1,036 Quotes Regarding Business


The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.
Walter Lippmann

Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.
Edward Gibbon

When in doubt, mumble when in trouble, delegate when in charge, ponder.
James H. Boren

There are two kinds of companies, those that work to try to charge more and those that work to charge less. We will be the second.
Jeff Bezos

Remind people that profit is the difference between revenue and expense. This makes you look smart.
Scott Adams

If you aren't playing well, the game isn't as much fun. When that happens I tell myself just to go out and play as I did when I was a kid.
Thomas J. Watson

I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.
John Cleese

The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.
Arthur C. Clarke

More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause.
Rose Kennedy

The consumer isn't a moron she is your wife.
David Ogilvy

I've never felt like I was in the cookie business. I've always been in a feel good feeling business. My job is to sell joy. My job is to sell happiness. My job is to sell an experience.
Debbi Fields

The leader who exercises power with honor will work from the inside out, starting with himself.
Blaine Lee

I get to play golf for a living. What more can you ask for - getting paid for doing what you love.
Tiger Woods

Cannibals prefer those who have no spines.
Stanislaw Lem

The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks.
Rupert Murdoch

Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures.
Evan Esar

I don't think meals have any business being deductible. I'm for separation of calories and corporations.
Ralph Nader

The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.
Walter Lippmann

Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.
Don Marquis

Don't simply retire from something have something to retire to.
Harry Emerson Fosdick