Evel Knievel Quotes

I wouldn't say I am a businessman.

I'm simply a businessman who has seen his share of failures and successes.

I am not, by nature, an explorer or an adventurer.

I don't have the inclinations that other people seem to have as far as the business is concerned.

I've never really thought of myself as an entrepreneur. I think of an entrepreneur as someone who wants to make a lot of money. That has never been at the top of my list.

I couldn't sell water in a desert. I have no business acumen. I can tell you why you have no business acumen, and I can tell you why your project may or may not work, but I have no ability to make money.

The minute I went into business, I was a success, and I've done well ever since.

Hopefully, Donald Trump's a very practical man.

I have a good eye for great projects, talent, and entrepreneurs.

What's successful is when you are good at what you aim to do. And I don't think that Nas has aimed to do anything that he hasn't done. So he is a good businessman.

I'm a businessman, that's all.

I'm not a businessman.

When I first got into business, I made a lot of bad decisions.

I run me like a conglomerate, because that's what I am.

The thought in my mind was that I must be a good merchant. If I were a good merchant, the rest would probably take care of itself.

I have almost no interest in quarterly reports. Running a business or investing in a business based on quarterly earnings doesn't make any sense at all to me.

It's a special person - and personality - who can lead a start-up to soaring success and sustain that success for the long term. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg are star examples.

I've always been a businesswoman.

Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight.

I'm a businessman, and what I know is numbers and business.

Business, numbers, negotiations, all that stuff I wouldn't go near.

If you're not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business.

Oh, I was never a businessman. I was a visionary, a dreamer.

There's one thing I've learned about entrepreneurs' business plans. Every one is wrong.

I consider a merchant someone who has a certain intuition and instinct, and - very important - knows how to run a business, knows the numbers.