I am a sensitive writer, actor and director. Talking business disgusts me. If you want to talk business, call my disgusting personal manager. Sylvester Stallone
My compulsion to always be working has become less strong and my current business is purely down to this enormous alimony. If I wasn't doing this I'd be making documentaries about wildlife and other subjects that interest me. John Cleese
After hurting myself like that, I could not go back immediately to racing. I was in no condition, mentally or physically. That helped me to strengthen myself to go through the hard times that were ahead with my business, and to be successful. Nelson Piquet
The chances of a bank going out of business are extremely slim, but it's always a good idea to spread around major sums so every penny is backed by insurance. Suze Orman
Nobody has wrestled everybody in the business like I have, especially not Bret Hart. Ric Flair
The Internet is the Viagra of big business. Jack Welch
I do seem to like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass. David Byrne
Artists are notoriously snooty and suspicious of anything coming from the business community. David Byrne
Like sex in Victorian England, the reality of Big Business today is our big dirty secret. Ralph Nader
Really, I have to laugh because there was a whole set of stories that made me sound like the Dragon Lady, you know, 'tough this and tough that.' Then there is this business about 'gooey.' The bottom line is I am a pragmatic idealist. Madeleine Albright
You do have to do business with and to try to influence people you don't agree with, or find disagreeable, so it's important to stress that balance. William Hague
The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation. Pierre Trudeau
Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which at least does us all some good. Stephen Fry
Business practices and how we treat the planet are also in desperate need of re-humanization. Simon Mainwaring
What today's business reality makes clear is that brands cannot survive in a society that is failing economically, socially, ethically, and morally. Simon Mainwaring
As a speaker, business leader or marketer of any type, the onus is now on each of us to become equally capable of communicating very personally with a seemingly endless number of people connected by social technologies. Simon Mainwaring
In the coming years, if not sooner, social media will become a powerful tool that consumers will aggressively use to influence business attitudes and force companies into greater social responsibility - and, I suggest, move us towards a more sustainable practice of capitalism. Simon Mainwaring
Perhaps the most effective way to describe the approach a brand must take is to think of themselves as social cartographers. By that I mean that brands must simultaneously inspire, engage and maintain a series of conversations taking place within certain cultural landscape specific to their business goal. Simon Mainwaring
The social business marketplace is effectively forcing brands to engage with consumers on the basis of something that is meaningful to them. More often than not, this takes the form of some core value that finds expression in a non-profit cause. Simon Mainwaring
Integrate purpose into your for-profit business model through a long term commitment to a cause that is aligned with your core values and those of your community. Simon Mainwaring