#businessman

A good businessman never makes a contract unless he's sure he can carry it through, yet every fool on earth is perfectly willing to sign a marriage contract without considering whether he can live up to it or not. ↗

— Dalton Trumbo

#carry #considering #contract #earth #every

A good businessman must have nose for business the same way a journalist has nose for news. In places where people see a lot of obstacles, I see a lot of opportunities. A good businessman sees where others don’t see. ↗

— Orji Uzor Kalu

#abia-state #business #businessman #governor #journalism

The truth is that banks are the last feudal kingdoms, their rulers omnipotent, divine warlords. Their key lieutenants are 'ronin' (wandering mercenary samurai) who roam financial markets ready to ally themselves to any warlord for a share of plunder. This is not the place to apply the latest management theory. ↗

— Satyajit Das

#businessman-as-warrior #finance #financial-markets #business

Disney made a fortune out of inventing the businessman's idea of the imaginary as the contradictory of the businessman's idea of the real. ↗

— David Antin

#contradictory #disney #fortune #idea #imaginary

I used to be focused on being the dopest rapper in the game, and then once that became what I was, I wanted something different, and I wanted to become the best businessman in the game. I wanted to learn how to master the business like I mastered the rap. ↗

— Snoop Dogg

#become #being #best #business #businessman

I am a businessman. This is what I do each and every day. I love it. I love coming to work. I never have a bad day. ↗

— Magic Johnson

#bad #bad day #businessman #coming #day

But the person who scored well on an SAT will not necessarily be the best doctor or the best lawyer or the best businessman. These tests do not measure character, leadership, creativity, perseverance. ↗

— William Julius Wilson

#businessman #character #creativity #doctor #lawyer

I'm not a TV guy. I'm a restaurant chef and a businessman. ↗

— Emeril Lagasse

#chef #guy #i #restaurant #tv

My father was so much more than an accomplished businessman. ↗

— Gordon Getty

#businessman #father #more #much #than

I was about to get a degree in economics when I accepted that I'd be a lousy businessman, and if I didn't give acting a try I'd regret it for the rest of my life. ↗

— Peter Gallagher

#about #accepted #acting #businessman #degree