When it comes to work ethics and business, I look up to Aziz Ansari. He's got everything together on his own terms. He does stand-up, comes out with books, and has his own show.

There are a lot of things in business that are completely out of your control, but hard work isn't one of them.

That's the way this business works: if your movies do well at the box office, you will be offered more movies. It doesn't matter if you're a nice guy or you're a prick. If your movies do well, there's...

In this business, you're dependent on the writer, the filmmaker, the luck of beating out who knows how many people for the part. I'm over getting torn up about that.

In the simplest terms, a fast-growing company can't keep growing at the same fast rate forever. It eventually has to slow down.

'You're fired' was not a part of the deal. And when I went into the first board room, the very first one, I'm looking at these people, and I had to fire somebody, but we never thought in terms of the...

This is one hell of a business I picked to be in.

The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman.

In my opinion, baseball is as big a business as anything there is. It has to be a business, the way it is conducted.

I don't mean to sound - I don't want it to come out funny, but I don't like show business. I love - I love acting in films. I love it.

eBay's business is based on enabling someone to do business with another person, and to do that, they first have to develop some measure of trust, either in the other person or the system.

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...

There is a growing literature about the multitude of journalism's problems, but most of it is concerned with the editorial side of the business, possibly because most people competent to write about...

I think that any business that thinks that the transaction is 'you give me money and I give you food, next, you give me money and I give you food, next,' without understanding that people deeply want...

In the future, I think it's pretty plausible that collective intelligence tools and skills will be important in order to be a part of global dialog, global business, and global creativity. People who...

The one thing about the business of entertainment is that you have to learn patience.

Yeah, computers are going to take over the programming business because they have become so fast recently that they can solve the Halting Problem in five seconds flat.

Every few seconds it changes - up an eighth, down an eighth - it's like playing a slot machine. I lose $20 million, I gain $20 million.

Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure.

You can close more business in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.

Good design is good business.

As you grow in this business, you learn how to do more with less.

I wish the music business was a much easier thing, but you know what? Nothing easy is worth anything. So it is what it is. There comes a time when things can work out and everybody can be happy. And...

It's your willingness and commitment which can set everything right for you more than anything else.

Without question, the balance of power on the planet today lies in the hands of business. Corporations rival governments in wealth, influence, and power. Indeed, business all too often pulls the...

To guard our character with unwavering commitment, our best protection comes from being humbly aware of our vulnerability.

Delaying is the most dangerous thing you can do in business.

If you think rightly, every problem is financial problem or eventually becomes one.

Every leader is different. Every bench is different. Every business is different. So while the complexities change, the work of coaching stays the same: keep your clients at the center of the work,...

I believe in the 20/80 rule. That's where working an extra 20% faster, harder, or smarter gets you an extra 80% of the rewards.