Pastoral Resources

Getting back to the point, a guy like Jerry, he deals with the business, and he doesn't see it as being evil or ugly, it's what you have to do, and I mean I know there's some really ugly parts to it and parts which drive me nuts, but not in the same way as music business.

Today we thank God for all the blessings He has bestowed upon this great Country and ask Him to continue to heal our land and meet our needs - and we do so through the power of prayer.

The consolidation of the music business has made it difficult to encourage styles like the blues, all of which deserve to be celebrated as part of our most treasured national resources.

If Chevy Chase had not been an actor, he might have been a very popular guy in advertising or whatever field he would have gone into, because of his charisma.

They planned this fair to bring business to Chicago, into the Loop. But you could have fired a cannon down state street and hit nobody, because everybody was out at the fair.

Government 'help' to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off.

Performing doesn't turn me on. It's an egomaniac business, filled with prima donnas - including this one.

I do not believe that the government is in any position to say exactly how every single business and every single activity shall reach those performances.

I am constantly asked why I never made other films after 'There's No Business Like Show Business,' the answer is I was never asked.

The main professional responsibility of a person in business is business.

It is important to remember that all business has an impact on the lives of real people.

In some of the countries where we operate, there is a tradition of corruption, in which the political elites work with business in the framework of unsavory relationships.

He or she must be successful in economic terms, but always within an ethical framework. Whether his or her constituency is a corporation and its shareholders or the customers in a small and privately held business, his or her first responsibility is to serve that constituency.

I believe some people in this business suffer from fame because they behave in a famous fashion.

With the blessings of liberty, we have responsibilities to defend it.

The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.

Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close.

I think of these things as obstacles rather than opportunities, because if they were opportunities it means I actually took the business of doing them seriously. To take myself too seriously is the gentle kiss of death.

I couldn't do anything. I'd work in a department store for a couple of weeks, but I couldn't hack it. I couldn't even type! I had no skills whatsoever outside of show business.

Most of the people I know in show business don't need anybody pushing them at all. They're extremely aggressive.