Quotes about Businessmen

Nobles and peasants marry early. Businessmen tend to wait. Votes: 3

Businessmen should stand or fall on their own two feet. Votes: 3

Businessmen they drink my wine, come and taste my herb. Votes: 3

Businessmen... were not born chief executives. They were often people first. Votes: 3

Businessmen need to understand the challenges of society and contribute to solving them. Votes: 3

Businessmen in society are not going to be the ones that promote anything outside of money. Votes: 3

Businessmen go down with their businesses because they like the old way so well they cannot change. Votes: 3

Businessmen are always trying to advance their business interests, but they are not running for Prime Minister. Votes: 3

I prefer a three-piece suit myself. Very sixties rock and roll. But they're not too quirky. Businessmen could wear them. Votes: 3

Businessmen must move with the times...the correlation between knowledge and business as the key to success is closer than ever. Votes: 3

Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth. None of them along the line know what any of it is worth. Votes: 3

Businessmen are notable for a peculiarly stalwart character, which enables them to enjoy without loss of self-reliance the benefits of tariffs, franchises, and even outright government subsidies. Votes: 3

The actor's role in the community is quite unlike anyone else's. Businessmen, for example, don't take their clothes off or cry in front of strangers in the course of their work. Actors do. Votes: 3

Businessmen are not in business to lose customers, and schools do not exist to free their clients from the agencies of mass persuasion. School and media possess a productive monopoly upon the imagination of a child. Votes: 3

Businessmen should not put their finger in politics, because they tend to think only of their own self-interest. But I worry about the low morale in Italian industry and the lack of government initiatives to help the poor. Votes: 3

...it's the same with business. If you focus on the goal and not the process, you inevitably compromise. Businessmen who focus on profits wind up in the hole. For me, profit is what happens when you do everything else right. Votes: 3

Great businessmen are creators. Votes: 1

Honest businessmen should be protected from the unscrupulous consumer. Votes: 1

Nothing is illegal if one hundred businessmen decide to do it. Votes: 1

If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers. Votes: 1

Filipino businessmen must have the ability to compete freely in the global economy. Votes: 1

People who run a ready-to-wear company are businessmen rather than production or design people. Votes: 1

Anyone who says businessmen deal in facts, not fiction, has never read old five-year projections. Votes: 1

I'm from a family of bankers and businessmen, and here I am, the artist, the black sheep. Votes: 1

I am not afraid of being sued by white businessmen. In fact, I should welcome such a law suit. Votes: 1

German businessmen are overwhelmed by the high cost of doing business. Inflexible rules, enforced by a burgeoning bureaucracy, discourage entrepreneurship. Votes: 1

Like many businessmen of genius he learned that free competition was wasteful, monopoly efficient. And so he simply set about achieving that efficient monopoly. Votes: 1

Ours is a government of checks and balances. The Mafia and crooked businessmen make out checks, and the politicians and other compromised officials improve their bank balances. Votes: 1

Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth it takes. Democracy isn't a business. Votes: 1

We need to be clear when we venerate entrepreneurs what we are venerating. They are not moral leaders. If they were moral leaders, they wouldn't be great businessmen. Votes: 1

A lot of very successful businessmen share some of these sociopathic traits - a lack of empathy, seeing people as commodities, projecting an air of sincerity when everything is actually calculated. Votes: 1

I came from an intellectual family. Most were doctors, preachers, teachers, businessmen. My grandfather was a small businessman. His father was an abolitionist doctor, and his father was an immigrant from Germany. Votes: 1

If you talk to most businessmen, they'll say that what they do is for the public good, but you know they're just greedy, and consumers are just consuming for the sake of their own greed. Votes: 1

Chris Cutler was kind enough to offer his company as an umbrella, so now I can have all my back catalogue under one roof as it were, and it has the same feeling as with Daniel; this is a matter between friends rather than businessmen. Votes: 1

The Macau casinos have a wonderful business, it's taking in money from Chinese businessmen elsewhere who send it through junky companies to casinos to gamble. The growth continues and they have basically western managers and western accounting, so we trust the numbers a little bit more. Votes: 1

There is a yearning for people to return to elementary moral virtues, such as integrity and commitment. We distrust people who have no centering of values. We greatly respect businessmen, for example, if they display those virtues, even if we don't necessarily agree with the people. Votes: 1

There was one occasion when I was very young - eight years or seven years old - that Jewish businessmen went through the forest, and they were assassinated. And that was for the first time I saw in our paper where there were assassinations in our place. Votes: 1

I get up at 7:30 and work four hours a day. Nine to twelve in the morning, five to six in the evening. Businessmen would achieve better results if they studied human metabolism. No one works well eight hours a day. No one ought to work more than four hours. Votes: 1

I went to Ethiopia, and it dawned on me that you can tell a starving, malnourished person because they've got a bloated belly and a bald head. And I realized that if you come through any American airport and see businessmen running through with bloated bellies and bald heads, that's malnutrition, too. Votes: 1

You may earn whatever money you earn as a cricketer, but you want to play for your country. At the end of the day, you want to do something special. There are plenty of people who earn 50 crores or 100 crores as businessmen or big professionals or who are really doing well in business. But what gives pleasure to your mom and dad is the fame. Votes: 1

All businessmen are scum. Votes: 0

Behind every corrupt politician are 10-20 corrupt businessmen. Votes: 0

I have two sons. Good sons. They're both businessmen. Votes: 0

Many marriages are simply working partnerships between businessmen and housekeepers. Votes: 0

You ought to dream. All our biggest businessmen have been dreamers. Votes: 0

Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for Votes: 0

Fortune is beastly - it is only suitable for cows and businessmen. Votes: 0

The pointless ferocities of intellectual life shock businessmen, who kill only to eat. Votes: 0

It's hard for them to run away from their record. The Kochs are businessmen. Votes: 0

I'm sure there are writers who are great businessmen, but I never met any. Votes: 0

The businessmen have corrupted liberty by trying to propose it as a material quality. Votes: 0

Artists are often excellent businessmen. They have to be. Otherwise they do not remain artists. Votes: 0

Among politicians and businessmen, *Pragmatism* is the current term for 'To hell with our children.' Votes: 0

Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don't have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions. Votes: 0

[O]ur statesmen, our businessmen, our everyman must take on a science fictional way of thinking. Votes: 0

I don't expect to get a standing ovation from businessmen when I call for higher wages. Votes: 0

Tell the trial lawyers to get out of your state and to quit costing businessmen and women. Votes: 0

There are always opportunities through which businessmen can profit handsomely if they will only recognize and seize them. Votes: 0

I don't write about too many male businessmen, and I'm not apt to write about too many female businessmen. Votes: 0

In a global arena, what our businessmen need in order to be competitive is transparency and a level playing-field. Votes: 0

In a global arena, what our businessmen need in order to be competitive is transparency and a level playing-field. Votes: 0

With some notable exceptions, businessmen favor free enterprise in general but are opposed to it when it comes to themselves. Votes: 0

Television represents what happens to a medium when the artists have no power and the businessmen are in full, unquestioned control. Votes: 0

American businessmen have taken advantage of the opportunities which existed in Europe and Europeans seem not to have been aware of. Votes: 0

How many physicians, scientists, teachers, pastors, missionaries, statesmen, musicians, businessmen, and notable contributors to society have been murdered in the womb? Votes: 0

I was an opponent of Saddam Hussein when the British and American governments and businessmen were selling him guns and gas. Votes: 0

Musicians talk of nothing but money and jobs. Give me businessmen every time. They really are interested in music and art Votes: 0

What artists think about the world is often different from how we businessmen see it, and I find that an enriching experience. Votes: 0

The difficulty with businessmen entering politics, after they've had a successful business career, is that they want to start at the top. Votes: 0

A capitalist economy hums when leading businessmen are bubbling with animal spirits and are prepared to sink their money into risky ventures. Votes: 0

If it is true that wars are won by believers, it is also true that peace treaties are sometimes signed by businessmen. Votes: 0

Repetita iuvant. Italy, a land of great saints, poets, sailors, artists, statesmen, businessmen, lawyers, intellectuals, professors, journalists, whores, gangsters, religious parasites and dickheads. Votes: 0

The desire of businessmen for profits is what drives prices down unless forcibly prevented from engaging in price competition, usually by governmental activity. Votes: 0

The simple truth is that our businessmen do not want a government that will let business alone. They want a government they can use. Votes: 0

Blacks own so little of the music business, it's pathetic. But I see that changing soon. Black artists, black businessmen and women will unite. Votes: 0

If workers struggle for higher wages, this is hailed as "social gains", if businessmen struggle for higher profits, this is damned as "selfish greed". Votes: 0

Nothing is illegal if one hundred businessmen decide to do it. -Andrew Young, author, civil rights activist, US congressman, mayor, and UN ambassador (b. 1932) Votes: 0

Sheer egoism... Writers share this characteristic with scientists, artists, politicians, lawyers, soldiers, successful businessmen - in short, with the whole top crust of humanity. Votes: 0

When I hear artists or authors making fun of businessmen, I think of a regiment in which the band makes fun of the cooks. Votes: 0

The broader and more influential organisations of businessmen have acted to undermine the basic foundation of the free market system they purport to represent and defend. Votes: 0

Libertarians are learning to their sorrow that big businessmen cannot necessarily be relied upon to be their allies in the battle against extension of governmental encroachments. Votes: 0

Some people have the license to sin: Soldiers, to kill; politicians, writers, priests, businessmen, married man and women, to lie; and married couples to have sex Votes: 0

I think, as everyone knows, Charles Kushner is one of the most successful businessmen in the United States and one of the great philanthropists of this century. Votes: 0

in the era of imperialism, businessmen became politicians and were acclaimed as statesmen, while statesmen were taken seriously only if they talked the language of succcessful businessmen ... Votes: 0

There are professional negotiators working for the writers and the actors, but basically you've got the writers and actors negotiating against businessmen. That's why you get rhetoric. Votes: 0

Nothing short of a federal investigation can begin to disclose the abuses which have woven a fine web of mutually implicating relationships between businessmen and government officials. Votes: 0

Japan has only 100m people. Asia has 4bn. At least one-third, maybe nearly half, will become middle class, and this is a big opportunity for Japanese businessmen. Votes: 0

If you owe $50, you're a delinquent account. If you owe $50,000, you're a small businessmen. If you owe $50 million, you're a corporation. If you owe $50 billion, your the government. Votes: 0

My father and grandfather were businessmen. The family business was Adelphi Paints in New Jersey. When the first energy crisis came in the early 1970s, the business suffered. Votes: 0

Some of our most successful businessmen in US grew up in orphanages. They were well treated, and they learned discipline. They learned right or wrong, and they have wonderful careers. Votes: 0

Be realistic and truthful - and tell Hong Kong businessmen honestly that they should go for long-term investments since it is unlikely money can be made in the short haul. Votes: 0

Be realistic and truthful - and tell Hong Kong businessmen honestly that they should go for long-term investments since it is unlikely money can be made in the short haul Votes: 0

My visit to the United States has also given me the opportunity to emphasize the objective of establishing close and intensive links between the Turkish and American peoples, scholars and businessmen. Votes: 0

My visit to the United States has also given me the opportunity to emphasize the objective of establishing close and intensive links between the Turkish and American peoples, scholars and businessmen Votes: 0

We are each other's seventh largest trading partner, we are the fifth largest investor there and likewise, we have a lot of exchanges between political leaders, businessmen, tourists and school children too. Votes: 0

Science is the engine of prosperity. But you'd never know it, listening to some of the politicians. They're lawyers and businessmen, not scientists. Lawyers and businessmen massage wealth; they don't create it Votes: 0

We are each other's seventh largest trading partner, we are the fifth largest investor there and likewise, we have a lot of exchanges between political leaders, businessmen, tourists and school children too. Votes: 0

All the evils, abuses, and iniquities, popularly ascribed to businessmen and to capitalism, were not caused by an unregulated economy or by a free market, but by government intervention into the economy. Votes: 0

In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues. If you trust your colleague today, he may be your competitor tomorrow, because people frequently move from one company to another. Votes: 0

I'm excited about my own network, BounceTV. It's the first African-American-owned broadcast network. It's myself, my partner Rob Hardy, and some other African-American businessmen, including Andrew Young and Martin Luther King III. Votes: 0

It was sad, like those businessmen who came to work in serious clothes but wore colorful ties in a mad, desperate attempt to show there was a free spirit in there somewhere. Votes: 0

Media people should have long noses like an elephant to smell out politicians, mayors, prime ministers and businessmen. We need to know the reality, the good and the bad, not just the appearance. Votes: 0

Everyone has a desire, if not a need, to use their individual signatures. Whenever people meet to talk about a project, even stuffy old businessmen, they say they want to create something new. Votes: 0

Our public schools need to be in the control of parents and the community, as opposed to businessmen who see the $23 billion budget as a means to giving no-bid contracts to their cronies. Votes: 0

Revolution is profitable. So the capitalists sell it... The hip capitalists have some allies within the revolutionary community: longhairs who work as intermediaries between the kids on the street and the millionaire businessmen. Votes: 0

New York is eating young geniuses [businessmen] up alive. It's eating them up alive, Stone. And it's showing the beauty of the city, but it's showing the toughness and the viciousness of the city. Votes: 0

The executives who run the fast food industry are not bad men. They are businessmen. They will sell free-range, organic, grass-fed hamburgers if you demand it. They will sell whatever sells at a profit. Votes: 0

It doesn't promote your life to reduce unearned guilt... You should get rid of that guilt. It's unearned. You don't deserve it. So when we guilt businessmen into giving, it's not in their self-interest. Votes: 0

What cultural revolutionaries do not seem to grasp is that, far from being a grass-roots art form that has been taken over by businessmen, rock itself comes from the commercial exploitation of the blues. Votes: 0

But we must not forget the effort undertaken by the ruling elite in Russia to manipulate Western politicians, businessmen as well as journalists. That's why [Vladimir] Putin's "fifth column" is that powerful in the West. Votes: 0

Indeed, the "whole bourgeoisie" on whose behalf the government was acting as its "committee" was a composite of a vast multitude of businessmen appearing as a conglomeration of many different and divergent groups and interests. Votes: 0

I'm gonna go down in history as being one of the best music men and businessmen in entertainment ... The people that I'm going to be greater than are Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and Clive Davis. Votes: 0