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Business People Quotes (page 9)

[S]ometimes, when you are a food person, the possible irrelevance of what you are doing doesn’t cross your mind until it’s too late. (Once, for example, when I was just starting out in the food business, I was hired by the caper people to develop a lot of recipes using capers, and it was weeks of tossing capers into just about everything but milkshakes before I came to terms with the fact that nobody really likes capers no matter what you do with them. Some people pretend to like capers, but... Nora Ephron
Some people may have thought that this book was too personal, too confessional. But what these people think about me is none of my business. Anne Lamott
I thought of how many people go to their graves unforgiven and unforgiving. I thought of how many people have had siblings or friends or children or lovers disappear from their lives before precious words of clemency or absolution could be passed along. How do the survivors of terminated relationships ever endure the pain of unfinished business? Elizabeth Gilbert
Terry Prachett quote: "Gods don't like people not doing much work. People who aren't..."
Gods don't like people not doing much work. People who aren't busy all the time might start to think. Terry Prachett
A lot of people are like, 'So you want to be famous.' And I'm like, 'No, I want to be good at my craft. I don't care about fame, I don't care if I even ever make it. As long as people know what I am as an actress in this business, I'm set for my career right now.' Chloe Moretz
I don't want people poking around in my private stuff. They've no business in it. My work is what I give to people, that's my job, and that's where it stops. Brendan Gleeson
You have to keep the business side together as well as the creative side. We have constantly surprised people and stayed with bands until they have grown on people. Greg Ginn
I've always tried to be an actor who... I just plod on and try to keep my mouth shut, mind my own business. I find the whole thing about people's lives... I can't understand it. I'm always astonished that people want to know anything about me. Michael Gambon
There was really a snobbery from people in film - they did not want people who had come from television. It was the poor relation of show business, and especially situation comedy. Sally Field
We'll serve, on a good Saturday night six or seven thousand people in all the restaurants, and it's like, the percentages are that maybe one person's not going to like what they get. And I can't be there to fix it. I hate that. We're in this business to make things that please people. Todd English
Every orchid or rose or lizard or snake is the work of a dedicated and skilled breeder. There are thousands of people, amateurs and professionals, who devote their lives to this business. Now imagine what will happen when the tools of genetic engineering become accessible to these people. Freeman Dyson
Laura Dern quote: "Unfortunately, overall, movies are a conglomerate. People buy..."
Unfortunately, overall, movies are a conglomerate. People buy and sell people in this business, which can get really ugly. Laura Dern
The American people want us to stop spending. And so let's just give them some certainty. Let's extend the tax - the existing tax cuts. And then let's give some more tax breaks to small businesses and large. And then maybe the American people will have some confidence. John McCain
How many deaf people do you know in real life? Unless they live in a cave, or are 14, which seems to be true for most people in this business, what could I possibly tell them that they don't already know? Marlee Matlin
There are people who take rumors and embellish them in a way that can be devastating. And this pollution has to be eradicated by people in our business as best we can. Bob Woodward

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