Know Your Business Quotes

#1. That is the problem with being twelve. All the grown-ups think they have a right to know your business.

Paul Kearney

#2. You know your business model is broken when you're suing your customers.

Paul Graham

#3. Nashville is a lot like my hometown. You learn so quickly once someone hears something about you or sees something, everybody talks about it at dinner. They know your business, so people tend to be more private and not to throw themselves into everyone's faces.

Garrett Hedlund

#4. Do your homework and know your business better than anyone. Otherwise, someone who knows more and works harder will kick your ass.

Mark Cuban

#5. There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.

Lee Iacocca

#6. Are you fucking psychic?" He laughed. "I was thinking about opening up a hotline. 1-800-I-know-your-business.

Cambria Hebert

#7. If I said in one of my songs that my English teacher wanted to have sex with me in junior high, all I'm saying, is that I'm not gay, you know? People confuse the lyrics for me speaking my mind. I don't agree with that lifestyle, but if that lifestyle is for you, then it's your business.

Eminem

#8. I think, you know, a lot of the business of comedy is taking your personal experiences and making them relatable to other people.

Kumail Nanjiani

#9. If you are in business trying to make it, things are falling apart and you can't get it together and you don't know what is going on and you wanna stop. Don't stop. The only way you can make it and have true success in your life. And there's one way. You can't have any fear.

Tyler Perry

#10. Discipline allows you to trade effectively. You can take your ego out of it. You can go wrong 60, 70% of the time and still make a lot of money. If you ignore the discipline of managing risk, you have to be right 80% of the time or more, and I don't know anyone who's that good.

Larry Rosenberg

#11. I learned some invaluable lessons in Nashville that apply to both farming and show business: Do not corner something you know is meaner than you; keep skunks of all kinds at a distance; if you forgive your enemies, it messes up their heads.

Willie Nelson

#12. Playing music has always felt very natural. You know, you do try to do other things, and you do learn lessons that way, but, eventually - well ... if your dad is a plumber, you become a plumber. It's the family business, and I felt like I was taking over the family business.

Dhani Harrison

#13. Know your margins; then focus on growing the business.

Ehab Atalla

#14. You know I think if the people who work for a business are proud of the business they work for, they'll work that much harder, and therefore, I think turning your business into a real force for good is good business sense as well.

Richard Branson

#15. The air is full of ideas. They are knocking you in the head all the time. You only have to know what you want, then forget it, and go about your business. Suddenly, the idea will come through. It was there all the time.

Henry Ford

#16. You need to talk to Alden about your feelings for him, Race said.
"You don't know anything about it. Mind your own business, Race."
You love him. I know. I'm in here. I feel your soul, Rose.

Mary Lindsey

#17. Relationship networking is about who you know and more importantly, who knows you. Building the right network can open new doors to future success in your business.

Heidi

#18. Does he try to have intercourse with you?"
"Grandma!" I gasp. "Not that it's any of your business, but no!"
"Good. Remember, no ring, no ring-a-ding-ding. Because once you spread your legs for him, do you know where he'll race once he's done? He'll race to another woman, that's where.

Daria Snadowsky

#19. Trust your instincts, know what you want, and believe in your ability to achieve it.

Biz Stone

#20. How to get rid of the mind? Is it the mind that wants to kill itself? The mind cannot kill itself. So your business is to find the real nature of the mind. Then you will know that there is no mind. When the Self is sought, the mind is nowhere. Abiding in the Self, one need not worry about the mind.

Ramana Maharshi

#21. After more than two decades here, I know that kindness is not a value that's encouraged. It's often seen as a weakness. Instead, the culture encourages keeping your head down, minding your own business, and never letting yourself be vulnerable.

Dan Gediman

#22. If you know what your customers want, the other aspect to know is what are your competitors doing?

Shawn Casemore

#23. You called me on the phone, saying you were alone,
But that's a lie because I heard your moms breathing on the phone.
And if you really like me, let your moms know
She should mind her business ... before I let go.

K-Solo

#24. Cold calling is not dead. To grow your business, you have to call people you don't know and don't know you

Timi Nadela

#25. Control your cash. Stick to your core business. Know your numbers.

Marcus Lemonis

#26. Peace of counscious is greater than peace of mind. Peace of mind is more externally oriented. Peace of consciousness is when you know you have been honest in all your business dealings.

Stephen Covey

#27. There's a friend at the end of your pen which you can use to help you solve personal or business problems, get to know all the different parts of yourself, explore your creativity, heal your relationships, develop your intuition

Kathleen Adams

#28. I feel fine, I don't care who the director is. All you have to do is know what your doing - all of us - everybody in the business - that's all you ask anyone - you know your job, I know mine, let's go do it.

Morgan Freeman

#29. One newcomer, asked why he had killed his wife and children, told the superintendent: I don't know why I am telling you all of this. It's none of your business As a matter of fact it was none of the judge's business either. It was a purely family affair.

Simon Winchester

#30. Intake is everything. And that is, that's where you start to realize your ego has no business in our business. Once you think you know everything, it's only a matter of time. So I will forever remain a student.

Pharrell Williams

#31. One of my suppliers told me, "Ray, you know you aren't in the hamburger business at all. You're in the french-fry business. I don't know how the livin' hell you do it, but you've got the best french fries in town, and that's what's selling folks on your place.

Ray Kroc

#32. In your business or in your close relationships, if you want people to perform Herculean feats on your behalf, they must know that you care about them.

George Foreman

#33. The only way to know how customers see your business is to look at it through their eyes

Daniel R. Scoggin

#34. If you consulted your business experiences instead of your ugly individualistic philosophy, you would know that believing in himself is one of the commonest signs of a rotter.

G.K. Chesterton

#35. You can't know it all. No matter how smart you are, no matter how comprehensive your education, no matter how wide ranging your experience, there is simply no way to acquire all the wisdom you need to make your business thrive.

Donald Trump

#36. People don't know how hard it is to have your own business.

Suge Knight

#37. If you want to make YouTube your career, you have to accept that it is also a business. I know everyone's like, 'It's my passion, it's my hobby.' And that's fine; I support that. But if you want to make it your career, it does have a business side.

Lilly Singh

#38. Acting is one of the most risky businesses you could ever be in. You literally do not know where your next paycheck will come from.

Kat Dennings

#39. Conducting your business in a socially responsible way is good business. It means that you can attract better employees and that customers will know what you stand for and like you for it

M. Anthony Burns

#40. Why do I put up with your sass again?" he asked. "Because I'm your batch sister, your business partner, and the only person you know who can do the club's books. Also, I'm cute as hell and your wife thinks I'm awesome." There

Susan Hayes

#41. I didn't know at the time, but what I was doing here included two keys to running a successful business: knowing your customer and knowing how to get free marketing.

Sophia Amoruso

#42. If you aren't building a social enterprise, I don't know what your business model will be in 5 years

Angela Ahrendts

#43. Your value will be not what you know; it will be what you share.

Ginni Rometty

#44. When you know your enemy is invincible,
run and hide, or may do business with him.

Toba Beta

#45. Be very clear about your own offerings so you know exactly what kind of client or customer you want to work with (and the ones you don't.)

Lisa A. Mininni

#46. You know this business, Cole. Your production budget is climbing faster than Lindsay Lohan's chance of a crack baby pregnancy.

Alessandra Torre

#47. If today your company doesn't know what its ONE Thing is, then the company's ONE Thing is to find out.

Gary Keller

#48. Know your stuff. Have an angle. Know how to grow business, how to develop products, have patents and an undeveloped market that could be huge.

Mark Cuban

#49. I've learnt to realise my brother is my own best friend. He'd always stick his nose in even though I turned around and said "It's none of your business", I know he only wanted to look out for me.

Andrew Chan

#50. Though her husband often went on business trips, she hated to be left alone.
"I've solved your problem," he said. "I've bought you a St. Bernard. Its name is Great Reluctance. Now, when I go away, you shall know that I am leaving you with Great Reluctance!"
She hit him with a waffle iron.

Charles M. Schulz

#51. You may have had someone ask you, "What can I do for you?" Instead of postponing the offer by responding with "I'll let you know," seize the opportunity with a specific response. What's even better is when your answer benefits the both of you.

Lisa A. Mininni

#52. In my business you cant trust anyone because you dont know whos your friend. Becoming successful means you become a prisoner

Michael Jackson

#53. Three rules of good negotiation:
1. Know what the other party wants.
2. Listen carefully.
3. Don't let your emotions get in the way of a good deal.

Betty Liu

#54. Work very very hard. This business is no joke. Make sure you know what you want or you might be taking someone else's view instead of your own.

Zoe Cassavetes

#55. When it's your business, I'll let you know.

Trish Doller

#56. War is the easiest photography in the business. Just get close, be lucky, know how your camera works. There are subjects everywhere. Everyplace you go, there is something to photograph in a war, like being in the middle of a hurricane or a train crash or an earthquake. You can't miss it.

David Douglas Duncan

#57. I'll be nice to him," he said. "But make sure he isn't - " He looked at Jamie sharply as something occurred to him. "Are you fucking him already?" Jamie's face turned crimson. "It's none of your business. But if you must know, yes." He looked almost defiant. Ryan

Alessandra Hazard

#58. Don't worry; skills are cheap, passion is priceless. If you're passionate about your content and you know it and do it better than anyone else, even with few formal business skills you have the potential to create a million-dollar business.

Gary Vaynerchuk

#59. You could raise the price of, say, a bottle of ketchup to $1.03 instead of $1, and no one would know. Raising prices just 3% per product would add 50% to your pretax income. Why not do it? It's like heroin: You do a little and you want a little bit more. Raising prices is the easy way.

James Sinegal

#60. But he's also not your only client! Rule number one in business is to not ever let the big dog know how small the other dogs are.

Christina Lauren

#61. You got no idea what you just messed with. No fuckin clue. You think you know but you fuckin don't cuz I didn't tell you shit about it cuz it's none of your fuckin business.

Madeline Sheehan

#62. Why should I trust you?" Her eyes narrowed. "All I really know about you is that you're not loyal to your girlfriends, you treat one-night stands like crap, and apparently you've made quite a name for yourself not only in the business world, but also in the bedroom since we last met.

Zoe Forward

#63. You've got to block out all distractions when you train. Your focus has to be 100% into the rep. You've got to get into a zone. You know you're in the zone when guys in the gym look you in the eye and then quickly turn away 'cause they see the fire. You've got to be all business.

Mike Matarazzo

#64. My definition of a 'friend' is, coming from Chicago, someone who says, 'Yeah, sure. You know what? Let's talk about what we can talk about. Let's help each other out. Your politics are none of my business.'

David Mamet

#65. Even in your closest friendships, you're alone. Maybe it's your best friend who, in fact, reminds you, just by making it her business to try to know your heart, that no one can - that our fate is to suffer in isolation and then die. But it's our collective fate! So I guess I'm an optimist.

Lauren Fox

#66. If you're a teenager in Palo Alto launching an app, you know from the outset how you plan to finance your business.

Natalie Massenet

#67. You have a career, and you start as a business person. And you work your way, you reach this peak, and you know the time's going to come when you go back down.

Miranda Lambert

#68. Business success depends on good business leadership, and that means hiring and partnering with only the people your business really needs. These are the smart, hardworking people who know your industry as well as, or even better than, you.

Kevin J. Donaldson

#69. The reason I'm in this business, I assume all performers are
it's Look at me, Ma! It's acceptance, you know
Look at me, Ma, look at me, Ma, look at me, Ma. And if your mother watches, you'll show off till you're exhausted; but if your mother goes, Ptshew!

Lenny Bruce

#70. I was excited to do something, even if I didn't know what it was. I think you need that feeling - that excitement, that fire - to make your dreams a reality. (p.59)

Injap Sia

#71. The media says, "How in the world can you do this? You're here, you're in Great Britain, you're in the UK, and they just had the Brexit vote, and you're talking about your golf course?" Trump says, "Yeah, and you know what? The falling pound is even gonna help my business here."

Rush Limbaugh

#72. The strategy is obviously a business decision to have limited advertising on the WWE Network. We want subscribers to know that there won't be commercial breaks during scheduled programming, so your shows won't be interrupted.

Stephanie McMahon

#73. You learn to understand it, but if you step back, you do think it is either strange or unfair. But I know that if you don't score, play well or win, you are wrong to have a helicopter and fly home each week to see your kids. You are wrong to have a business outside of football.

Michael Owen

#74. Real estate is at the core of almost every business, and it's certainly at the core of most people's wealth. In order to build your wealth and improve your business smarts, you need to know about real estate.

Donald Trump

#75. Know your numbers' is a fundamental precept of business.

Bill Gates

#76. From the CEO, receptionist to the office manager, everybody at your startup should know the one-minute pitch of your business

Timi Nadela

#77. A lot of us start out nimble. You need to stay that way. You want to have that in your culture. Check to see why things are going wrong and fix them. Understand what's going on in your business so you know if there's a drop somewhere.

JJ Ramberg

#78. Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it's business or baseball, or the theater, or any field. If you don't love what you're doing and you can't give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short. You'll be an old man before you know it.

Al Lopez

#79. Get your ass to the house, Queen," my brother muttered in a way that let me know he was annoyed and meant business. He ran past me, and the crowd parted to let Juwan through.

Porscha Sterling

#80. You have to realize that the customer really is king. People who go into more established businesses probably have to be careful not to be casual about that. When you have a brand-new business, and nobody knows who you are, you know you have to work really hard for your customers.

Fred DeLuca

#81. Why can' t everyone just smoke like me? Just gimme a quiet place and lemme roll my weed, where ain't nobody in my business don't nobody gotta know let all your conscious go and blow it by the O

Wiz Khalifa

#82. How's your business doing?"

"What business would that be, Jimmy?"

"The escort service." I try to stifle my laugh, but to no avail. Chelsea slaps me across my arm. It stings, but I don't show it. I can't let her know that she still affects me in any way.

Heidi McLaughlin

#83. I think especially older people, and I count myself one, in the business - people get to know who you really are. So there comes a time when you can't just go in and audition without everybody knowing exactly how you've brought up your kids, what you said at the meeting, what kind of food you cook.

Mimi Kennedy

#84. I'm not out there trying to get press for myself nor am I trying to convince anybody that I'm living any kind of a life. I'm actually trying to convince people: I don't want you to know what I'm living, because it's none of your business.

Kevin Spacey

#85. From the CEO to the receptionist to the office manager, everybody at your startup business should know that one-minute elevator pitch.

Timi Nadela

#86. Express Your Appreciation To Your Employees. Do Not Think They Already Know, Cause They Don't

Marieke Stoop

#87. I don't know people get so anti-something. Just mind your own business, take care of your own affairs, and don't worry about other people so much.

Betty White

#88. Your business, and your brand must first let people know what you care about and that you care about them.

Donald J. Trump

#89. Since when the hell do I answer to you? I don't even know you, hence it's none of your damned business. (Spawn)
'Well, someone hadn't taken his personality pills for the night.' (Wulf)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#90. I learned a long time ago, if you want to keep your friends in show business, don't get famous. Because as soon as you get famous, a lot of the people you used to know, who didn't, become incredibly bitter and jealous. It's part of the territory.

Denis Leary

#91. Some artists are told what to like and told definitions of what the music business is. That's a problem. Music is artistry, and you want your music heard, your act known. But artists don't know. They are ignorant the minute they sign a contract.

Chuck D

#92. Your children need to know they are loved and safe. Everything else is adult business.

Jeannine Lee

#93. For two years I have refused to answer idle questions on the order of "Is your novel an open work or not?" How should I know? That is your business, not mine. Or "With which of your characters do you identify?" For God's sake, with whom does an author identify? With the adverbs, obviously.

Umberto Eco

#94. Playing all of these games, getting to know everything about the NBA, you realize that you are your own business. You have business meetings to go to, signings to go to. Like, I'm only 20, but the stuff I'm doing the average 20-year-old isn't doing.

Derrick Rose

#95. I know that I personally have felt quite happy because I've done what I wanted to do. I pursued my interests and have thus managed to combine my business with lots of fun. I guess my only advice is to do what you enjoy, and try to do your best with it.

Jim Henson

#96. Anyone who does not care of your business and reduce your underestimates He does not know the treasures inside you

Proverb

#97. Later film shoots' casting calls would advertise that they're "fun shoots" and a "good way to get exposure" - but working in entertainment is not entertaining, even though it is not what's traditionally thought of as "work." You know what's fun, indie filmmakers? Being paid for your time.

J. Richard Singleton

#98. I know I'm not going to book everything I go in on, and that's just the nature of the business. You have to keep hustling and not get down on it. You have to keep at it and find your way in. Everybody's story is different.

Rob Brown

#99. To call up a demon you must learn its name. Men dreamed that, once, but now it is real in another way. You know that, Case. Your business is to learn the names of programs, the long formal names, names the owners seek to conceal. True names . . .

William Gibson

#100. Israelis keep teaching you your own business. God knows everything but the Israelis know everything better.

George Mikes