Businessman Quotes

Our approach was very simple. It was about creating a universal language. A show that will be attractive toward every people coming from all over the world. And that was a big thing.

Originally the dream was about traveling and developing a job that would permit me to travel. And I decided to go into street performing because it was a traveling job; it would let me go around the world.

In life I've learned one thing; if you want to be good you have to connect with the best people. So I got very close to the high-stakes players here. I get to watch them and play with them a little bit.

I have seen many successful people fail after they start fearing they might lose what they have built.

I believe that the profits will come from the quality of your creative products. Since the beginning, I've always wanted to develop a self-feeding circle of creative productions: the positive financial returns from one show would be used to develop and create a new show, and so on.

I believe in nurturing creativity and offering a haven for creators, enabling them to develop their ideas to the fullest. With more and more talented creators being drawn to Cirque in an environment that fulfills them, these are ideal to continue developing great new shows.

We are each but a quarter note in a grand symphony.

Inside every adult there's still a child that lingers. We're happiness merchants - giving people the opportunity to dream like children.

I don't believe in pitfalls. I believe in taking risks and not doing the same thing twice.

I believe there are so many other disciplines and themes that we still haven't explored yet. It's infinite what we can apply our creativity to.

Business is difficult. But it could be approached two ways: Seriously, or with the same way you're doing your job, with entertainment aspect, with pleasure, with fun. And we decided to try to make it as fun that we do our creativity.

I like to not be too involved in the beginning and during the process so as to keep this fresh look and be able to give constructive recommendation on the final production.

I am blessed for what I have, but I believed in it from the beginning. Today, the dream is the same: I still want to travel, I still want to entertain, and I most certainly still want to have fun.

In all planing you make a list and you set priorities.

Failing to plan is planning to fail.

Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now.

Time = Life, Therefore, waste your time and waste of your life, or master your time and master your life.

You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.

You can hype a questionable product for a little while, but you'll never build an enduring business.

Information is a negotiator's greatest weapon.

In business, the competition will bite you if you keep running, if you stand still, they will swallow you.

Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets.

An entrepreneur assumes the risk and is dedicated and committed to the success of whatever he or she undertakes.

What's really important in life? Sitting on a beach? Looking at television eight hours a day? I think we have to appreciate that we're alive for only a limited period of time, and we'll spend most of our lives working.

Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.

Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward.

What's important to me now is to uphold my good name and achieve a fair court decision - the past cannot be recovered anyway.

Today, a skilled manager makes more than the owner. And owners fight each other to get the skilled managers.

To admit guilt for nonexistent crimes is unacceptable to me.

This demonstration of power, indifferent to the law, is highly dangerous.