Famous Quotes & Sayings

Management has done a really good job of delivering. Their business mix is still very favorable for where I think incremental growth will be next year, meaning equities, M&A and retail brokerage.

I?m happy for her business, though, because win, lose or draw, her business will be enhanced by all this.

Nolan Bushnell

I'm here to pass the baton, so to speak, to some of these new inductees, many of which are guys that I respect in the business as being truly revolutionary.

Nancy Davis

I'm here pretty much every day. I do sometimes leave town deliberately because I need a break. We felt like the community needed a gathering place. I never knew how difficult the business would be, how much work, how unpredictable it would be.

Michael Keaton

I'm in a business that invites narcissism, self-involvement, and egos being blown out of proportion.

Most of these businesses are growing between 8 and 15 percent.

Jeff Davis

We've talked over the past couple of months about a company like Dell and WorldCom. These are companies with very good business plans, ... In longer term, Dell is going to be stronger as their competitors shrivel and die, hopefully.

We need somebody of such professional skills. For business to be successful, you need a conducive environment, which can only be facilitated by good policies that don't contradict each other.

We need partners with the necessary infrastructure and product knowledge to enable us to react quickly to business demands.

We now have to play three games in 24 hours with two tomorrow. This is exactly where we wanted to be and now we just have to take care of business first thing in the morning. Hopefully we will get in the finals.

Steve Buyer

We now have to get into the mortuary business pretty soon too,

Christine Whitman

We now have approximately 30 states where there are 40 different proposals on limiting greenhouse-gas emissions. The worst thing in the world for business in this country is a patchwork quilt of regulations and standards. They want one standard. That's when they can make the kind of investment that will get us where we need to be.

We never wanted to do any business with the Soviet 'evil empire. We embargo Cuba, we don't trade with North Korea, but with China it's O.K. I just always argue, why is it? Why do we single out China?

We need a Connecticut business year or a Connecticut business decade.

Jerry Angelo

We'll be able to go business as usual. Some teams may not be able to do that because of their salary cap situation.

Jeffrey Skilling

Well, as we built the business in the 1990's, as I said, I enjoyed that.

Jeffrey Skilling

Well, actually, I had been working as a consultant to former companies of Enron, or predecessor companies of Enron and, so, I joined in 1990 to really start our wholesale merchant business.

Bill Taylor

Let's face it: Most companies in most industries have a kind of tunnel vision. They chase the same opportunities that everyone else is chasing, they miss the same opportunities that everyone else is missing. It's the companies that see a different game that win big. The most important question for innovators today is: What do you see that the competition doesn't see?

Cecil Rhodes

So little done, so much to do..

Carl Rogers

It is astonishing how elements which seem insoluble become soluble when someone listens. How confusions which seem irremediable turn into relatively clear flowing streams when one is heard.

Bernard Arnault

I like that combination between creativity and the creative process and the organization needed to make a business like this successful worldwide.

I want to turn pro and become a Class A professional so when I do go out and try to join a tour, I'll have that to fall back on. I'll probably be in the golf business the rest of my life. I love being around the people and everything,

I will run myself out of business in Southern California if I continue to focus solely on single-family, detached suburban homes.

I will remember that modern business etiquette is gender-neutral. Whoever gets to a door first should open it.

Rob James-Collier

I went to Huddersfield University Business School. That's where I learned my trade.

I think they are very close to the edge with the banks. If the business plays out the way I think it will play out, they won't trip the covenants. I think they are not giving themselves enough cushion to weather a downturn and it makes me hesitate in recommending the stock.

I think the whole thing is silly. This is the cost of doing business and doing it well.

I think the White House is very frustrated. There's been good data on gross domestic product, employment and business spending, and even oil prices are receding. But it's not reflected in the polling data on Americans' views.

It is a tragedy for this neighborhood that is so quiet and it, you wouldn't it's the last thing you would think of, you know? He was just sitting in his car, minding his own business and a car came flying into the driveway.

It is appropriate that this important milestone in the history of business education in our state should be highlighted by presentations by five of the top economic experts in the country,

It is another interesting way to look at viewer opinion, and we are going to be speaking with these companies about doing business with them, but my concern is whether or not what they monitor can be manipulated.

It is a reflection of the bank's recognition that the innate profitability of the retail and small business customer ain't so bad.

Jeff Davis

It is a quarter marked by negative operating leverage, but Wachovia has a strong business model and earnings power. They had nice expansion of net interest margin, and have a great deposit base.