Interesting, perhaps comical business quotes

For business owners the day-to-day operations of their enterprise can be exhausting.  Long hours and hard work are all part of the typical week.   So, when you have a chance to ponder the thoughts of others, take a read through some interesting, perhaps comical business quotes.   

Enjoy, and I would love to hear some of your favourites…

·         “Golf is a lot like taxes… you drive hard to get to the green and then wind up in the hole.” – Anonymous

·         “More and more these days I find myself pondering how to reconcile my net income with my gross habits.” – John Nelson

·         “He ended the job as he began it; fired with enthusiasm.” – Don O’Shaughnessy

·         “They usually have two tellers in my local bank, except when it’s very busy and then they have one.” – Rita Rudner

·         “Statistics indicate that as a result of overwork, business owners and executives are dropping like flies on the nation’s golf courses.” – Ira Wallach

·         “Tell your boss what you really think about him and the truth shall set you free.” – Patrick Murray

·         “People should be less concerned with the difference between good or bad and right or wrong and more concerned with sense and non-sense.” – Carl Jung

·         “They were a people so primitive, they did not know how to get money, except by working for it.” – Joseph Addison

·         “An Economist’s guess is as good as anyone else’s” – Will Rogers

And my current favourite…

·         “I want a one-armed economist so that the guy could never make a statement and then say ‘on the other hand…’ ” – Harry Truman

Do you have small business questions you would like answered about this article or others?  Please visit www.VRWindsor.com or call 519-903-7807. 

William Sivell is a sales representative of VR Windsor Inc., Business Brokerage; his blog appears every Tuesday.