You know, I never knew if I had any talent when I started in this business. My first job was being a page at The Tonight Show. I saw Jack Paar come out one night and sit on the edge of his desk and talk about what he'd done the night before. I though...
Travel Agent: Where would you like to go? Truman: Fiji. Travel Agent: When? Truman: [pats his suitcase] Today. Travel Agent: [types on her computer] Oh, I'm sorry, but we don't have another flight for a least a month. Truman: A month? Travel Agent: I...
You can be a great reporter and not be such a great talk show host.
Don't show me the palm tree, show me the dates.
Show me a liar, and I'll show you a thief.
Time is the friend of the wonderful business, the enemy of the mediocre.
Business leaders cultivate vision to unify teams; the teams cultivate business to fulfill the vision.
Founders go wrong when they start to believe their business plan will materialize as written. I advise entrepreneurs to burn their business plan - it's simply too dangerous to the health of your business.
What I will say is that business is not a nice area. And you might say that I am a business woman, but I'm not into cut-throat business moves.
No matter what business you're in, business is business, and financing and money are critical. I would have made a lot fewer mistakes if I had more schooling in that area.
I don't know anything about cars. A business is a business, and I think I can learn about cars. I'm not that old, and I think the business principles are the same.
The jewelry business is a very, very tough business - tougher than the computer business. You truly have to understand how to take care of your customers.
Law has become a business. Health care has become a business. Unfortunately, politics has also become a business. That really undermines society.
I have set up several businesses as social businesses, and I am a great believer that the power of business should be used for good.
Oftentimes, small business owners are unable to obtain reasonably priced financing and instead turn to higher priced forms of capital, such as credit cards.
Interest in business ethics courses has surged, and student activities at leading business schools are more focused than ever before on making business serve long-term social values.
Closing the gap for women entrepreneurs should be a priority for the federal government - and yet the Small Business Administration has failed in their promise to women business owners.
If your business keeps you so busy that you have no time for anything else, there must be something wrong, either with you or with your business.
Fun is at the core of the way I like to do business and it has been key to everything I've done from the outset. More than any other element, fun is the secret of Virgin's success. I am aware that the ideas of business as being fun and creative goes ...
Every TV show is a crapshoot, really. But every once in a while, a show gets anointed as 'the show.'
Every television program must be a complete package in itself. No previous knowledge is to be required. There must not be even a hint that learning is hierarchical, that it is an edifice constructed on a foundation. The learner must be allowed to ent...
