“I think I'm no different to my friends who are doctors or businessmen or architects - we all started watching films of the golden age together. But whether I'm making films or writing poetry or doing photography, it's very much rooted in my sense of unease. And that's really where everything goes back to.” ThinkingWritingDifferentAgeTogetherFilmPhotographyMy FriendsDoctorsGoldenArchitectRootedBusinessmanGolden AgeWriting Poetry Author:Abbas Kiarostami
“Donald Trump is a good businessman. He knows how to put the deal together. And I think he'd be a - he'll be a very constructive figure in the White House.” ThinkingKnowsTogetherHouseWhiteDealsKnow HowFiguresTrumpWhite HouseBusinessmanConstructiveGood Business Author:Rick Santorum
“God can use anything, and anyone - even a king or a president, even a tax collector or a businessman, a priest or a prostitute, a Republican or a Democrat.” UsePresidentKingsRepublicanTaxesDemocratPriestsBusinessmanCollectors Author:Shane Claiborne
“They say that negative things like stress, anxiety, tension, sorrow, and depression "squeeze the tube" so ideas don't flow through it. But if you get rid of that negativity, which goes away naturally when you transcend every day, these ideas are more freely flowing, and you get happy in the doing. You get fresh and inspiring ideas, and a bigger picture starts to emerge of the world and life. It's very good for the artist, businessman, fisherman, and any kind of person really.” IfsWorldKindPersonsIdeasArtistSorrowAnxietyNegativeFlowBiggerStressVery GoodTensionNegativityBusinessmanTubesDoing YouFishermanBigger PictureWorld And Life Author:David Lynch
“I was forced to be an artist and a CEO from the beginning, so I was forced to be like a businessman because when I was trying to get a record deal, it was so hard to get a record deal on my own that it was either give up or create my own company.” GivingTryingHardArtistMy OwnDealsCompanyRecordsGiving UpCeoBusinessmanTrying HardGreat Businessman Author:Jay-Z
“Everyone has a desire, if not a need, to use their individual signatures. Whenever people meet to talk about a project, even stuffy old businessmen, they say they want to create something new.” PeopleIfsWantNeedsUseDesireIndividualProjectsSomething NewBusinessmanSignatures Author:Frank Gehry
“It's hard for them to run away from their record. The Kochs are businessmen.” HardRunningRecordsRunning AwayBusinessman Author:Jane Mayer
“You see the kind of approach, because he [Doanld Trump] is a businessman. He's like, I'm going to pick up the phone, I'm gonna call that CEO and we're going to talk about this directly, instead of getting mired in a lot of the way down, you know, bureaucracy and red tape and having 25 assistants or deputies talk to somebody instead of going directly to the root of the problem.” KnowsWayKindProblemTrumpApproachPicksRedRootsPhonesTapeCeoBusinessmanBureaucracyAssistantsDeputiesRed Tape Author:Kimberly Guilfoyle
“I have a different experience. My father was a small-businessman. He worked really hard. He printed drapery fabrics on long tables, where he pulled out those fabrics and he went down with a silkscreen and dumped the paint in and took the squeegee and kept going.” LongDifferentHardFatherTablesPaintFabricBusinessmanPrintedDumpedDifferent Experiences Author:Hillary Clinton
“This is the difference between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton and Sen. Kaine. They are career public servants. Donald Trump is a businessman, not a career politician. He built a business.” DifferencesCareersTrumpPoliticianBuiltClintonServantBusinessmanPublic ServantsCareer Politicians Author:Mike Pence
“So many theories. But all of them have one thing in common: They demonstrate that although Trump isn’t much of a businessman, he is rich enough to hire good tax attorneys who will hand over huge stacks of forms for him to sign blindly. That’s a helluva qualification for president, isn’t it?” EnoughHandsFormPresidentCommonRichOne ThingTheoryHugeTrumpTaxesBusinessmanAttorneyQualifications Author:Kevin Drum
“I completely understand why a businessman would fire me from 'Saturday Night Live'. Because he was seeing Jay Leno kill 10 minutes a night, doing his monologue with wall-to-wall laughs and applause, then I do 10 minutes a week to, sometimes, breathtaking silence. He's just listening for the laughs.” SometimesNightSilenceLaughingFireSeeingWeekMinutesWallListeningBusinessmanSaturdayApplauseJust ListenSaturday NightMonologuesBreathtakingSaturday Night Live Author:Norm MacDonald
“I am a competitor and always have that itch until the day I die, but I won't let the itch supersede being a businessman.” DiesBusinessmanCompetitors Author:Bill Goldberg
“Businessmen are always trying to advance their business interests, but they are not running for Prime Minister.” TryingRunningInterestMinistersPrimeBusinessmanPrime MinisterAlways Trying Author:Peter Costello
“On the return flight from my mother in Florida , I sat next to a businessman who asked me what I did for a living. I said, "I write," and it seemed totally ridiculous in the face of what had just happened. I mean, I couldn't think of anything more pointless than telling stories. He asked, "What do you write?" I said, "I write children books."” ThinkingWritingMeanChildrenSaidBookStoriesFacesMotherNextHappenedReturnRidiculousFlightSatFloridaBusinessmanPointlessTelling StoriesChildren BookChildrens Book Author:Kate DiCamillo
“[A businessmen in plane after 9\11] asked me, "What are you working on now?" And I said I was writing a story about a mouse who tries to save a princess. I was mortified. Here the world is falling down around us, and I'm trying to tell the story about a mouse who saves a princess. I said "It doesn't matter at all now."” WorldWritingTryingSaidMatterStoriesFallPlanesPrincessMiceBusinessmanFalling Down Author:Kate DiCamillo
“I think, as everyone knows, Charles Kushner is one of the most successful businessmen in the United States and one of the great philanthropists of this century.” ThinkingKnowsStatesUnitedUnited StatesSuccessfulCenturyBusinessmanSuccessful BusinessPhilanthropistSuccessful Businessman Author:Jared Kushner
“I think Rex Tillerson is an incredible businessman and American patriot and somebody that I think has experience across the globe that very few people have.” PeopleThinkingIncrediblesGlobesPatriotBusinessmanAmerican Patriot Author:Reince Priebus
“It's a little premature to be claiming that this is a done deal, but certainly Rex Tillerson is American icon and businessman that I think is a pretty incredible guy.” ThinkingLittlesDoneGuyDealsIncrediblesBusinessmanIconsPremature Author:Reince Priebus
“You can read it in history books now, but they often suppress the fact that the U.S. government tolerated [Nazi]. It's really remarkable because they claim that [Franklin] Roosevelt was impeded by the Neutrality Act. On the other hand, he bitterly condemned a Mexican businessman for sending several guns to the Republic. If you look back, oil was the one commodity that [Francisco] Franco could not receive from the Germans and the Italians, so that was quite significant.” IfsLooksBookFactsHandsGovernmentGunClaimsOilSignificantRemarkableRepublicCommodityNaziBusinessmanMexicanFranklinNeutralityHistory BooksFrancoFrancisco Franco Author:Noam Chomsky
“As a businessman, Donald Trump has been associated with some of the worst excesses of a particular style of value-extracting and asset stripping capitalism: set up businesses, let them fail, avoid paying suppliers, use bankruptcy laws to avoid taxes for decades, then set up another business somewhere else. It is this model that is the cause of many problems we see today.” Has BeensUseProblemTodayLawValuesCausesFailingWorstStyleParticularTrumpTaxesModelsCapitalismDecadesAssetsExcessBusinessmanSomewhere ElseBankruptcyStrippingSuppliers Author:Mariana Mazzucato
“Donald Trump was not a businessman to be admired, but an example of what's wrong with discriminatory corporate America.” AmericaExampleTrumpCorporateBusinessmanCorporate America Author:Jennifer Pozner
“We're different men [with Donald Trump], different life experiences. But I've always been struck by our common heritage. His grandfather immigrated to this country just like my grandfather. His dad was a self-made businessman, who built up a business with his two hands. And my dad followed his dreams to Columbus, Indiana, helped build a small business in that town.” MenMadeTwoDifferentSelfCountryDreamHandsCommonTrumpDadBuiltTownsMy DadHeritageLife ExperienceGrandfatherBusinessmanSmall BusinessMy GrandfatherColumbusIndianaSelf MadeDifferent LifeTwo Hands Author:Mike Pence
“The person who had the greatest influence in my life was my dad, who was a wonderful small businessman, devoted to his family, devoted to the local church.” PersonsChurchWonderfulInfluenceDadMy DadLocalsDevotedBusinessmanSmall BusinessLocal Church Author:Mike Pence
“But we must not forget the effort undertaken by the ruling elite in Russia to manipulate Western politicians, businessmen as well as journalists. That's why [Vladimir] Putin's "fifth column" is that powerful in the West.” WellsForgetPowerfulEffortPoliticianWestWesternRussiaJournalistElitesBusinessmanRulingFifthManipulatePutinColumns Author:Garry Kasparov
“I would say [to my father], "Why don't you actually take some courses in physics instead of saying [you are not believing in gravity]?" But he would never do it. Businessmen for some reason or other, think, because they're successful in a single direction, that they know everything. You know what I mean? You ever meet people like that?” PeopleThinkingKnowsBelieveMeanReasonCoursesFatherSuccessfulPhysicsGravityBusinessman Author:Paul Laffoley
“Donald Trump's a businessman, he's a very successful businessman. I think he's a marketing genius.” ThinkingSuccessfulTrumpGeniusMarketingBusinessmanSuccessful BusinessSuccessful Businessman Author:Doug Ford, Jr.
“ALEC has forged a unique partnership between state legislators and leaders from the corporate and business community. This partnership offers businessmen the extraordinary opportunity to apply their talents to solve America's problems and build on our opportunities.” StatesProblemAmericaOpportunityCommunityLeaderTalentOffersUniqueExtraordinarySolveCorporatePartnershipBusinessmanLegislatorsForged Author:Ronald Reagan
“Why is it Muslims from Pakistan or from Egypt come to America and thrive, and they are frustrated back home? It's about clean government. It's about a rule of law. It's about intellectual property protection. They've got all the talent and energy of anybody else. As new immigrants they may have more of it, so you put them in our system and they become doctors, lawyers, and businessmen and entrepreneurs.” MayHomeGovernmentAmericaLawEnergyTalentIntellectualDoctorsEntrepreneurPropertyCleanProtectionLawyerThriveImmigrantsFrustratedBusinessmanEgyptPakistanRule Of LawBack HomeIntellectual Property Author:Thomas Friedman
“One of my first role models was Eugene Lang, a wealthy businessman who went back to his elementary school in East Harlem and addressed the sixth-grade class. He looked out at that sea of faces and said, "If any of you wants to go to college, I will pay for it." When I read that, I burst into tears. It was so generous and so basic. Not fluffy. I can't understand why we scrimp on education and shortchange our kids. Why would the citizenry do that to the people who are going to inherit its republic?” PeopleIfsWantFirstsSaidI CanKidsSchoolFacesPayClassRolesSeaTearsCollegeModelsEastGenerousGradesWealthyRepublicRole ModelsBusinessmanElementary SchoolHarlemCitizenryFluffySixth Grade Author:Bette Midler
“Eazy-E was not a rapper! He was a stone cold businessman. EAZY use to say that out of His own mouth. But one thing that he did have when it came to his artistry , is that voice. At least Eazy-E admitted he had ghost writers & people that wrote for him. Some of today's super star rappers will not admit they have ghost writers. Eazy-E always kept it 1000.” PeopleUseTodayStarsVoiceOne ThingColdMouthsStonesGhostRapperBusinessmanArtistryStone ColdSuper StarEazy E Author:Kokane
“I'm not a good businessman and I don't promote myself particularly well. It's best I don't talk to anybody lest I alienate myself.” WellsBusinessmanGood Business Author:Barry Blitt
“A country doesn't need a businessman to run it: it needs a heartful, worldly, compassionate leader.” NeedsCountryRunningLeaderCompassionateBusinessmanWorldly Author:George Saunders
“I have not changed my position. It is the same exact thing. We can not let crazed, insane businessmen who put their bottom line ahead of the planet - And I'm talking about Rex Tillerson.” ChangedBottomInsaneBusinessman Author:Michael Savage
“If you were a painter and a rock and roll musician and weren't established in either - to be an artist today you have to be as much a businessman to succeed, you have to spend an equal amount of time doing business as you spend doing your craft.” TodayArtistEqualPainterBusinessman Author:Debbie Harry
“The initial 18th-, 19th-century intention was to give the less-educated lower classes a way to move up into this new, rising middle class, to enable them to fit in. So our view of language as being class-based is an unintended consequence of the drive to help educate rising businessmen.” GivingHelpingMovingLanguageFitConsequenceIntentionMiddle ClassEducateBusinessman Author:Kory Stamper
“Donald Trump, as a businessman, he's not much of a builder and he's not much of dealmaker and he certainly isn't very good at making expenses line up with income. But he is a marketing genius. He must have seen an empty market niche that no one but him filled.” GeniusEmptyVery GoodMarketingBusinessmanNicheBuilder Author:David Frum
“Trump is a doer. He is not somebody who pushes paper or kicks the can down the road. He's an accountable - he's a businessman. He's used to accountability, results, delivery, and performance. And I think in this case, he will go ahead and look at alternatives.” ThinkingAccountabilityBusinessmanDelivery Author:Kellyanne Conway
“Donald Trump is a businessman, not a career politician. He actually built a business. Those tax returns that were - that came out publicly this week show that he faced some pretty tough times 20 years ago. But like virtually every other business, including the New York Times not too long ago, he used what's called net operating loss. We have a tax code that actually is designed to encourage entrepreneurship in this country.” LongCountryLossWeekPoliticianTaxesToughEntrepreneurshipCodeBusinessmanTough Times Author:Mike Pence
“If one looks at the history of India after independence in 1947, for the first 30 to 40 years I think we were effectively given up as a basket case because we made various attempts through socialism to effectively alleviate poverty and keep growing but that model didn't work. So even when the pre-90s when we spoke to foreign corporation of foreign businessmen who wanted to do business with us, we were always a land of opportunity but an opportunity whose time have not yet come.” ThinkingOpportunityPovertyIndependenceVariousSocialismBusinessman Author:Cyril Shroff
“Here`s a guy who says he`s a great businessman. But it seems like a lot of Trump's business is built around stiffing small businesses and workers out of what he owes them, work they`ve done. He thinks that`s cute or smart or funny to basically not pay somebody who`s done work for him and say go ahead and sue me because I`ve got more money than you and you can`t do anything about it.” ThinkingDoneGuySmartCuteBusinessmanSmall BusinessGreat Business Author:Barack Obama
“Trump is a businessman, but he is such a creature of the entertainment world. It feels that the entertainment industry is more entwined with politics than ever before. I just think he is who he is. You can't blame him for being who he is. He's always been like that. He's our fault - that's how I see it. We let him come to where he is. I'm not so interested in blaming him; that's being done enough by others. I'm more interested in: How did this happen?” ThinkingWorldDoneEnoughBlameBusinessman Author:Robert Redford
“I guess I consider myself a cartoonist first, though I was "trained" as a painter/printmaker/sculptor. If there's still any resistance to cartooning in the nuts-and-bolts world of acquiring the means of survival, it's probably mostly on the pay scale. If graphic novels are selling really well and are "growing the book market" or whatever it is a businessman would say about them, I don't see it in the remuneration offered by some of the publishers.” WorldMeanBookNovelSurvivalSellingPainterBusinessmanGraphicCartoonist Author:Chris Ware
“I've always been outspoken about the fact that I have no care for material things. I'm not going to post a picture of being inside a fancy jet. It doesn't mean anything to me. But I find it funny that - in an organic way - sometimes I find myself in this room with these wealthy businessmen drinking thousand dollar bottles of wine because of where I've gotten in my career.” MeanSometimesCareWineDrinkingWealthyBusinessmanJetMaterial Things Author:Kip Moore
“My belief in Jesus Christ is most important thing in my life. What I do to be able to father correctly is to spend time in the mornings by myself to get my heart, my soul, my mind - correct. To be able to handle the situations and handle the young men like I would my son. It's loving my players where they are, helping them to move and achieve. And when they're 30, what are they doing then? Are they a husband that stays true? Are they a father that never leaves? Are they a businessman that can be counted on in whatever they do! I think that really guides me in a better principle.” ThinkingMenMindHeartImportantSoulHelpingMovingFatherJesusBeliefChristSituationMorningPlayerAchieveSonMy HeartHusbandJesus ChristMy SonBusinessmanEnd TimesSpend TimeStay TrueGuide Me Author:Mike MacIntyre
“We don't have warlords. We have strongmen. They control provinces with military forces. These men at one time controlled territory; they have now been transformed into businessmen and politicians. Today our national security forces are built to control the provinces.” MenTodaySecurityMilitaryPoliticianBusinessmanNational Security Author:Ashraf Ghani
“There was a certain faction in America that had always been pro-Nazi, including the Allen Dulles people. These were businessmen, Wall Street men.” PeopleMenWallBusinessman Author:Oliver Stone
“The most important change, and it's been going on for at least three decades, is the increasing "professionalization," if that's a word, of the faculty. By professionalization I mean the tendency of faculty members to have Ph.D.'s in their academic specialties, and for these specialties to be ever more narrowly defined. The higher-rated schools may have chief executives in residence or retired execs on three-year teaching fellowships, but the days when most faculty members had considerable prior experience as businessmen or women - those days are mostly over.” MeanImportantSchoolTeachingAcademicBusinessmanRetired Author:Walter Kiechel
“For example, if you are a blogger who wrote something about a local official and you're going to prison for that, you're a political prisoner. If you're a businessman who has refused to cede his business to the local official and you're going to prison for that, you're not a political prisoner. In that second category there are hundreds of thousands of people in Russia.” PeoplePoliticalPrisonPrisonerBusinessman Author:Masha Gessen