A Quote by Thomas B. Macaulay

Everybody's business is nobody's business.

Thomas B. Macaulay

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Business Everybody Nobody

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Thomas B. Macaulay
British - Politician
October 25, 1800 - December 28, 1859

Long ago I added to the true old adage of "What is everybody's business is nobody's business," another clause which, I think, morethan any other principle has served to influence my actions in life. That is, What is nobody's business is my business.

Clara Barton

What was everybody's business in the end proved to be nobody's business. Each one looked to the other to take the lead, and the aggressorsgot away with it.

Jan Smuts

That which is everybody's business is nobody's business.

Izaak Walton

Everybody's business is nobody's business, and nobody's business is my business.

Clara Barton

The business of everybody is the business of nobody.

Thomas B. Macaulay

What's everybody's business is nobody's business.

Sarah Orne Jewett

You always have to know what business you are in. Everybody thought we were in the basketball business. It's an NBA-team; we are not in the basketball business. We are in the business of creating experiences and memories.

Mark Cuban

Call on a business man only at business times, and on business; transact your business, and go about your business, in order to give him time to finish his business.

Duke of Wellington

Wherever you go in the galaxy, you can find a food business, a house-building business, a war business, a peace business, a governing business, and so forth. And, of course, a God business, which is called 'religion,' and which is a particularly reprehensible line of endeavor.

Robert Sheckley

When we separate the word business into its component letters, B-U-S-I-N-E-S-S, we find that U and I are both in it. In fact, if U and I were not in business, it would not be business. Furthermore, we discover that U comes before I in business and the I is silent-it is to be seen, not heard. Also, the U in business has the sound of I, which indicates it is an amalgamation of the interests of U and I. When they are properly amalgamated, business becomes harmonious, profitable, and pleasant.

Zig Ziglar

Nobody has wrestled everybody in the business like I have, especially not Bret Hart.

Ric Flair

I mean the business is just so rough man, people always think the business is easy, and the business is very rough. This is probably the worst business that you can get in, as far as, business-wise.

Ginuwine

The music business is the most childish business in the world. Nobody knows what they're selling or why, but they sell it if it works.

Jeff Buckley

What I find really astonishing is how quiet everybody is in my industry. I mean, nobody in the entertainment business except for maybe a handful of people ever speak out about what's going on. Nobody takes a political stance or expresses an opinion.

Madonna Ciccone

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.