Quotes about Family Business

I went into the family business. To me, it was the norm and not the exception. Votes: 2

Gymnastics, especially in my family, is more than a sport. It's our life, it's our careers, it's our family business. Votes: 2

I come from a family of professional dog-showers, one step above carnies, but I didn't want to join the family business. Votes: 2

My dad's a photographer. So I suppose he named me Ansel just in case I would take over the family business. I guess I failed him. Votes: 2

I was not very keen on joining the family business... there were 14 family members working together, and it worried me that I would not have enough individuality. Votes: 2

My kids - even though it's a family business - they don't even know what day or time 'Survivor' is even on. They just know it's on TiVo. Votes: 2

In a family business, you grow up with close contact to the business, whatever it is, and the beer business is certainly a very social type of business. Votes: 2

Sometimes film is just the family business. Some families are generations of carpenters or farmers, or they make clothes, or they're all lawyers. I'm in the family business. Votes: 2

My father and grandfather were businessmen. The family business was Adelphi Paints in New Jersey. When the first energy crisis came in the early 1970s, the business suffered. Votes: 2

Leave the President's family business to him. You will have plenty to do without trying to manage the First Family. They are likely to do fine without your help. Votes: 2

I was pre-med, so I was going to go into the family business, more or less. But I came to my senses, luckily, and backed out, and decided to go to drama school. Votes: 2

My father is actually a quarry man - he deals in stone. He also at one point had a lot of sheep, he owned a sheep farm, but primarily the family business was in stone. Votes: 2

I grew up in a family business... that really has provided the core of my belief in American small business, and in America's ability to grow and operate important businesses that can compete and be successful. Votes: 2

The way it works in our family is, it's the family business. Much like in the Mafia. Every child is given the opportunity to act at a young age and to learn what it's like to be in the business. Votes: 2

I made the decision when I came to Seagram that it had to be OK that my public persona would be bad. It's the downside of a family business: anything good is because I'm somebody's son; otherwise, I'm a schmuck. Votes: 2

Growing up in eastern Turkey, I was not really involved with the family business - sheep and cow farming, yogurt and cheese making. But I think I learned from my father the unspoken business language or instincts that go back thousands of years. Votes: 2

I worked in the family business, which was my father's shoe making company that he had inherited from his father, and that led me to become interested in what could be achieved by a great Italian brand. That became my ambition as a young man. Votes: 2

You have to respect your parents. They are giving you an at-bat. If you're an entrepreneur and go into the family business, you want to grow fast. Patience is important. But respect the other party... My dad and I pulled it off because we really respect each other. Votes: 2

What I have found is that, in a family business structure, sometimes what is needed is a sense of discipline rather than creativity. You have to take everyone's ideas and make it work. When you are dealing with money, there is a limitation on how creative you can be. Votes: 2

My mother was a sociologist and an intellectual, and my father was an industrialist with a business in copper and aluminum wire. He was very strict and he wanted me to work in the family business - for him, the worst thing was having a daughter who worked in fashion. Votes: 2

Playing music has always felt very natural. You know, you do try to do other things, and you do learn lessons that way, but, eventually - well... if your dad is a plumber, you become a plumber. It's the family business, and I felt like I was taking over the family business. Votes: 2

I grew up on my dad's sets, but I was never star-struck or desperate to be famous. I grew up being a worker. It took me a long time to realise that my work ended up being seen by people. As far as I was concerned, I was just in the family business. Votes: 2

Nothing was planned in my career. I just went with the flow and took everything that came to me. Selling potato chips was obvious, as it was a family business. When friends suggested I should try theatre, I gave it a shot. Then I did a lot of advertisements, and then movies happened. Votes: 2

The way it works in our family is, it's the family business. Much like in the Mafia. Every child is given the opportunity to act at a young age and to learn what it's like to be in the business. But I didn't really know I wanted to act when I was a child. Votes: 2

I think I know I've been working very hard for the family business, sometimes those days are long days and I think if I know I'm working hard and pulling my weight, both working and playing hard at the same time, I think everyone who I work with can see I am there pulling my weight. Votes: 2

My family was in two businesses - they were in the textile business, and they were in the candy business. The conversations around the dinner table were all about the factory floor and how many machines were running and what was happening in the business. I grew up very engaged in manufacturing and as part of a family business. Votes: 2

Earth is a family business. Votes: 0

Never put business before family, Votes: 0

Saving people, hunting things, the family business. Votes: 0

I'm pro-life. I'm pro-gun. I'm pro-family. And I'm pro-business. Votes: 0

I came from a real working-class show business family. Votes: 0

But this is called show business, not show family. Votes: 0

A man should never neglect his family for business. Votes: 0

Coming from a business family, she shied away from abstractions. Votes: 0

It's something that's really fun to do. It's a family business. Votes: 0

My family background was heavily slanted toward business and seafaring matters. Votes: 0

My whole family's been in the business. My whole family is crazy. Votes: 0

I think of my business and investments as extension of my family. Votes: 0

This rule is so underrated: Keep your family and business completely separated. Votes: 0

If you can raise a family, then you can build a business. Votes: 0

I had the human rights life, and I had the family business life. Votes: 0

I'm really happy to have a family and a life outside of the business. Votes: 0

I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business. Votes: 0

A lot of people in this business are born with money or family connections. Votes: 0

Treat people you do business with as if they were a part of your family. Votes: 0

The book of Jonah becomes an embarrassing and public reading of your family business. (page iii) Votes: 0

Growing up in a business-orientated family meant that I naturally learnt the tricks of the trade. Votes: 0

I am lucky because my family are comfortably off. My father has his own glass business. Votes: 0

Instead of getting wound up, simply relax your expectations of your family, friends, business associates...and yourself. Votes: 0

By 1969, when I celebrated 45 years in the music business, I also had 45 people in our musical family. Votes: 0

For small business people, less paperwork means higher profits, boosted sales and more time with the family. Votes: 0

I think it's very hard to go into the same business as your family when you're an artist. Votes: 0

None of my family had anything to do with show business, my life was totally foreign to them. Votes: 0

my family, although it keeps its hair, turns gray early - a business asset but a social handicap. Votes: 0

You know, every family and every business in California knows what it means to go through tough times. Votes: 0

I've got my life. I'm very serious about my business. I've got my family. And I've got my game. Votes: 0

I come from a family of business people, but I had the idea I wanted to become an artist. Votes: 0

I'm the fourth generation to be in show business. It's pretty neat; it's nice to have that family history. Votes: 0

There was no real controversy with All In The Family. That came from the people on the business end. Votes: 0

Personal differences, musical differences, business differences, but most of all because I have a better time with my family. Votes: 0

Working in a family business, which obviously The Trump Organization is, is an incredible thing, but it's complicated. It's complex. Votes: 0

I run my operation like a family business. I sign every check, every receipt, I'm not tough, but I'm strong. Votes: 0

There has to be a balance in life. A balance of business, family, and the opportunity to learn and teach. Votes: 0

When I look back, I did what I had to do for business and then fit family life into it. Votes: 0

Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man's starving! Votes: 0

Leaders, whether in the family, in business, in government, or in education, must not allow themselves to mistake intentions for accomplishments . Votes: 0

Eliminating the death tax is particularly important for the many small business owners and family farmers that call Central Washington home. Votes: 0

God has blessed me with a wonderful family, a successful business, and outstanding employees. I do not take these blessings lightly. Votes: 0

It's family first for me and then business so the family has got to know what's going on with the business. Votes: 0

I would like to be remembered as a responsible human being who handled business while also taking care of his family. Votes: 0

The theme of exile is attractive to me, because it's sort of like the family business. Not just music, but travel. Votes: 0

Hollywood is the backdrop of my family, and I know that the movie business is incredibly cruel as you get older. Votes: 0

It’s the downside of a family business: anything good is because I’m somebody’s son; otherwise, I’m a schmuck. Votes: 0

The CIA is made up of boys whose families sent them to Princeton but wouldn't let them into the family brokerage business. Votes: 0

I wasn't looking to get into TV. My family was in the movie business, so I was never interested in that world. Votes: 0

Being a father to my family and a husband is to me much more important than what I did in the business. Votes: 0

I've owned a business for 26 years. My family isn't in politics and my supporters aren't special interest groups in Madison and Milwaukee. Votes: 0

If every Christian family brought in a child who needed a family we would put the foster care system out of business. Votes: 0

I grew up in an entertainment family, and so I saw how susceptible you are to the ups and downs of this business. Votes: 0

I did not grow up a cinefile. No one in my family was in the film business or even anything close to it. Votes: 0

I was raised on a family farm in western Minnesota. So I didn't have the background to prepare me for this business life. Votes: 0

I grew up in a show business family, so we've always had a great sense of balance, being so close to my parents. Votes: 0

Someday every woman will have orgasms- like every family has color TV- and we can all get on with the business of life. Votes: 0

I come from a show-business family, so wanting to become an actor never crossed my mind. It was just a part of my life. Votes: 0

I love performing, but I never really liked show business. My success is my family. I want to be more successful as a mother. Votes: 0

A lot of family members worked in the joint commodities family business. It was a classic case of capitalism at work and socialism at home. Votes: 0

My family had a business where they worked with gravestones, and I remember growing up and playing in cemeteries like it was a normal playground. Votes: 0

In Korea, it's a tradition to inherit your father's business. Unfortunately, I'm the only son in the entire family, so they were forcing too much. Votes: 0

I'll keep it short and sweet - Family. Religion. Friendship. These are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business. Votes: 0

When it comes to anything that's social, whether it's your family, your school, your community, your business or your country, winning is a team sport. Votes: 0

The best part of aging in this business is losing that obsession about work and being able to spend a little more time with family. Votes: 0

Business fits me best. The only reason I went into modeling originally was to help out my family, because I knew that money gave you freedom. Votes: 0

True wealth, success, and happiness can only be achieved by balancing our business life with the duty we have to our self and to our family. Votes: 0

My family couldn't be more supportive. They're worried and they're always in my business, and my mother does send me grad-school applications every now and again. Votes: 0

I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be leadership or it won't be successful. Votes: 0

I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be leadership or it wont be successful. Votes: 0

Although my family - parents and sister - all work in the personnel management business, their real passion is performing, amateur operatic societies and so on. Votes: 0

Everyone in my family is in the film business; I knew I wanted to be creative and it was important in my family to be artistic. Votes: 0

I did not want to be an actor because my whole family did it-going into the family business was the last thing I wanted to do. Votes: 0

If those who give are conscious of their own generosity and those who receive feel indebted, they are no longer family but rather strangers doing business. Votes: 0

I believe there are three keys to success. For me it is keeping my priorities in order: It's my faith and my family, and then the business. Votes: 0

I go home to London in between jobs, and in London, my life has nothing to do with the business. It's a family life, hanging with friends. Votes: 0

A business which exists to make one man or one family rich, and whose existence is of no moment when this is achieved, is not solidly founded. Votes: 0

But being is making; not only large things, a family, a book, a business; but the shape we give this afternoon, a conversation between friends, a meal. Votes: 0

I work with wonderful people who support me. And, my beliefs are that the business needs to serve the family rather than the family serve the business. Votes: 0

One of the main destructive forces within our family has been these runaway egos. I think if you look at any show business family, that struggle exists. Votes: 0

I made mistakes, but I'm luckier than most. I've got a successful business, lots of fans who think a lot of me and a family who loves me. Votes: 0

Commercial concerns have expanded from family business to corporate wealth which is self-perpetuating and which enlightened statesmen and economists now dread as the most potent oligarchy yet produced. Votes: 0

Donald Trump has a pre-modern monarchic family structure. His business is a monarchy with family members all around. His administration is a monarchy with family members all around. Votes: 0

According to the Small Business Administration, more than 70 percent of all family businesses do not survive through the second generation, and 8 percent do not make it to a third. Votes: 0

I've played for teams that were family-oriented organizations. They made you feel like family. The Yankees are strictly a business. Baseball is your life and everything else is secondary. Votes: 0

If you want to have a good life, you should focus on your family, on your business, on your dog, on your fun, and you'll have a good life. Votes: 0

If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secrete of getting along - whether it be business, family relations, or life itself. Votes: 0

I've lived the American dream. I was born and raised on the farm, first in my family to graduate from college. I spent 13 years working in our family business. Votes: 0

My background is in biology. Before getting into the family business, I worked at the Predatory Bird Research Group at the University of California at Santa Cruz, fundraising for them. Votes: 0

It seems you don't approve of the family business Katerina. Or of me. But these chances you take... These things you do... This is a dangerous life to live... alone. Votes: 0

My father, an entrepreneur but hardly a technologist, was looking to buy a computer to 'automate' our family business. In 1981, he characteristically dove head first into computing and bought an Osborne I. Votes: 0

My father is actually a quarry man - he deals in stone. He also at one point had a lot of sheep, he owned a sheep farm, but primarily the family business was in stone. Votes: 0