 | "Talk of nothing but business, and dispatch that business quickly."
- Aldus Manutius
, Placard on the door of the Aldine Press. |
| "The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling."
- Ambrose Bierce
, The Devil's Dictionary. |
| "Drive thy business or it will drive thee."
- Benjamin Franklin
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| "The chief business of the American people is business."
- Calvin Coolidge
, Speech in Washington, Jan. 17, 1925. |
| "There's no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting."
- David Letterman
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| "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
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| "Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were."
- David Rockefeller
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| " 'Whom are you ?' he asked, for he had attended business college."
- George Ade
, "The Steel Box", 1898. |
| "I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me."
- John Cleese
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| "A dinner lubricates business."
- Lord William Stowell
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