Famous Quotes

"I do not want to admit to the world that I can be a bad person. It is just that I don't want anyone to have false expectations. Moviemaking is a harsh, volatile business, and unless you can be ruthless, too, there's a good chance that you are going to disappear off the scene pretty quickly."

Tom Hanks on Business

More quotes about Business

• "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."

  Mark Twain on Business

• "The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax."

  Albert Einstein on Business

• "There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure."

  Colin Powell on Business

• "Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all."

  Dale Carnegie on Business

• "If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance."

  Abraham Lincoln on Business

More quotes by Tom Hanks

• "But look, I was born in 1956, the peak year for births in US history. I think I'm very representative of many of the thought processes my generation have been through and, by and large, people of my age have had their imprint planted on the consciousness of western society for a long time."

• "The year I was born, 1956, was the peak year for babies being born, and there are more people essentially our age than anybody else. We could crush these new generations if we decided too."

• "As a young man, even if I was going to see a play or a film by myself, I didn't feel like I was alone. There was something that was unfolding up there that brought me into it. And I recognised that. For those two hours, it made me feel like I belonged to something really good."

• "As long as you as an individual... can convince yourself that in order to move forward as best you can you have to be optimistic, you can be described as 'one of the faithful,' one of those people who can say, 'Well, look, something's going to happen! Let's just keep trying. Let's not give up."

• "And I'm not apolitical - I'm very specific in my politics. But a lot of the time it's nobody's business unless you're over at my house having dinner."