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Quotes about Business

The chief business of the American people is business.
- Calvin Coolidge, 30th president of US (1872 - 1933)

I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.
- John Cleese, English actor & comedian (1939 - )

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.
- Oscar Wilde, Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)

The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.
- Ambrose Bierce, US author & satirist (1842 - 1914)

Drive thy business or it will drive thee.
- Benjamin Franklin, US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer (1706 - 1790)

In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.
- Warren Buffett, US financier & investment businessman (1930 - )

I ran the wrong kind of business, but I did it with integrity.
- Sydney Biddle Barrows

There's no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting.
- David Letterman, US comedian & television host (1947 - )

'Whom are you?' he asked, for he had attended business college.
- George Ade, US dramatist & humorist (1866 - 1944)

CP Talk of nothing but business, and dispatch that business quickly.
- Aldus Manutius, Italian printer (1449 - 1515)

In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative original thinker unless you can also sell what you create. Management cannot be expected to recognize a good idea unless it is presented to them by a good salesman.
- David M. Ogilvy

A dinner lubricates business.
- Lord William Stowell

To succeed as a team is to hold all of the members accountable for their expertise.
- Mitchell Caplan

CP Good design can't fix broken business models.
- Jeffrey Veen

Designing your product for monetization first, and people second will probably leave you with neither.
- Tara Hunt

Letting your customers set your standards is a dangerous game, because the race to the bottom is pretty easy to win. Setting your own standards--and living up to them--is a better way to profit. Not to mention a better way to make your day worth all the effort you put into it.
- Seth Godin

You never really hear the truth from your subordinates until after 10 in the evening.
- Jurgen Schrempp