962 private quotes tagged business

“What makes the most money for this business? Dead rock stars.”— Courtney Love

“They keep the old business. We keep the ongoing business.”— Harvey Weinstein

“Married couples who work together to build and maintain a business assume broad responsibilities. Not only is their work important to our local and national economies, but their success is central to the well-being of their families.”— Melissa Bean

“If bad things are going to be said about me, I have to bear that. If I don't understand that it's part of being in show business, then I'd better go work in a bank.”— Antonio Banderas

“The Golden Rule finds no limit of application in business.”— James Cash Penney

“I'm probably the only person who goes to work and says 'Wow, it's really nice here and sweet,' even in the competitive movie business.”— Harvey Weinstein

“I do not want to admit to the world that I can be a bad person. It is just that I don't want anyone to have false expectations. Moviemaking is a harsh, volatile business, and unless you can be ruthless, too, there's a good chance that you are going to disappear off the scene pretty quickly.”— Tom Hanks

“I became a larger than life figure for one reason only. When you're quoted in the 'Wall Street Journal,' the 'New York Times,' constantly as the expert in the business people assume you're a lot bigger than you are. And then I had to run like hell to catch up with my own image.”— Barbara Corcoran

“There's a terrible truth for many women in the picture business: Aging typically takes its toll and means fewer and less desirable roles.”— Maureen O'Hara

“We've got to lift our game tremendously. We'll sell our business news and information in print, we'll sell it to anyone who's got a cable system, and we'll sell it on the Web.”— Rupert Murdoch

“My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There's no way I can control him. I wouldn't stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss.”— Barbara Corcoran

“I'm afraid for all those who'll have the bread snatched from their mouths by these machines. What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works, before society has produced a generation educated up to using them!”— Henrik Ibsen

“It's a libel to say that I use my newspapers to support my other business interests. The fact is, I haven't got any other business interests.”— Rupert Murdoch

“One thing I resent is the slur that I just support political candidates because of the business.”— Rupert Murdoch

“Money is not the motivating force. It's nice to have money, but I don't live high. What I enjoy is running the business.”— Rupert Murdoch

“The Republican platform specifically says we don't believe in bailing out private business, and yet we did.”— Rand Paul

“Performing doesn't turn me on. It's an egomaniac business, filled with prima donnas - including this one.”— Dan Rather

“The whole point of being in this business and being blessed and being successful is that you're able to do things for your friends or your family, which means that they can have something special in their lives, too.”— Elton John

“That's why I do this music business thing, it's communication with people without having the extreme inconvenience of actually phoning anybody up.”— Steven Morrissey

“Not since the steam engine has any invention disrupted business models like the Internet. Whole industries including music distribution, yellow-pages directories, landline telephones, and fax machines have been radically reordered by the digital revolution.”— John Sununu

“The forgotten man... He works, he votes, generally he prays, but his chief business in life is to pay.”— William Graham Sumner

“Giving someone a one-time stimulus check, or a one-time tax cut that expires doesn't allow the predictability that business needs.”— Rand Paul

“The people of Hong Kong are criticized for only being interested in business, but it's the only thing they've been allowed to do.”— Paul Theroux

“I started cooking in kitchens right out of high school, and I was lucky to work with a lot of great people, but I had no idea it would turn into this. Of course no one should go into this business because they want to be the next Emeril.”— Tom Colicchio

“What's so touching is the way we fight the war right until the moment our business is taken care of and then we turn on a dime and we immediately start taking care of people. It's like a shock and aw shucks campaign.”— Dennis Miller