American Quotes

When you have a large amount of the workforce being laid off, some of them have no other choice but to go out there and invent something.

When looking at trends I always ask myself basic and timeless questions about business, and the one I seem to always come back to is, 'How is this different than anything else in the marketplace?'

The only thing that scares me in the tech area is that it moves so fast that you have to be ready to invest in 20 things. Because if you just invest in one, next week, somebody has a better mousetrap, and you get taken to the cleaners.

Poor people put a low value on themselves and their efforts.

Learn as many mistakes and what not to do while your business or product is small. Don't be in such a hurry to grow your brand. Make sure that you and the market can sustain any bumps that may occur down the road.

In my mind, there are too many copycat web products out there that are doing the same thing.

If I invest in a CEO, I need him or her to have experience in sales.

I've come to learn that my initial investment is more about the person versus the product that I am buying into. I've also learned that I really do enjoy giving worthy people an opportunity of a lifetime.

I think Wall Street is very important, especially to tech companies. Wall Street will get in their rhythm and go fund tech companies, and tech companies will go create jobs and employ a lot of people, so there's that aspect of Wall Street.

I look to work with businesses that know what they are doing but need larger distribution or exposure.

I consider each business investment based on concept and revenue.

Good grooming is integral and impeccable style is a must. If you don't look the part, no one will want to give you time or money.

Fortunately, right now 'entrepreneurship' is one of the business world's biggest buzz words and so many young people in our country are looking up to this new generation of CEO's as their modern day rock stars. Whenever you have that effect, it makes the job of promoting entrepreneurship much easier

A savvy entrepreneur will not always look for investment money, first.

An entrepreneur must pitch a potential investor for what the company is worth as well as sell the dream on how much of a profit can be made.

I'm a big advocate of financial intelligence.

I'm not telling people where to give money, but if there is to be a spotlight shed on me, then I'd like to direct that spotlight onto causes I think are worthy or onto interesting, progressive figures.

I'd rather go to the White House Correspondents' dinner than any awards show.

I would never knowingly go into a film that I wouldn't pay to see, or something that didn't challenge me.

I would have loved to have gone into diagnostic medicine.

I never struggled with trying to figure out what it was I wanted to do or what made the sparks go for me.

I mean, it's nice to get a dinner reservation ahead of other people, but when it comes down to it, the most important thing to me is the actual work.

I just want to work on things that are really hard, and when I'm not working on things that are really hard, I want to hang out with people I like to be with, and that's it.

I just adored working with Woody. He was more than I could have ever dreamed of. I'd do it a million times over.

I hope they make a video game of me. At least I wouldn't have any cellulite then.

I feel like in 10 or 15 years' time our children are going to look back and say, 'What? You were around when gay people weren't allowed to get married?'

I don't go to McDonald's anymore. After I saw Super Size Me... no way!

I believe in finding a soulmate.

It's a required part of your film history to know who Woody is. His movies are so wonderful, and not just funny but so insightful about human behavior.

I value my privacy and my personal life - and I certainly don't exploit my personal life.