I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business. – Richard M. Nixon
To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business. – J. Paul Getty
When I jumped off a roof in Cannes in a bee costume, I looked ridiculous. But this is my business I have to humiliate myself. – Jerry Seinfeld
Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business. – Washington Irving
As you grow in this business, you learn how to do more with less. – Morgan Freeman
I hate the actor and audience business. An author should be in among the crowd, kicking their shins or cheering them on to some mischief or merriment. – David Herbert Lawrence
The war is dreadful. It is the business of the artist to follow it home to the heart of the individual fighters – not to talk in armies and nations and numbers – but to track it home. – David Herbert Lawrence
Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying. – J. Paul Getty
Duty is the great business of a sea officer all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be. – Horatio Nelson
Big business never pays a nickel in taxes, according to Ralph Nader, who represents a big consumer organization that never pays a nickel in taxes. – Dave Barry
No, I regret nothing, all I regret is having been born, dying is such a long tiresome business I always found. – Samuel Beckett
Good design is good business. – Thomas J. Watson
Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request. – Lord Chesterfield
Business is always interfering with pleasure – but it makes other pleasures possible. – William Feather
Not a tenth of us who are in business are doing as well as we could if we merely followed the principles that were known to our grandfathers. – William Feather
When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary. – Ezra Pound
To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else. – Baltasar Gracian
We cannot make events. Our business is wisely to improve them. – Samuel Adams
No man is a success in business unless he loves his work. – Florence Scovel Shinn
Design must reflect the practical and aesthetic in business but above all… good design must primarily serve people. – Thomas J. Watson
