Henry Sy Quotes

My father's whole life was work. He had a retail store in Ossining, New York, and I mean, he was down there at 6:15 every morning. The store didn't open until 9, but he hadda be down there. That's all he knew.

The median startup is a business that's capitalized with about $25,000. The financing of that business comes from the entrepreneur's savings. The business is a retail or personal service business, a hair salon or a clothing store, that kind of thing.

We were just a one-room bookstore; we didn't have any money for lawyers.

Living inside the shuttle was a little like camping out. We ended up sleeping in our seats. You had to pay attention to housekeeping, not get things too dirty.

My mom and I had a kids' clothing store called Smooch for six years, and I did all the buying before I even had kids.

There were a number of houses. When we first arrived in Limerick, it was a one-room affair with most of it taken up with a bed.

I myself am a parent in a small business. Number of employees: one.

I'm gonna open a small restaurant on the beach in Mexico. We're only gonna have a few tables, and we're only gonna cook what's fresh that day. We're gonna get back to the basics.

I've got three brothers and two sisters. Dad was a plumber who worked really hard to support six children, and Mum was busy at home. The four brothers shared a room, a bunk bed on each side. It wasn't luxurious.

I've always lived in small places.

Jeremy Clarkson wants to become a farmer - he's bought a field - Hammond wants to open a supermarket, and I'd like to spend my days owning a shoe shop.

I really want to get into the clothing business.

Anytime you own a small business, it's all you. There is nobody to fall back on.

There is not room to swing a cat.

See yourself as self employed.

Small businesses are important, but so are tiny businesses.

I'm a man without a corporation.

I not only knew I wanted to go into retailing, I also knew I wanted to go into business for myself.

I stay in one room, and it's easier to live there, to control it, to make it warm. It seems to me a convenient way to live, and it's cheap.

Every individual is essentially now a small business and entrepreneur.

You have to remember, eight out of 10 businesses in America, they file their business as individuals, as people.

You know what, maybe I just want a different kind of life. Maybe I want to open an antique store and coffee shop, and have a different kind of life.

I've given up wanting to make a killing or be a bigshot. I just want to find happiness and maybe open up a little roadside cafe in Idaho.

I may not be able to work for anybody else again. I may just have to work for myself.

Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.