962 private quotes tagged business

“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

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“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

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“And what most people don't understand is the bulk of business in this country is small business.” — Alphonso Jackson

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“In business, you're the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.” — Barbara Corcoran

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“I don't believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.” — Mel Brooks

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“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

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“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

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“Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop.” — Adlai E. Stevenson

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“We, as conservative intellectuals, should not be in the business of making excuses for bad parliamentary decisions by Republican leaders in Congress.” — David Frum

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“We mean by 'politics' the people's business - the most important business there is.” — Adlai E. Stevenson

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“The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation.” — Pierre Trudeau

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“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

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“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

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“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

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“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

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“If people in the media cannot decide whether they are in the business of reporting news or manufacturing propaganda, it is all the more important that the public understand that difference, and choose their news sources accordingly.” — Thomas Sowell

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“There's nobody in the business strong enough to scare me.” — Tupac Shakur

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“Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.” — Tom Robbins

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“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

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“Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.” — Zig Ziglar

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“Come, come, leave business to idlers, and wisdom to fools: they have need of 'em: wit be my faculty, and pleasure my occupation, and let father Time shake his glass.” — William Congreve

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“The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.” — Benjamin Jowett

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“The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows.” — Aristotle Onassis

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“Like sex in Victorian England, the reality of Big Business today is our big dirty secret.” — Ralph Nader

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“You know, I look like a woman but I think like a man. And in this world of business, that has helped me a lot. Because by the time they think that I don't know what's goin' on, I then got the money, and gone.” — Dolly Parton

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