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I was told to avoid the business all together because of the rejection. People would say to me, Dont you want to have a normal job and a normal family? I guess that would be good advice for some people, but I wanted to act. – Jennifer Aniston

Ask five economists and youll get five different answers – six if one went to Harvard. – Edgar R. Fiedler

Dont worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, youll have to ram them down peoples throats. – Howard Aiken

Im not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money. – Lord Acton

Its easy to make a buck. Its a lot tougher to make a difference. – Tom Brokaw

Meetings are indispensable when you dont want to do anything. – John Kenneth Galbraith

Nothing so conclusively proves a mans ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself. – Thomas J. Watson

A group or an artist shouldnt get his money until his boss gets his. – Bobby Darin

My son is now an entrepreneur. Thats what youre called when you dont have a job. – Ted Turner

The fastest way to succeed is to look as if youre playing by somebody elses rules, while quietly playing by your own. – Michael Korda

If you arent playing well, the game isnt as much fun. When that happens I tell myself just to go out and play as I did when I was a kid. – Thomas J. Watson

The best measure of a mans honesty isnt his income tax return. Its the zero adjust on his bathroom scale. – Arthur C. Clarke

The consumer isnt a moron she is your wife. – David Ogilvy

Ive never felt like I was in the cookie business. Ive always been in a feel good feeling business. My job is to sell joy. My job is to sell happiness. My job is to sell an experience. – Debbi Fields

I dont think meals have any business being deductible. Im for separation of calories and corporations. – Ralph Nader

Dont simply retire from something have something to retire to. – Harry Emerson Fosdick

Spend a lot of time talking to customers face to face. Youd be amazed how many companies dont listen to their customers. – Ross Perot

Ones mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do. – A. C. Benson

Its called a pen. Its like a printer, hooked straight to my brain. – Dale Dauten

You cant operate a company by fear, because the way to eliminate fear is to avoid criticism. And the way to avoid criticism is to do nothing. – Steve Ross