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Business Quotes

On risk, reinvention and the realities of business.

These quotes cover business from a few honest angles: the risk small operations take on hiring, breaking into an industry you weren't trained for, and how far an entire business can shift over the years. For more, see our Businessman quotes.

If you can serve everyone who visits you, you must be doing well in business.

Quotes by Ahmet Davutoglu

Well, a lot of people within government and big business are nervous of Hip Hop and Hip Hop artists, because they speak their minds. They talk about what they see and what they feel and what they know. They reflect...

Quotes by Afrika Bambaataa

The hardest thing as an actor is that you work really hard constantly for these roles, and you invest so much in it. And when they don't come to fruition and nobody sees them, there's a part of you that...

Quotes by Adrianne Palicki

I think the book business is really sitting on the greatest moment in the history of time. We are providing the stories to the hungry public. We have more avenues to do it than ever before.

Quotes by Adriana Trigiani

Business Owner Quotes

People like RZA and DJ Premier are really on the balcony to scope my musical theories. They also help me focus on making sure I make money, making sure I get the notoriety I should, just regular stuff that friends...

Quotes by Adrian Younge

When you think about little league football, high school, and even on to college even more so, you're dealing with a lot of guys that are prideful, that think they're the best - a lot of alpha males. So, typically,...

Quotes by Adrian Peterson

Foxes was a movie that didn't do a lot of business but it didn't do too badly critically and eventually they offered me other things. The interesting thing was that next I tried a film called Star Man, which Michael...

Quotes by Adrian Lyne

It's really important to find a humble approach to your own creative work, your own business work. To recognize that you can't do everything yourself.

Quotes by Adrian Grenier

We mean by 'politics' the people's business - the most important business there is.

Quotes by Adlai Stevenson I

Business World Quotes

Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop.

Quotes by Adlai Stevenson I

I don't think about how much business my films will make.

Quotes by Aditya Roy Kapur

At the end of the day, filmmaking is a business. You want everyone to make money.

Quotes by Aditya Roy Kapur

At the end of the day, it's a business; people want to make money. That's the intention with every film. It happens for some movies. For others, it doesn't.

Quotes by Aditya Roy Kapur

Rumours are a part of show business.

Quotes by Aditi Rao Hydari

Businesses Quotes

In film business or any business, for that matter, there are people with different mindsets. Some would be compassionate and respectful, some might just be the womaniser, but how can we generalise that? That is wrong, I guess... That way,...

Quotes by Aditi Rao Hydari

My family was extremely progressive. My parents had a love marriage, but they separated when I was two years old. I moved to Delhi with my mom, who got involved with the family business.

Quotes by Aditi Rao Hydari

I've worked in this business long enough that I know people who complain, like, 'My character does this, and my character does that,' and I think it's just ego talking.

Quotes by Adina Porter

Incredibly lucky to be an actor at this period in history. I'm able to work in this business and look put-together - sexy, even - with natural hair.

Quotes by Adina Porter

We have very strong succession plans across all group companies. But we do not comment on it. The retirement age is 60 years, but it does not apply to family professionals who work in the business.

Quotes by Adi Godrej

Businessman Quotes

Politicians and bureaucrats must learn to stay away from the day-by-day functioning of business.

Quotes by Adi Godrej

Frequently Asked Questions

What different meanings of "business" appear on this page?
The quotes use "business" in several senses - a small company able to hire beyond just the owner, the "business" of acting despite formal training, getting into the music business via guitar, and how the broader entertainment business is changing.
Is there a quote about being an actor who does action roles?
Yes: "I didn't go into this business to do action because I'm a classically trained actor. But I'm good at kicking and punching," a reflection on ending up in an unexpected type of role. For more on people navigating business life, see Businessman.
Is there anything about the music industry here?
Yes: "I've really gone into business since I got the 6 string, which was like starting all over," describing a shift into music as its own kind of business.
Does this page discuss how an entire industry can change?
Yes: "The whole business is changing dramatically, and the way fans follow and participate in movies, and make their own movies to emulate those movies, is profoundly different." For a broader view of shifting industries, see Business World.
Is there a quote about small business specifically?
Yes, one references a "small business that can hire additional employees besides the proprietor," contrasting it with an "indie-film enterprise" that typically can't. For more on ownership specifically, see Business Owner or Businesses.

Related pages include our Business Owner quotes and Business World quotes.