148 Best Business Quotes

Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.

Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.

The way I run my business seems to be easier than the way I run my life.

I have made really some significant deals because I play golf.

We need to be obsessed about our customers. – Satya Nadella

I own buildings. I'm a builder; I know how to build. Nobody can build like I can build.

Your business, and your brand, must first let people know what you do, and then you must tell them why you are better than the competition.

Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.

I have made the tough decisions, always with an eye toward the bottom line. Perhaps it's time America was run like a business.

Everything I do in life is framed through the view of a businessman. That's my instinct.

Private jets cost a lot of money.

First and foremost, I'm a real estate person. And that's what I love the most.

I want trade deals, but they have to be great for the United States and our workers.

But I believe in fair trade... it's very hard to come into China. And yet, we welcome them with open arms.

Getting things done in this country... it's getting to be virtually impossible with all of the bureaucracy.

Sure, I'd like to see Apples built in the United States, not in China.

I have the right temperament. I've built an incredible company... wrote 'The Art of the Deal.'

I deal with foreign countries. I made a lot of money dealing against China.

Owning great landmarks such as the Empire State Building or Trump Tower... it's an honor; it's really an honor.

I've created tens of thousands of jobs over the years.

I built a great company... $10 billion of net worth... and I had a great time doing it.

I'm the No. 1 developer in New York, I'm the biggest in Atlantic City...

I want to be a fair trader. I want to be a firm and fair trader.

I always look at it that I work with my employees as opposed to them working for me.

Brand is just a perception, and perception will match reality over time. - Elon Musk

If you're trying to create a company, it's like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion. - Elon Musk

The path to the CEO's office should not be through the CFO's office, and it should not be through the marketing department. It needs to be through engineering and design. - Elon Musk

Brand is just a perception, and perception will match reality over time. - Elon Musk

The path to the CEO's office should be through engineering and design. - Elon Musk

There's no better place in the world for technology start-ups than Silicon Valley. - Elon Musk

I do think there is a lot of potential if you have a compelling product and people are willing to pay a premium for that. - Elon Musk

Brand is just a perception, and perception will match reality over time. - Elon Musk

New month = New targets. Adjust your aim.

Lieutenant Dan said I hadn't heard nothin' yet. He said that if I was an investin' man, he could get me invested in some kind of fruit company. – Forrest Gump

Lieutenant Dan was right. There was shrimp all over the place. – Forrest Gump

Don't get high on your own supply. – Omar Suarez

I trusted you, and you fucked me! – Tony Montana

He's a businessman. I'm a businessman. We'll make a business decision. – Tony Montana

I think you should get a more reliable partner. – Rick Blaine

Now the guy's got Paulie as a partner. Any problems, he goes to Paulie. Trouble with the bill? He can go to Paulie. Trouble with the cops, deliveries, Tommy, he can call Paulie. But now the guy's gotta come up with Paulie's money every week, no matter what.

Fuck you, pay me.

I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse. – Vito Corleone

It's not personal, Sonny. It's strictly business. – Michael Corleone

Leave the gun. Take the cannoli. – Peter Clemenza

Finance is a gun. Politics is knowing when to pull the trigger. – Michael Corleone

No more half-measures, Walter. – Mike Ehrmantraut

You are not the guy. You’re not capable of being the guy. I had a guy, but now I don’t. You are not the guy. – Mike Ehrmantraut

You’re never gonna get it. The chemistry is there, but you’re missing the nuance. – Gustavo Fring

I thought you were smarter than that. – Gustavo Fring

Sometimes it just feels better to take the money. – Saul Goodman