I know what it's like to start a business. I know how extra ordinarily difficult it is to build something from nothing. I know how government kills jobs and yes I know how it can help from time- to-time.

To succeed in business it is necessary to make others see things as you see them.

Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.

Your premium brand had better be delivering something special or it's not going to get the business.

You know out-of-touch liberals like Barack Obama say they want a strong economy but in everything they do they show they don't like business very much. But the economy of course is simply the product of all the businesses of the nation added together. So it's a bit like saying you like an omelet but you don't like eggs.

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

Modern poets talk against business poor things but all of us write for money. Beginners are subjected to trial by market.

The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of the journalism industry a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs for no good reason.

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.

Not for nothing is their motto TGIF - 'Thank God It's Friday.' They live for the weekends when they can go do what they really want to do.

Look at growth look at how much time people spend on the Net and look at the variety of things that they are doing. It's all really good so I am actually encouraged by the fundamentals that underlie usage growth on the Net.

People will buy anything that is 'one to a customer.'

To command is to serve nothing more and nothing less.

You can't 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.

The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.

Don't simply retire from something have something to retire to.

Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.

Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.

I'm not a driven businessman but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.

Start with good people lay out the rules communicate with your employees motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively you can't miss.

Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.

Try try try and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.

An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.

The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows.