When work is not going well, it's useful to remember that our identities stretch beyond what is on the business card, that we were people long before we became workers - and will continue to be human once we have put our tools down forever. Votes: 6
I'd get kicked out of buildings all day long, people would rip up my business card in my face. It's a humbling business to be in. But I knew I could sell and I knew I wanted to sell something I had created. I cut the feet out of those pantyhose and I knew I was on to something. This was it. Votes: 6
Your Twitter Profile is your business card. Votes: 5
Rock stars get room keys, I get business cards. Votes: 5
Only assholes put a nickname on their business card. Votes: 5
One genuine new relationship is worth a fistful of business cards. Votes: 5
One honest relationship can be more productive than fistfuls of business cards. Votes: 5
Most magicians are nothing more than laymen with rabbits on their business cards Votes: 5
Business isn't that complicated. I wouldn't want to put it on my business card. Votes: 5
Drivers are pretty well set, but crew chiefs, they change their business cards like they change their pants. Votes: 5
Rock stars get room keys, I get business cards. Wherever I go I meet innovators of wind power equipment, solar energy operators. Votes: 5
On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer. Votes: 5
Just because something is typed-whether it is typed on a business card or typed in a newspaper or book-this does not mean that it is true. Votes: 5
I know [my label], in any case: a double face, a charming Janus, and underneath, the house motto: "Be wary". On my business cards:"Jean-Baptiste Clamence, actor". Votes: 5
Writing a book makes you an expert in the field. At the very least, when you hand someone a book you wrote, it's more impressive than handing a business card. Votes: 5
Rather than spend my life on data entry and typing, I also take photos on my iPhone of business cards, wine labels, menus, or anything I want to have searchable on-the-run. Votes: 5
The only other people who have had experiences similar to those of this man were locked up inside institutions for the criminally insane. The difference is, this guy gets business cards. Votes: 5
Doing an album is like having a business card; to show people what you do. The most important thing to me is the stage. I do albums because I love the stage. Votes: 5
I got a business card because I wanna win some lunches. That's what my business card says: Mitch Hedberg, Potential Lunch Winner. Gimme a call, maybe we'll have lunch. If I'm lucky! Votes: 5
There is real danger of a disconnect between what's on your business card and who you are deep inside, and it's not a disconnect that the world is ready to be patient with. Votes: 5
I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy business cards printed up to announce it, 'Count Basie. Beware, the Count is Here.' Votes: 5
Documenting trips makes them that much richer. I stick in train tickets and business cards from restaurants. It makes the whole experience poetic, describing the sights, smells and sounds around me. It means I can relive the holiday years later. Votes: 5
You need that hunger no matter what, because eventually the honeymoon period wears off. Somewhere between printing your business cards that say 'founder' on them and everything else you have to do, you realize, 'Oh, actually this is a ton of work.' Votes: 5
Donât coach for the name on your business card Votes: 3
I think a book is your calling card, your business card. Votes: 3
I'd like to have a business card saying: Bruce Norris kicked your arse. Votes: 3
I took a job at a white-shoe NYC law firm, with an office, business cards, and a fat starter paycheck. Votes: 3
By 2003, every fool was getting into real estate. The checkout girl at my local supermarket handed me her newly printed real estate agent business card. Votes: 3
He turned his gaze upon her, and their eyes not only met, the pupils shook hands, exchanged business cards, and sat down for tea together. Votes: 3
Of my mental cycles, I devote maybe ten percent to business thinking. Business isn't that complicated. I wouldn't want to put it on my business card. Votes: 3
By the Nineties, so many people were moonlighting and creating their own professional identities that China generated a brisk new business in the printing of business cards. Votes: 3
My dad actually had business cards made up with my sister's website and my website and all of our information. And he hands them out to people he meets. Votes: 3
We don't have titles on our business cards. No one really gets any special treatment. No one gets a corner office to put pictures of their family and their dog in. Votes: 3
Rather than spend my life on data entry and typing, I also take photos on my iPhone of business cards, wine labels, menus, or anything I want to have searchable on-the-run. Votes: 3
For a long time, to obtain enterprise customers, I concealed the fact that I owned the company. I never lied about it, but I never volunteered that information. My business card didn't even have a title Votes: 3
What's funny is I probably still have some calligraphy business cards floating out in the world, and I can't wait for someone to call me in a month or something, and say, 'Can you do these for my son's Bar Mitzvah?' Votes: 3
There's no card, business card, better than a compact disc for a composer. It doesn't half impress people and they get a long way on it ... these composers they will get more performances, more commissions, more recognition just by having that disc Votes: 3
Life would certainly be easier if we all came equipped with our own personal FAQ lists. When we meet someone, we could pass them a business card with the list on the back, and then step back and let them read before we tried to talk. Votes: 3
Dana was what Steve called a "silent partner" in the Brixton Brothers Detective Agency. Being a silent partner meant that Dana didn't carry a business card, that his name didn't appear on the company letterhead, and he wanted nothing to do with the Brixton Brothers Detective Agency. Votes: 3
I think that video content is really important for artists these days. Not necessarily for MTV, but to really just get your name out there as a business card. Nowadays, when people want to hear a new song by an artist they immediately go to YouTube. Stream it. Votes: 3
Growing up, my parents did everything they knew how to do to support me. My dad was always kinda my roadie; he drove me from gig to gig. But I got my own gigs. I was this 12-year-old kid, shuffling business cards, calling people, telling them I wanted to play. Votes: 3
I don't think that writing talent has much to do with where one went to school, or the number of degrees on one's business card, but I do get a bit bristly at the implication that romance authors couldn't possibly be smart enough to get into an Ivy League school. Votes: 3
When I graduated from college in early 2010, I decided that I needed to create a calling card, some kind of business card that people can link to my name and face. So I did this 'Mad Men Theme Song... With a Twist' music video. I released it just as I moved to L.A. Votes: 3
Anybody who can afford a box of business cards can afford a Web site. Any company with an 800 number can move its services to the Web for peanuts by comparison. The extreme case of corporate promotion is to strip away all other aspects of your business and sell goods or services via the Net alone, as amazon.com has done with books. Votes: 3
Companies that make keys, credit card companies, any company in the service business - anything to do with a consumer is probably a software company. Votes: 1
To have transactions made on your web site via credit card, you must be PCI compliant. Businesses make the mistake of thinking that because you passed the requirements and are PCI certified, you are immune to attacks. Votes: 1
I'm constantly amazed that owners and managers of all businesses don't train their people to call the person who pays by credit card by name. It definitely makes the customer feel good and will be a factor in bringing them back to your place of business. Votes: 1
Last year, Congress passed a law that directs the Federal Reserve to set limits on debit card swipe fees that are reasonable and proportional to the cost of processing those transactions. Like most Americans, I had no idea that swipe fees charged to American businesses are the highest in the world. Votes: 1
Stripe makes it easy for anyone, be it an individual or a small business or a large business, to accept credit card payments on the Internet. We want to give control to the user or the business to define what the experience looks like. We work on a website or a mobile app, or whatever between that. Votes: 1
Debt is a trap, especially student debt, which is enormous, far larger than credit card debt. It's a trap for the rest of your life because the laws are designed so that you can't get out of it. If a business, say, gets in too much debt, it can declare bankruptcy, but individuals can almost never be relieved of student debt through bankruptcy. Votes: 1
The credit card companies have put the loan sharks out of business. Votes: 0
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. Votes: 7 Thomas A. Edison
All my roots are Broadway. I got my Equity Card doing a Broadway show, and my first love is theater. Votes: 3 Jesse Tyler Ferguson