Ian Gillan Quotes

As the years passed, and I was nine, 10, 11 years old, it became obvious I was going to start up a business of some sort.

I suspect that we might actually start selling some records with these artists in about 10 years. Some the people who invested, they're a little tight-because it's a lot of money to start up a company.

If Wal-Mart invests a billion dollars and others invest $100 million, Wal-Mart is going to grow more.

When a company is fairly certain of a profit margin that is substantial, it can assume responsibility for the clinical trials to develop a blockbuster drug.

You have to spend a lot to make a lot. It's not like I'm sitting on top of a pile of money.

Prove to yourself that your business, in micro-scale at least, creates value. If you believe it, you'll find it that much easier to convince potential investors, partners and employees, too.

I have a business background. I have always wanted to open my own business.

If you have company-owned stores, you make 100 percent of the profit from each one, but you have less entrepreneurial spirit.

If a rich person invests in a business, either directly or through stock purchases, it means business can grow and hire more people.

We did it Disneyland, in the knowledge that most of the people I talked to thought it would be a financial disaster - closed and forgotten within the first year.

I don't buy art. I'd rather buy a beautiful location or a beautiful site than buy art. A beautiful home is like owning a beautiful painting, except you can live in it.

As a part owner, I'm going to be not only an admirer... but a nervous wreck.

I had $20,000, and I started up JYSK.

When you've got a great business going, you go open another and take the risk of losing the whole thing. It's fun!

In the U.K., there's absolutely no money for television. So you can do pretty much whatever you want. They're not losing money on any of the shows, so they'll give you a lot of creative freedom. In the United States, there are millions and millions of dollars at stake, so they need a sure formula.

You cannot get into business for the fashion of it.

New York as an industry is the best city for real estate. You're in a very transparent market. If you need to liquidate, you make three phone calls and you could sell something, even in the worst market. It is also less forgiving; if you make a mistake you can lose money.

When we bought it, Spiegel was in a difficult situation; it made a loss at that time. We invested in it and then it turned around, and then we bought Eddie Bauer and Newport News.

I put £150,000 into the stage production of Grease and have got back £1.5 million so far. It has been a fantastic success.

Every time there's a dip in the market, we buy. If you don't buy the land right, it ain't going to work.

There is no free lunch, so if you're playing with the big train set - on big movies - it's a lot of money they're entrusting you with, and you have to get that money back for them. I don't take that responsibility lightly.

I almost never invest in ideas or plans, so you'll need to have a company and at least a product, if not customers.

Be it $15 million here and $11 million there, it takes hundreds of millions to be successful in this business.

I'm a writer, but this is a business. You have to look at it in the way you would look at any business.

I do not need a producer. I need only a good production manager. I need only a man who will give me money.