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“[But Bird had a couple of factors working in his favor. First and foremost, he was a businessman with a businessman's head governing his restaurateur's heart. He knew exactly what he was getting into when he picked up this Hampden Avenue space -- formerly a buck-a-scoop Chinese buffet of no renown, but with good street visibility and a big parking lot -- and chose it over properties he'd been scouting in Boulder, L.A. and the Bay Area.] I figured I could mitigate my chance of failure to 50 percent here, ... Seriously, I didn't go into this thinking I had an 80, 90 percent chance of success. I'm not deluded.”
Tom Bird
“You'll get it, you'll get it, ... You're a businessman; you've seen hard times.”
Dorothy Watson
“I learned a lot from observing my grandfather, a simple, honest, successful businessman, ... and from my various experiences at camp and in boarding schools.”
Tom Curley
“"Believe In Repeat Business" Is The Best Quality Of Great Businessman.And Client Satisfaction Is The Only Way to Get Repeat Business”
Yuvraj Anand Sanas
“I'm not a TV guy. I'm a restaurant chef and a businessman.”
Emeril Lagasse
“He pushed me to another way. I ended up being a businessman for like 15 years after that. He always watched out for me. He wanted to know what I was doing and how I was doing it and if I needed any help. I called him for advice, and if I needed to borrow some money he'd lend me the money. He was better than a bank.”
Enos Cabell
“He is too much of a realistic businessman that if he really felt the situation was desperate, or unsalvageable, he would probably look for an exit strategy. The fact that he is doing this is significant, in my mind - that he feels he can probably change the situation.”
Franco Pavoncello
“One of the things that interested me is that Matt is a tremendous businessman. He's as safe a place to invest as the stock market and he's got a unique, patented product.”
Gary Brown
“He was the most successful businessman of our generation.”
Rupert Murdoch
“I'm just a businessman thrown in the middle of this.”
Ray Siotto
