#business

I am just at that stage of wondering where I go from here. I came into this business almost by accident, but now it has become serious. What started as a bit of fun, something to do other than be a model, has taken on a different career curve. I have been forced to ask where that curve is going to end up. ↗

— Cameron Diaz

#almost #am #ask #become #been

It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and at any risk to the rest of the community. ↗

— Thorstein Veblen

#any #business #community #cost #gain

Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its moralities are concerned. They are not units but fractions. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#business #concerned #far #fractions #individuals

The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#business #first #other #rule #would

The one great principle of English law is to make business for itself. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#english #great #great principle #itself #law

Follow sound business trends, not fashion trends. ↗

— Janice Dickinson

#fashion #follow #sound #trends

Writing fiction is for me a fraught business, an occasion of daily dread for at least the first half of the novel, and sometimes all the way through. The work process is totally different from writing nonfiction. You have to sit down every day and make it up. ↗

— Joan Didion

#daily #day #different #down #dread

Capping the size of American banks won't eliminate the needs of big businesses; it will force them to turn to foreign banks that won't face the same restrictions. ↗

— Jamie Dimon

#banks #big #businesses #eliminate #face

Companies that grow for the sake of growth or that expand into areas outside their core business strategy often stumble. On the other hand, companies that build scale for the benefit of their customers and shareholders more often succeed over time. ↗

— Jamie Dimon

#benefit #build #business #companies #core

Today, certain people file for bankruptcy, businesses and individuals, and it no longer has the stigma it once had. Now it's almost considered wise, a way to regroup and come back again. ↗

— David Dinkins

#almost #back #bankruptcy #businesses #certain