Not a tenth of us who are in business are doing as well as we could if we merely followed the principles that were known to our grandfathers. William Feather on business
When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary. Ezra Pound on business
To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else. Baltasar Gracian on business
Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business. Paul Valery on business
We cannot make events. Our business is wisely to improve them. Samuel Adams on business
No man is a success in business unless he loves his work. Florence Scovel Shinn on business
Creative ideas flourish best in a shop which preserves some spirit of fun. Nobody is in business for fun, but that does not mean there cannot be fun in business. Leo Burnett on business
I don't want to get into the 'who's a hostage-taker' discussion here, but what is the estate tax? It's a double tax on death. Economists will tell you that it's really not a tax that soaks the rich, but it's a tax on capital that deprives business investment and therefore job creation. Paul Ryan on business
Mom was 50 when my Dad died. She got on a bus every weekday for years, and rode 40 miles each morning to Madison. She earned a new degree and learned new skills to start her small business. It wasn't just a new livelihood. It was a new life. Paul Ryan on business
Design must reflect the practical and aesthetic in business but above all... good design must primarily serve people. Thomas J. Watson on business
I don't really count myself as a very sophisticated businessperson. I'm a creative artist. All I know from business I've picked up along the way. Mick Jagger on business
The business aspect is one of the most important things about having a music career, because every choice you make in a management meeting affects your life a year-and-a-half from now. Taylor Swift on business
Engineering, medicine, business, architecture and painting are concerned not with the necessary but with the contingent - not with how things are but with how they might be - in short, with design. Herbert Simon on business
Unlike a lot of actors, my father encouraged all his kids to go into show business. Jeff Bridges on business
It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business. Gertrude Stein on business
It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe. Hedy Lamarr on business
A strategy is something like, an innovative new product globalization, taking your products around the world be the low-cost producer. A strategy is something you can touch you can motivate people with be number one and number two in every business. You can energize people around the message. Jack Welch on business
But let me tell you what happens when regulations go too far, when they seem to exist only for the purpose of justifying the existence of a regulator. It kills the people trying to start a business. Marco Rubio on business
When you're eight years old nothing is your business. Lenny Bruce on business
The music business is motivated by money. Music is motivated by energy and feelings. Erykah Badu on business