I don’t do something necessarily to make a big profit or because it’s a logical business decision. 543
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. 586
The trouble with movies as a business is that it’s an art, and the trouble with movies as art is that it’s a business. 661
The great fear that hung over the business community in the 1970s was death by regulation, and the great goal of the conservative movement, as it rose to triumph in the 1980s, was to remove that threat – to keep OSHA, the EPA, and the FTC from choking off entrepreneurship with their infernal meddling in the marketplace. 565
I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you’re going to be in this business, if you’re going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin. 520
Come to West Virginia and we’ll show you how to live… how to treat people. We’re open for business. West Virginia is truly on the move. 604
If you can’t pay for a thing, don’t buy it. If you can’t get paid for it, don’t sell it. Do this, and you will have calm and drowsy nights, with all of the good business you have now and none of the bad. If you have time, don’t wait for time. 1.35K
Performing doesn’t turn me on. It’s an egomaniac business, filled with prima donnas – including this one. 1.3K
I used to be focused on being the dopest rapper in the game, and then once that became what I was, I wanted something different, and I wanted to become the best businessman in the game. I wanted to learn how to master the business like I mastered the rap. 1.05K
Don’t solicit feedback on your product, idea or your business just for validation purposes. You want to tell the people who can help move your idea forward, but if you’re just looking to your friend, co-worker, husband or wife for validation, be careful. It can stop a lot of multimillion-dollar ideas in their tracks in the beginning. 639
Capital isn’t that important in business. Experience isn’t that important. You can get both of these things. What is important is ideas. 1.14K
A transfer of money should never be involved in this profound situation. Although illness is profound, too, but medicine’s a business today. It’s a business. 910
If you have a line of business – I know this as a CEO – or if you have a teenager – I know this as a parent – who have a spending problem, what do you do? You quit giving them money. 555