Do business managers have a commitment to anything more than the success of their company and to making money? It would be hard to say that they do. Indeed, many business leaders deny that there is any conflict between self-interest and the interests of all. 597
Success is not about how much money we have in the bank, but it’s about how many peoples’ lives we have impacted through it. Success is experienced when we do things which are never done before. 622
Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets. 562
In New York, everyone’s desperate for success, desperate for money and desperate to be accepted, but in London they’re more laid back about things like that. 613
The film is not a success until it makes money. It’s only good when there’s a dollar figure attached to the box office. 2.3K
You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity. 565
My last public performance for money was in 1967. For free, it was 1972, with the exception of two little one-shot, one-song things. But that’s just for friends, out of friendship for the people involved, and also because it was fun. 1.94K
You know, it’s sort of common wisdom among New York publishers that short story collections don’t make money. 2.37K
I’m not a money manager, but I can tell you what the conventional wisdom is. The younger you are, the more risk you can take on. 593
I’ve stood my ground in life, alone, even against overwhelming forces with the might and money to crush me. 662
One suggestion my wife and I have used in our personal finance courses we teach at college is simply writing down all expenditures and seeing where the money goes. That alone will cause heads of households to think twice about x, y or z expenditure, and to consider carefully whether they really need something or not. 530
If you think spreading money around by force seems like an odd definition of fairness, you’re not alone. 1.88K
I don’t wanna hear nobody complain that they’re getting paid all this money and people won’t leave them alone. It’s part of it. 634
As a child, I wanted only two things – to be left alone to read my library books, and to get away from my provincial hometown and go to London to be a writer. And I always knew that when I got there, I wanted to make loads of money. 538
Simply by not owning three medium-sized castles in Tuscany I have saved enough money in the last forty years on insurance premiums alone to buy a medium-sized castle in Tuscany. 1.7K
I’m a dad, and I no longer see a way for my kids to even inherit the money that I’m making, let alone go out there, have an idea, and create it in their own lifetime. 535
Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience. 939
I have grown up alone. I’ve taken care of myself. I worked, earned money and was independent at 18. 789
