Quotes in business

You cannot be a success in any business without believing that it is the greatest business in the world... You have to put your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

If you have a business model that relies on customers being misinformed, you better start working on changing your business model.

Mr. Wrigley believed in this: Put all your eggs in one basket and watch the basket. They don't do that today. This is the old-fashioned way I'm talking about. He carried it on to his business. Do one thing and stay with it.

I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth.

We believe strongly that in the long term, we will be better served - as shareholders and in all other ways - by a company that does good things for the world even if we forgo some short term gains. This is an important aspect of our culture and is broadly shared within the company.

If I had asked my customers what they wanted, they would have said a faster horse.

Most entrepreneurs are merely technicians with an entrepreneurial seizure. Most entrepreneurs fail because you are working IN your business rather than ON your business.

My experience has shown me that the people who are exceptionally good in business aren't so because of what they know but because of their insatiable need to know more.

It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and at any risk to the rest of the community.