Top 100 Do Business Quotes
#1. Always do business as if the person you're doing business with is trying to screw you, because he probably is. And if he's not, you can be pleasantly surprised.
Steve Martin
#2. Would you want to do business with a person who was 99% honest?
Sydney Madwed
#3. Regulation is strangling businesses of all sizes in California, and we've got to streamline regulation so it's easy, not hard, to do business.
Meg Whitman
#4. When the Chinese told Google that they had to block sites or they couldn't do [business] in their country, they managed to figure out how to block sites.
Christopher Dodd
#5. The one thing we know today is we can't continue to do business the way we have in the past.
Bud Selig
#6. You can't do business sitting on your ... armchair!
Feargal Quinn
#7. When it comes right down to it, whatever business you're in, you're in the people business. After all, people prefer to do business with people and companies they find likeable.
Karen Salmansohn
#8. I'm a business first and foremost so whatever my business is, it's separate from my personal. It's like whatever I do business wise, it's done in the business fashion whether it's promoting , marketing, whatever I'm doing.
Snoop Dogg
#9. Trying to do business without advertising is like winking at a pretty girl through a pair of green goggles. You may know what you are doing, but no one else does.
Cyrus McCormick
#10. There is more opportunity nowadays at easier and better prices than ever before. I have businesses in probably fifty countries throughout the world and it's never been easier to do business throughout the world. Never. I don't know what people are complaining about.
Robert Kiyosaki
#12. Here we drink three cups of tea to do business; the first you are a stranger, the second you become a friend, and the third, you join our family, and for our family we are prepared to do anything - even die.
Greg Mortenson
#13. The sheer violence of it, the howl of air raid sirens and the air-cutting fall of the missiles carried its own political message; not just to President Saddam but to the rest of the world. We are the superpower, those explosions said last night. This is how we do business.
Robert Fisk
#15. When I used to work for Reverend Jesse Jackson he would say, "You've got to know the rules in order to break the rules." The 1988 campaign of Reverend Jesse Jackson made fundamental changes to the way Democrats do business.
Leah D. Daughtry
#16. What sets the The Next Web apart is a focus on the internet as a key driver for a global market. Their international view is unique, making their blogs a must read and their conferences a must attend for professionals like me who do business around the globe
Werner Vogels
#17. Forbes describes how Daniel Kahneman, a Nobel Prize-winning psychologist, discovered that "people would rather do business with a person they like and trust rather than someone they don't, even if the likeable person is offering a lower quality product or service at a higher price.
Sally Hogshead
#18. Being an American doesn't mean that you're guaranteed a high wage. You have to be productive, and we have to create a very low-cost, efficient place to do business, and we've let all that slip in America.
Michael Porter
#19. Lobbyists didn't descend from a spaceship. They evolved organically from the way we do business.
Christopher Buckley
#20. Dominant companies have a special responsibility to ensure that the way they do business doesn't prevent competition ... and does not harm consumers and innovation.
Mario Monti
#21. If you're not in love with what you do, business will be really tough. You can do good one day, and bad the next. You can have a great year, and a bad year that wipes away all of your success.
Luis D. Ortiz
#22. I don't trust a man who talks about ethics when he is picking my pocket. But if he is acting in his own self-interest and says so, I have usually been able to work out some way to do business with him.
Robert A. Heinlein
#23. Never mind Communist solidarity, China and the Soviet Union wanted to do business with the likes of Hyundai and Samsung, not with state-owned enterprises in the North that didn't pay their bills on time.
Barbara Demick
#24. All the great establishments, of every kind, now in the hands of a few proprietors, but employing a great number of wage laborers, would be broken up; for few or no persons, who could hire capital and do business for themselves would consent to labour for wages for another.
Lysander Spooner
#25. Yes, we can do business in Nepal and still succeed. That is what I proved.
Binod Chaudhary
#26. Why if every practising polygamist went home from the Congress there would not be a quorum left to do business.
Various
#27. The intelligent investor shouldn't ignore Mr. Market entirely. Instead, you should do business with him- but only to the extent that it serves your interests.
Benjamin Graham
#28. As for the imperialist countries, we should unite with their peoples and strive to coexist peacefully with those countries, do business with them and prevent any possible war, but under no circumstances should we harbour any unrealistic notions about them.
Mao Zedong
#29. People want to do business with you because of 'who you are' and 'what you stand for' ... not because of 'what you do'.
Create your story ... publish it online and make sure people will find it when they Google you.
Maarten Schafer
#30. The 107th Psalm rang out, and all sang along with the well known words; "They that go down to the sea in ships That do business in great waters These see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep.
Philip Van Wulven
#31. Take the humbug out of this world, and you haven't much left to do business with.
Josh Billings
#32. When a Japanese manufacturer was asked by his North American counterpart, What is the best language in which to do business?" the man responded: "My customer's language
Leonard Sweet
#33. You have to be very careful with who you do business. It's like a marriage. Do your research and check references.
David Wolfe
#34. I hope more people will ask diamond companies to continue changing the way they do business in Africa.
Djimon Hounsou
#35. Although I don't like the way the Chinese do business, I continue to do business in China. I have to. They're the next world power.
Robert Kiyosaki
#36. A great nation like the United States has many and varied interests, and we need both to do business with tyrants and to engage constantly in multilateral diplomacy.
Elliott Abrams
#37. Africa was perceived - it still is to some extent - as a place which is very difficult to do business in. I don't share that view.
Mo Ibrahim
#38. Referrals are the privilege of the opportunity given to you by someone else to potentially do business with someone who wants, needs or desires the products or services you offer
Timothy M. Houston
#39. The man who will neither play nor do business unless everything is just to his liking and notions, retards rather than contributes to progress.
Henry Latham Doherty
#40. All things being equal, people will do business with a friend; all things being unequal, people will still do business with a friend.
Mark McCormack
#41. Anyone who would ever think of using any other Realtor would be making an enormous mistake. Goodwin & Thyne Properties is the best real estate company with the best and smartest real estate agents and the best people to do business with!
Andy Romano
#42. After all, your company doesn't define customer experience. Customers do. Customer experience is based on how your customers perceive your organization and how well you meet their needs when they interact with, hear about, and do business with your company.
Michael Hinshaw
#43. The breakthrough innovations come when the tension is greatest and the resources are most limited. That's when people are actually a lot more open to rethinking the fundamental way they do business.
Clayton Christensen
#44. Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is great for keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Great things come from out luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup of soup, and a good idea or two. No martinis.
T. Boone Pickens
#45. Let us ask the Lord for the grace to take these things seriously. He came to fight for our salvation. He won against the devil! Please, let us not do business with the devil! He seeks to return home, to take possession of us Do not relativize; be vigilant! And always with Jesus!
Pope Francis
#46. Internalize the Golden Rule of sales that says: All things being equal, people will do business with, and refer business to, those people they know, like and trust.
Bob Burg
#47. I cannot do business. I cannot sit and say, 'How are you, the weather's great, how's your golf?' I'm like a bull in a china shop.
Cilla Black
#48. A Johnson honours his obligations. His word is good and he is a good man to do business with. A Johnson minds his own business. He is not a snoopy self-righteous trouble-making person. A Johnson will give help when neeeded.
William S. Burroughs
#49. I'll do business with anyone, but I'll only go sailing with gentlemen.
J. P. Morgan
#50. Make a list of 200 prestigious, influential, and powerful people with whom you want to work, play, grow and do business.
Mark Victor Hansen
#51. I think U.N. organizations are important organizations. They exist for good reasons. And we also admit that there is room for us to improve the way we do business. The WHO will be a very positive and proactive partner in the overall U.N. reform, which is also important.
Margaret Chan
#52. The goal is not to do business with everybody who needs what you have. The goal is to do business with people who believe what you believe.
Simon Sinek
#53. All over the world, I do business. I make great deals. I've made hundreds of millions of dollars against China. All over the world I make money and I build great things. Who's going to build a wall like me on the southern border? I built a great company.
Donald Trump
#54. I don't want to go to a trade war, I want to beat China. I want to go to war with China and make America the most attractive place in the world to do business.
Rick Santorum
#55. When excitement and passion are evident, people want to be around you - including prospects. Prospects will want to do business with you because your joy is contagious.
Michelle Moore
#56. Howard Hughes himself was a regular at the restaurant, and in a way it became his headquarters, too. Howard had recently relocated to Las Vegas, so when he wanted to do business in Los Angeles, he went into the back of our restaurant to use the telephone.
Esther Williams
#57. I am my clients. I am defined by who I do business with.
Tom Peters
#58. In practice we, in the world, must do business with each other.
David Mamet
#59. We've always tried to be good citizens in the communities that we do business in.
John Mackey
#60. Music is something I must do, business is something I need to do, and Africa is something I have to do. That's the way it breaks down in my life.
Bob Geldof
#61. If people like you they'll listen to you, but if they trust you they'll do business with you.
Zig Ziglar
#62. When you do business with people you need money. When you do business with God you need faith. Faith is the currency of the Kingdom of God.
Reinhard Bonnke
#63. If I spoke no English, my world would be limited to the Japanese-speaking community, and no matter how talented I was, I could never do business, seek employment or take part in public affairs outside that community.
S.I. Hayakawa
#64. In my world [of fashion] there's more things that kind of affect it. There's the retailers we do business with, our own stores, my merchandising team ... Everybody has opinions, and so you definitely have to filter through a lot.
Paul Weller
#65. I like Mexico. I love the Mexican people. I do business with the Mexican people, but you have people coming through the border that are from all over. And they're bad. They're really bad.
Donald Trump
#66. I've come to believe that connecting is one of the most important business - and life - skill sets you'll ever learn. Why? Because, flat out, people do business with people they know and like. Careers - in every imaginable field - work the same
Keith Ferrazzi
#67. People like to do politics with me, and they like to do business.
Terry McAuliffe
#68. Whether people want to do business or sell things online, reach new people and be found, showcase their achievements, or communicate with their friends or family, Weebly is the best way for them to create a high-quality site that meets their goals.
David Rusenko
#69. I've never filed a patent lawsuit. I hope never to file a patent lawsuit. That may be unrealistic, but it would be great if I could avoid doing it ... Lawsuits are a ridiculous way to do business.
Nathan Myhrvold
#70. Grounding airplanes to cover your butt would never have let Orville or Wilbur change the world. We would still be spending weeks to cross the Atlantic to do business in London.
Gordon Bethune
#71. Certainly there are bubble-like valuations of certain companies, but I don't think anyone out there believes that we're going to go back to doing business the way we used to do business.
James Daly
#72. America used to be a uniquely productive, low-cost place to do business. We had efficient infrastructure. We had limited regulation. We believed in the market.
Michael Porter
#73. Resources are being destroyed, and if you don't have resources, you can't do business.
Jochen Zeitz
#74. I've done business with people I've met in politics, who I went to law school with, who I grew up with. Who do you do business with? People you meet in life.
Terry McAuliffe
#75. If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send 150 lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, & talk by the hour? That 150 lawyers should do business together ought not to be expected.
Thomas Jefferson
#76. There is not a single country in the world that is not interested in doing business with China. And no one is seriously concerned about human rights. But Africans are criticized for wanting to do business with China.
Jacob Zuma
#77. You can't do business without money, of course, because that's how it works, but I'm not in business only for money.
Alexander Mamut
#78. You do have to do business with and to try to influence people you don't agree with, or find disagreeable, so it's important to stress that balance.
William Hague
#79. If you don't aim for the best prospects, you're likely to do business with any prospect.
Todd Duncan
#80. Don't do business just for the money. Make it a hobby and the money will come automatically.
Ehab Atalla
#81. All things being equal, I think people would still prefer to do business with their hometown companies. That's true in America, that's true in China, that's true in Germany.
William Clay Ford Jr.
#82. Our market system depends critically on trust-trust in the word of our colleagues and trust in the word of those with whom we do business.
Alan Greenspan
#83. Artists change how we see the world - and that can have value in the way people do business.
John Maeda
#84. Google's real threat to China is not that it will leave the country. It's that it will embarrass China and damage its national reputation as a place to do business.
Jose Ferreira
#85. The world will not end. This is ridiculous. I think it's like 2000. It's a great trick to do business and earn lots of money because stupid people hoard things. This is a stimulator of the economy.
Ronnie Radke
#86. Our company is built on people - those who work for us, and those we do business with.
Harvey S. Firestone
#87. I don't want to do business with those who don't make a profit, because they can't give the best service.
Richard Bach
#88. Once I got my business degree I realized I didn't want to do business anymore. My passion started to kick in and say, "Are you really sure this is what you want to do with the rest of your life? Are you 100% positive?"
Jay Ellis
#89. I'm not asking any of you to make drastic changes to every single one of your recipes or to totally change the way you do business. But what I am asking is that you consider reformulating your menu in pragmatic and incremental ways to create healthier versions of the foods that we all love.
Michelle Obama
#90. This is about sending a very strong message that Scotland does want to stay in the European Union and we're an open country, a good place to live, work, study and to do business and it's really important as we take forward what will be challenging work ahead of us, that we send those messages.
Nicola Sturgeon
#91. God is not a bargaining God. You cannot barter with Him. You must do business with Him on His own terms.
Billy Graham
#92. The goal of business should not be to do business with anyone who simply wants what you have. It should be to focus on the people who believe what you believe. When we are selective about doing business only with those who believe in our WHY, trust emerges.
Simon Sinek
#93. Greece is not an easy country to do business in.
Ali Babacan
#95. There are a lot of guys who are successful, they make a lot of big money, I mean millions overnight with a contract, and they don't understand the evaporation. It evaporates. You're always back to square one. I found that out, so integrity is how I do business. That's my main asset.
George Foreman
#96. Firms need to ensure that their ability to provide effective customer service keeps pace with their growth. If you're marketing your firm to new customers, you better be able to provide them service when they do business with you.
Arthur Levitt
#97. When I spent time with my father, it wasn't playing ball in the back yard. I came to his office and listened to him do business or sat in on meetings. I walked job sites. On Saturday, we'd see my grandfather in Queens for a couple hours, and then he'd say, 'Let's go collect rent!'
Donald Trump Jr.
#99. All artists have runners, people that tell them what to do, business managers, lawyers, these - if they get the right ones, they're lucky, and if they get the wrong ones, they're unlucky.
Berry Gordy
#100. I do business in 170 countries; none of them is perfect. There is not even one country that I think of, and I am like, 'God, that did everything that I wanted it to do.'
Jeffrey R. Immelt
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