Art dealing is when you're doing it as a business.
What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is, in sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.
The buyer is entitled to a bargain. The seller is entitled to a profit. So there is a fine margin in between where the price is right. I have found this to be true to this day whether dealing in paper hats, winter underwear or hotels.
I've got a huge, gigantic deal. We're talking about huge deals.
In my years as the FBI's lead international kidnapping negotiator, I learned an important fundamental lesson: Hostage negotiation is often nothing more than a business transaction.
With Hillary Clinton as our commander in chief, our international relations will not be reduced to a business transaction. I also know that our armed forces will not become an instrument of torture and they will not be engaged in murder or carry out other illegal activities.
I never took a dollar from Young Jeezy. No advance, nothing.
I wouldn't tell nobody to sign no slave deal or sign your life away or nothing like that, but if the deal is right and if it benefits you, you'd be a fool if you did not take advantage of it.
It's strictly business. If I loan you $25 million, I want my money back. I don't want to hear about the social impact. That's great for you, but now I'm $25 million in the hole, so next time you come to ask me.
The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
Prayer had always struck me as more or less a glorified attempt at a business transaction.
General Motors could buy Delaware if DuPont were willing to sell it.
... the world's largest merger.
Referring to the European Economic Community:
So, in effect, my first sale was actually two books.
And that's why, gentleman, if your little girl doesn't come up to scratch, it will be our painful duty to cut all your throats. Merely in a way of business, as you might say, and no offense, I hope.
However, given the fact that the State has a controlling stake in the company [Rosneft], it might not be the best course of action when one company under State control buys another one fully owned by the State. This is one point.
I've made it clear for some time if somebody came up with the right offer, I'd consider selling the team. It wasn't a secret in Memphis or, really, around the country.
All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer.
I'm looking forward to partnering with TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners. This transaction is a clear endorsement of J. Crew and the hard work and dedication of all of our associates.
I hear a lot of rumours about me selling the club or leaving, absolutely no way.
It's a business. But as a player, it sucks to know you were just thrown into a trade for it to work.
The first year I sold a photo to was a lady who thought I was a chef, for some reason. I've no idea why.
Business thrives with trust. Every single business transaction is based on trust. Trust is what you deal in. From trust emerges a safe and predictable environment.
I'm just grateful my dad never got a contract with Donald Trump, because I don't know what we would have done.
Every transaction in commerce is an independent transaction.