Anika Noni Rose

I know some of those 'Glee' people, and they can really sing! I wish we could hear them live, because I know some of them and they can really sing like nobody's business.

Gerry Harvey

I know people like myself where we've got resorts, or we're in the hospitality business, and we just can't make money because you're paying someone minimum $42 per hour or something on a Sunday.

John Tortorella

I know people have to look out for themselves and their livelihood and there is business in this, but we're interested in people who want to be here. We're in to other youth. We're in to other players.