quotes by Entrepreneur Quotes

“I definitely feel that we cannot do the fantastic things based on the real, unless we first know the real.”

“Knowledge fueled by emotion equals action.”

“I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter. With the laugh comes the tears and in developing motion pictures or television shows, you must combine all the facts of life - drama, pathos and humor.”

“Spend some time this weekend on home improvement; improve your attitude toward your family.”

“Kris [Jenner] and the family, they have the power of communication. This is the number one communications company.”

“Some people have learned to earn well but they haven't learned to live well.”

“Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.”

“Why would anyone pick blue over pink? Pink is obviously a better colour.”

“Microsoft Research has a thing called the Sense Cam that, as you walk around, it's taking photos all the time. And the software will filter and find the ones that are interesting without having to think, 'Let's get out the camera and get that shot.' You just have that, and software helps you pick what you want.”

“I genuinely believe that any business can create a competitive advantage through giving outstanding customer care.”

“One person caring about another represents life's greatest value.”

“It's lonely at the top - if you don't like that, then you don't start a company.”

“I said Yo Jay, I can rap. And I spit this rap that said I'm killin' ya'll *****s on this lyrical sh*t, mayonnaise colored benz, I push miracle whips.”

“Don't start your day until you have it finished on paper first.”

“The ideal set-up would be the story man, the director, and the layout man, as well as musician, operating as a sort of story unit. They all should be keenly interested in the picture. No one in person should donate to an extent where he would keep the others from entering into the production and freely expressing themselves.”

“Take advice, but not orders. Only give yourself orders. Abraham Lincoln once said, 'Since I will be no one's slave, I will be no one's master.'”

“The more you learn, the more you have a framework that the knowledge fits into.”

“Take time to gather up the past so that you will be able to draw from your experience and invest them in the future.”

“The miracle of the seed and the soil is not available by affirmation; it is only available by labor.”

“In this business, by the time you realize you're in trouble, it's too late to save yourself. Unless you're running scared all the time, you're gone.”

“The insignia meant a lot to the men who were fighting ... I had to do it ... I owed it to them.”

“It's because I like you, I don't want to be with you. It's a complicated emotion.”

“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.”

“In America, everything you need to succeed is within reach.”

“Nobody believes in completely unadulterated capitalism.”

“I wouldn't even say that I'm a rapper. I'd say I'm more of a messenger.”

“Life is brief, even at its longest. Whatever you are going to do with your life, get at it. All good will be attacked. All values must be defended. In all areas of the human existence, what we put into this world, we get back from it.”

“I know if I stopped hosting 'Wine Library TV,' we'd probably lose 75 percent of our audience, but the remaining 25 percent is still a big number.”

“The prettiest people do the ugliest things.”

“We all need lots of powerful long range goals to help us past the short-term obstacles”

“In today's world, having money has allowed people who are extremely uncool to think that they're cool and carry it like that. People who really are cool and people who really are artists and have ideas have to literally turn in their cool card to society just to make it past the age of 28.”

“One thing that I like to do is use words that have never actually been used in a rap song before. I also like to take words that have negative connotations and show their real meaning.”

“Philanthropy, although it's tiny compared to the government, it's 2% of the US economy, which is the largest percentage, other than the Middle East.”

“If you're going to affirm something, affirm the truth. Then go do something about it.”

“Average people look for ways of getting away with it; successful people look for ways of getting on with it.”

“Disgust and resolve are two of the great emotions that lead to change.”

“My greatest reward is that I have been able to build this wonderful organization.”

“We win because we hire the smartest people. We improve our products based on feedback, until they're the best. We have retreats each year where we think about where the world is heading.”

“We are the creatives with teeth. We know ideas are more important than our personal wellbeing.”

“It's silly to build a wall around your interests.”

“Your income is directly related to your philosophy, NOT the economy.”

“I'm not a macroeconomics person.”

“Good salespeople sell value and social media is the best place to find this value because of its transparency.”

“There are two parts to influence: First, influence is powerful; and second, influence is subtle. You wouldn't let someone push you off course, but you might let someone nudge you off course and not even realize it.”

“I read a lot of obscure books and it is nice to open a book.”

“Please think about your legacy, because you're writing it every day.”

“To some people, I am a kind of Merlin who takes lots of crazy chances, but rarely makes mistakes.”

“Many of the things that seem impossible now will become realities tomorrow.”

“Two years from now, spam will be solved.”

“Anyway, the US, as in most issues, is the best, has the best capability to lead, and really needs to lead. It doesn't [mean] that other countries won't pick different tacks and emphasize different things. In aggregate, they're almost half of the energy R&D. Europe, China, Japan - it's very important that they come along and contribute to these things.”