Lamar Alexander Quotes

No 27-year-old has the experience to run a company that does a quarter of a billion dollars a year in sales.

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

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.

I'm no dummy. I have a good sense of the business end of this game.

The people that are running the bulk of the comic shops in North America aren't business people and they don't understand sales. They don't understand good product.

A man to carry on a successful business must have imagination. He must see things as in a vision, a dream of the whole thing.

My head's not in the clouds, but I think I've gotten too much credit for being an astute businessman.

It's business, selling comics, you work out what sells and you don't want to muck about with it too much.

Know the business; you need to know the business side of things.

If you can run one business well, you can run any business well.

My expertise is running businesses.

J.D., MBAs typically go into the financial world. What I love is driving the top line.

I became an entrepreneur as a child. I liked the art of the deal whether I was mowing lawns or selling candy or promoting clubs at the age of 16. I understood early on the importance of knowing my numbers and surrounding myself with the best people.

I am a businessman.

I think I have a pretty decent business savvy, when I give myself room to.

I've got no business acumen whatsoever.

As it turns out, I can see I'm quite a business-minded person as I've developed.

I think if you want to be a successful president or a manager of a team, you need to understand what the business is all about because you have to deal with the business side of the game to be able to do what you need to do.

I'm not a business person.

When I hear Ivanka Trump saying how she looks forward to working side by side with Gen. Kelly - a guy who's got 40 years' worth of experience leading troops all across the world - and she makes handbags, come on.

In Joe Yorio you find a guy who's smarter at business than I am. I'm an entrepreneur and idea guy; he's a professional businessman.

I'm a business owner.

Who is going to take business advice from Paul Ryan? Who? Nobody. Nobody.

Entrepreneurial education in grades K-12, if it exists at all, still focuses on teaching potential entrepreneurs small business entrepreneurship - the equivalent of 'how to run a lemonade stand.'

I am not a big fan of investors asking for revenues upfront. Investors seeking numbers are being too myopic. However, I personally believe in creating a product with clarity in mind on how one thinks revenues can trickle in.