Marian McPartland Quotes

The company, Tiffany Studios, ended up in bankruptcy in 1930 - early '30s.

The couple of years before I was declared bankrupt were the roughest. The bank letters, the pressure, the stress was awful. You're in this twilight zone of not knowing where your life is going, and yet you're in Westlife. Everything was great with the band. I was earning money, and it looked good.

My father was really good with math. It's a funny thing, I don't remember my father or my mother being so mechanical-minded. My father always wanted to be a doctor, but he came from a really poor family in Georgia, and there was no way he was going to be a doctor.

I know actors who have had to turn down good roles because they just don't pay enough. It's hard.

Being a public company is really terrible for most companies. I'd say Facebook and Google have done a pretty good job of standing up to the incredible quarterly pressure to hit numbers, but most companies - and I've observed a lot now - don't do a very good job of that.

If I could sew comedy and philosophy together, then I've done a good job. The primary goal is always going to be laughs and the secondary goal is always going to be saying something without it being a lecture. I think it's important to have substance for what you're saying.

I just figure if it has my name on it, and I want to make people feel good about wearing it, I can't pass it off.

In America you can be Donald Trump, have a business go wrong, and file for Chapter 11. You can move on, and no one complains. When his casinos were in Chapter 11, he was still on TV telling people how to get rich. I had to persevere for years with easyInternet because I couldn't afford to hurt the brand.

If a company is not doing well, it doesn't necessarily mean that it is not a good company.

I think hip-hop does a very good job of infusing comedy and humor and wit into music, a lot more than other genres.

Money is a huge issue for manic depressives. Sometimes the problem is not nearly on the same scale as it has been for me, but nonetheless, it's difficult to deal with. Many get themselves into debt that can take years to clear up, write bad cheques, shoplift and borrow huge amounts from family and friends.

The essence of business to me is great people run great companies. Mediocre people don't do a very good job.

Publishers vet books, and they do a good job keeping out the low quality. But they also miss some good quality.

The good news is, we're not bankrupt. The bad news is, we're close.

Financial hardships were rough on us, even though Mom had a good job at G.M.

My family comes from Panama, and I grew up in a single parent household with my mother, who barely spoke English. She couldn't get a good job, yet there were four of us for her to raise.

I would still be at Milan if it weren't for their financial problems.

Financially speaking, I haven't ended my career in the best shape, and there are debts, as well as what is to come by way of a divorce settlement to Mandy.

Wait! Don't applaud my cheapness! I've got other crap I need help with!

I don't believe in doing collections anymore.

Someone stole my wallet last week. The guy called me up and he was mad at me. He was like 'you gotta get your finances together. You got no cash, your credit cards are maxed out. You don't even have minutes on your calling card. I had to use my card to call you.'

I have two very cogent reasons for not printing any list of subscribers; one, that I have lost all the names, the other, that I have spent all the money.

Everybody is in trouble, including the up-and-coming economic miracles of China, Brazil or India.

Progress is a continuing effort to make the things we eat, drink, and wear as good as they used to be.

It's hard for me to worry about the studios losing money. I'm not very sympathetic to their money problems, because they certainly haven't been sympathetic to mine.