Businessman quotes
55 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"A businessman cannot force you to buy his product; if he makes a mistake, he suffers the consequences; if he fails, he takes the loss. If bureaucrat makes a mistake, you suffer the consequences; if he fails, he passes the loss on to you."
"You ought to dream. All our biggest businessmen have been dreamers."
"I'm sure there are writers who are great businessmen, but I never met any."
"The customer is an object to be manipulated, not a concrete person whose aims the businessman is interested to satisfy."
"If it is true that wars are won by believers, it is also true that peace treaties are sometimes signed by businessmen."
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"Ephemeralization means the ability to do everything with nothing, or leverage, or doing more with less. So, as a businessman, I'm constantly ephemeralizing, figuring out how I can do more and more for less and less."
"The Businessman is one who supplies something great and good to the world, and collects from the world for the goods."
"I'm a businessman and actor and I still make appearances."
"How is it possible for one to own the stars?" "To whom do they belong?" the businessman retorted, peevishly. "I don't know. To nobody."
"My father was funnier than me. My father was Richard Pryor-funny. I'm just a better businessman."
"On the set, I'm a businessman."
"I would prefer the [USA] government to be the policeman and not the businessman."
"I am not a businessman. I am a business, man."
"I have nothing bad to say about Hulk Hogan. In fact, compared to what I have seen in the press and all the high jinks of his life, I didn't see any of that coming, man. He was just a businessman who worked out."
