Business Quotes - Page 107

I don't find the business easy. The moment you start talking about the business, you start sounding like someone in Spinal Tap.

Don't become a slave to non-crucial matters.

One method of staying ahead of rising asset prices and the declining dollar is to think bigger and come up with better plans. As important as financial and business planning is a plan for personal development and self-improvement. I'm often asked to invest in people's business plans, and one of the reasons I turn many of them down is because a big plan requires a big person who's spent time on personal development. In a lot of cases, a business plan is far bigger than the person with the plan - that is, the dream is bigger than the dreamer.

Go out looking for one thing, and that's all you'll ever find.

There is no human feeling to the US securities markets and sometimes no discernible evidence of human intelligence either. But they work.

The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.

Those who say "it's not personal, it's just business" are lying. All business is personal, and the best business is very personal.

I started The McCoys in 1962, so I'm approaching my 40th year in the entertainment business.

Rapid innovation is the cure for the ills we face, but because innovation is difficult and susceptible to failure, we might need to rethink the way we approach innovation and how we drive it through our companies.

There's this thing called being so open-minded your brains drop out.

I think the important thing to learn is that we can retain a sentimental loyalty to the cultural and literary traditions of, say, Judaism, Anglicanism or Islam, and even participate in religious rituals such as marriages and funerals, without buying into the supernatural beliefs that historically went along with those traditions. We can give up belief in God while not losing touch with a treasured heritage.

For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility.

When we start a new venture, we base it on hard research and analysis. Typically, we review the industry and put ourselves in our customer's shoes to see what we could do better.

Business is the force of change. Business is essential to solving the climate crisis, because this is what business is best at: innovating, changing, addressing risks, searching for opportunities. There is no more vital task

If you don't succeed at first, there's no need for the F word (Failure). Pick yourself up and try, try again.

Building a business is not rocket science, it's about having a great idea and seeing it through with integrity.

LEARN FROM FAILURE. If you are an entrepreneur and your first venture wasn't a success, welcome to the club.

I never set out to be a businessman

The quickest way to become a millionaire in the airline business is to start out as a billionaire.

Unless you dream, you're not going to achieve anything.

My definition of success? The more you are actively and practically engaged, the more successful you will feel.

Don't become a slave to technology - manage your phone, don't let it manage you.

Above all, you want to create something you're proud of.

I don't want to do business with those who don't make a profit, because they can't give the best service.

All humans are entrepreneurs not because they should start companies but because the will to create is encoded in human DNA.