Business quotes

“Big Business is primarily responsible for destroying the water we drink, the air we breathe and the food we eat. They have no care for the world they destroy, only for the money they make in the process.”
Steven Seagal - Forrest Taft

“- Hector the Toad: Where are you from, Tony?
- Tony Montana: What the fuck difference does that make on where I'm from?
- Hector the Toad: Coño, Tony! I'm just asking just so I know who I'm doing business with.
- Tony Montana: Well, you can know about me when you stop fucking around and start doing business with me, Hector!”
Al Israel - Hector The Toad
Al Pacino - Tony Montana

“In business, we dress for the job we want, not the one we have.”
Kevin Dunn - Mr. Mercer

“It's not what you do, Ben, it's who you know and the smile on your face! It's contacts, Ben, contacts! The whole wealth of Alaska passes over the lunch table at the Commodore Hotel, and that's the wonder, the wonder of this country, that a man can end with diamonds here on the basis of being liked!”
Dustin Hoffman - William 'Willy' Loman

“- Drew Boreman: Patty and I have a little business to attend to. The term papers are in, Eisenhower, Johnson, Kennedy...
- Patty: Kennedy! Oh, he was so cute! How much?
- Drew Boreman: A date with me.
- Patty: I'll take Johnson.”
Jonathan Silverman - Drew Boreman
Charene Cathleen - Patty

“Tanaka's a respected businessman.”
David Goss - Clay Roth

“- Sabrina Fairchild: Didn't you once say everything is business?
- Linus Larrabee: No, but it sounds like me.”
Julia Ormond - Sabrina Fairchild
Harrison Ford - Linus Larrabee

“- Steve Nebraska: Al, you're like a dad to me.
- Al Percolo: But I'm not your dad. I'm just a guy taking 15 percent.
- Steve Nebraska: I thought it was 10.”
Brendan Fraser - Steve Nebraska
Albert Brooks - Al Percolo

“- Max Landsberger: When the tough get going, the weak get screwed.
- Jack Issel: I can't play it like that.
- Max Landsberger: It's the only way to play it, Jack.”
Richard Masur - Max Landsberger
Judge Reinhold - Jack Issel

- Robin Hood: As my first order of business, I would like to appoint a new Sheriff... my friend Ahchoo.
- Crowd: A black sheriff?
- Blinkin: He's black?
- Ahchoo: And why not? It worked in "Blazing Saddles".
Cary Elwes - Robin Hood
Mark Blankfield - Blinkin
Dave Chappelle - Ahchoo

“An office is no place to do business.”
Jeffrey Tambor - Vance Crasswell

“Most middle-class people have worked for large corporations, like VeriCorp. Or for the government itself. But now, all that's starting to change. Scientists and engineers are moving off from those large corporations like VeriCorp, and they're beginning to start their own companies, marketing new inventions.”
Spalding Gray - Earl Culver

“Listen, you better find some inspiration soon. For one thing, you need the money. And you know what? It's embarrassing - I've gotta tell the people in my business that my best young writer lives on Long Island. Writers live in Manhattan, Barry. Joey Butafucco's live on Long Island. You know what I'm saying?”
Peter Johansen - Marty

“- Andrew Miller: Mrs. Karkanie is giving me a do over. She says everyone get's a second chance.
- Daniel Miller: That's only because she's been married 5 times. Let me tell you something, in the business world there are no second chances.”

Mikey Kovar - Andrew Miller
David Paymer - Daniel Miller

“- Ulee Jackson: The Chinese don't have anything like our Tupelo.
- Chance Barrow: Ulee, most folks don't seem to care any more. The cheap honey floods the market.
- Ulee Jackson: The bees and I have an understanding. I take care of them, and they take care of me. We both just have to work a little harder, that's all.”

Peter Fonda - Ulee Jackson
Traber Burns - Chance Barrow

“In this business there's only one law you gotta follow to keep out of trouble: do it first, do it yourself and keep on doing it.”
Paul Muni - Tony

“Only one thing counts in this life: Get them to sign on the line which is dotted.”

Alec Baldwin - Blake

“It's not our battle to fight, Johnson. We have enough trouble getting soy sauce into these tiny packets!”
Arthur Eng - Chinese Waiter #2

“- Pharmacist: Don't you tell me how to run my business, you're a fucking bum!
- Homeless Man: Well, you don't tell me how to run my life! You're a fucking prick! I'll talk to whoever I want to! You don't own this fucking sidewalk!
- Pharmacist: You wanna know something? I do own this fuckin' sidewalk. You wanna know why? 'Cause I pay fuckin' taxes!”
Reggie Bannister - Pharmacist
George "Buck" Flower - Homeless Man

“You call that news? We peddle disaster! And violence, it's commercial! Blood and tears and football and cheers. Performers, superstars. Get them on, get them off. Next, next, fast, fast! We're in the entertainment business. There's nothing wrong with that... if you call it that.”

Sir Sean Connery - Patrick Hale

“Attempt to practice your trade here, and I promise you I will bury you in the deepest, darkest, filthiest hole I can find.”

Asher Tzarfati - Captain Arrad

“- Mike Barnes: Sir, you said if I come down here and beat this LaRusso kid, I can have 25 percent ownership in you new dojos? Well, to perform my best, which I fully intend to do, I'm gonna need 50 percent.
- Terry: Whoa... I'm afraid I can't give you any more than 35!
- Mike Barnes: I guess I'll be on my way, then... nice meeting everybody.”
Sean Kanan - Mike Barnes
Thomas Ian Griffith - Terry

“There ain't no friends in this shit business.”
Al Pacino - Carlito

“- Alan: Mr. Greene... Have you always been involved in retail?
- Eric Greene: Retail? I find it utterly repugnant. No. I'm going to make a few structural changes to this place, and then turn it into a recruitment and meditation center for my organization... The Holistic Church of Truth and Tranquility.”
Michael David Wright - Alan
Jon Rashad Kamal - Eric Greene

“- Betty McCutcheon: Business is improving.
- John Hull: From almost nothing to almost something.”
Victoria Dillard - Betty
Laurence Fishburne - John Hull