I happened to come along in the music business when there was no trend. Elvis Presley
The business side of film has goofed up so many things, but even that's changing. It happened to the music industry and now it's happening to the film studios. It's crazy what's going on. But artists should have control of their work especially if, as I always say, you never turn down a good idea and never take a bad idea. David Lynch
Some of the greatest actors have turned superheroes into a serious business: Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson in 'Batman' Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, the first venerable knights of the X-Men, who have now passed the baton to Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy. Tom Hiddleston
Run a home like you would a small business and treat it with the same seriousness. Anthea Turner
I know I did the right thing by taking time off to raise my son. But it also came at a price. I turned down many opportunities over the years because I didn't want to leave him for long periods of time. And in Hollywood, as in any business, the calls stop coming when you don't answer. Arsenio Hall
I never get the accountants in before I start up a business. It's done on gut feeling, especially if I can see that they are taking the mickey out of the consumer. Richard Branson
The desire to hit a big home run is dominating the music business. Billy Corgan
I did 13-something years of talking to wrestlers and promoters about why they did certain things and why they booked matches a certain way and what they were thinking and whether they were satisfied with the draw. And I got a lot of insight in the business. Billy Corgan
There is a fundamental shift that social media necessitates in business today - the need to transition from 'Me First' to 'We First' thinking. Simon Mainwaring
The leverage and influence social media gives citizens are rapidly spreading into the business world. Simon Mainwaring
Not since the digital revolution in the early '90s has technology placed such a comprehensive burden on business, employees and individuals to reinvent their business plans, services and products, and themselves to keep pace with the changing marketplace. Simon Mainwaring
Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular virtue in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility. Dalton Trumbo
The business of the advertiser is to see that we go about our business with some magic spell or tune or slogan throbbing quietly in the background of our minds. Marshall McLuhan
We, as conservative intellectuals, should not be in the business of making excuses for bad parliamentary decisions by Republican leaders in Congress. David Frum
I loved photography and everybody said it was a crazy thing to do because in those days nobody made it into the film business. I mean, unless you were related to somebody there was no way in. George Lucas
I don't believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front. Mel Brooks
We're not uncomfortable with it, and we've already been through enough of the music business where I'm not really worried that commercial success is going to in some way - we're already past saving, you know what I mean? It's too late for us. Jerry Garcia
And what most people don't understand is the bulk of business in this country is small business. Alphonso Jackson
Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop. Adlai E. Stevenson
We mean by 'politics' the people's business - the most important business there is. Adlai E. Stevenson