Famous Quotes & Sayings

Starting my own business was kind of a wakeup call in a number of different ways. I had to meet a payroll every week, and we had to satisfy customers, and we had competitors that we had to compete with in order to have those customers come into our stores, and we had to compete with other employers for our employees.

Some of the greatest businesses operating from a deeper purpose have a real commitment to service, like Four Seasons, Joie de Vivre hotels, Southwest Airlines, and JetBlue.

Some of the executive leadership of our industry was contacted with essentially four business days to go before the hearing. Given the demands of running some of America's largest companies, it is no surprise that all schedules could not be accommodated on such short notice.

Some of that is just the raw business climate. I'm not telling you we should pop open the champagne. But from my perspective, the trend line is going in the right direction.

Some of that business is going elsewhere where they can get that service.

Rod Smith

Some of those guys are going to have to grow up quick because in this business they are not going to wait on you. We still have to move forward whether you are here or not. You just hope they have a speedy recovery and they are out there showing their teammates what they can do, and when guys are not dressed out, it's hard to see.

David Greene

Someone may try to run this. But if firms consult with staff over a reasonable period, show good business and health reasons, and demonstrate that policies are equitable to all employees, they should be able to defend it. One could give smokers their contractual notice, then offer them the same job but with non-smoking conditions.

Some manufacturers have gone away from the automotive industry, but we have found it a niche for us and have stuck to it, ... The secret is to diversify who you do business with so you can weather the storm if a car maker has a rough time.

That didn't seem to be a practical business decision.

That depends a lot on this game. We've worked so much, but if we don't handle business now ...

That (defense) was one of the big talks we had Friday night. We took care of business on defense Saturday and our pitchers did their jobs.

That can be a good tax planning tool for small businesses - especially if you get a computer or something that you were planning to buy (in the coming year anyway),

That business going in there will not work. I feel strongly that I have a duty to protect the quality of life of our residents.

That doesn't surprise me. These are businesses catering to the new ethnic enclaves.

that are not connected to the regime leaders are free to do business with American firms.

That ain't bad. In our humble forecasting, we've been predicting a gradual decrease in unemployment. Business executives have been reporting to us they feel as though their region is coming out of a slow-growth business environment. It's not rampant optimism, but for the fi rst time in a number of years, executives from every corner of the state are showing more optimism for growth.

Test and Learn is a great business tool which delivers value.

Dan Rosensweig

Textbook rental is a great concept. It is just a great business model.

Scott Adams

My training is in business and economics, so my mind gravitates toward the business model,

Tim Smith

My tools, my equipment, my business were all going down the road without me.

Steve Scalise

My theory has always been, if you take care of your business today, take care of the job you have at hand, whatever else comes down the road will be there for you.

Kaui Hart Hemmings

My seven-year-old daughter knows old songs and how the neighborhoods got their names. There are little things: Businesses receive blessings from Hawaiian priests before opening, and everyone's kids have their debut luau. You can't really get through a day without doing something Hawaiian.

My opinion is that we need a decisive, straight-forward leader of the town who moves the business of the public always as quickly as it could be done.

Garrett Hedlund

Nashville is a lot like my hometown. You learn so quickly once someone hears something about you or sees something, everybody talks about it at dinner. They know your business, so people tend to be more private and not to throw themselves into everyone's faces.

Napster has always been a questionable business. They've never been a business making money. So what this really puts doubt on is whether they're ever going to be a service that makes any money or at some point they're just going to quietly fade away into Internet oblivion.

My whole business has been subjected to a meltdown,

My view is that innovation has declined in the everyday processes that businesses tinker with incrementally as they try to become more productive over time.

Robert J. Shiller

My very first publication was an estimator - this was a statistical procedure - a kind of invention. My father got a patent and started a business; it wasn't successful, but maybe I have some of him in me.

Jerry Moran

My role is to try to remove the impediments to entrepreneurs' chance to succeed. It's about improving the business climate to give people a better chance of succeeding.

Sara Blakely

My revenue was $4 million my first year in business, off of one $20 item.

My philosophy in business is 'What goes around comes around.' I have nothing but good wishes for them.

Margaret Mitchell

My pet, the world can forgive practically anything except people who mind their own business

Chord Overstreet

My real name is Chord Overstreet. I actually got my name because my dad is in the music business as a songwriter. I was the third one in my family born, and there are three notes in a chord, so that's how they came up with my name.