Small Business Quotes - Page 5

• A lot of times in the rhetoric, people forget the facts. And the facts are that thousands of small businesses-Hispanically owned or otherwise-pay taxes at the highest marginal rate.

  George W. Bush

  Humor, People, Political

  Remarks by the President to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. March 19, 2001.

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• The Small Business 'common app' would function much like the one that students complete to apply to multiple colleges and universities simultaneously. It would ensure that small businesses across the country can concentrate on growing and creating jobs - not wasting time, filling out mountains of repetitive paperwork.

  Kay Hagan

  Country, Jobs, College

  "All-in-one stop for small business". www.politico.com. May 16, 2012.

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• The minimum wage was due for an increase, but it was important that we offset its cost to small businesses.

  J. D. Hayworth

  Important, Cost, Minimum Wage

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• I think the big thing is to talk about getting people working again and addressing the issues that are keeping small business from being able to grow.

  Randy Hultgren

  Thinking, Issues, People

  "The Morning After: Randy Hultgren Discusses His ‘No’ Vote on Debt Ceiling". Interview with Carol Felsenthal, www.chicagomag.com. August 2, 2011.

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• Oh, I'm all about small business. I think what we've learned from big business and big Wall Street is that unchecked greed and the creation of false value gets us all in trouble. If we look at the American economy, who's really creating value? It's the small businesses.

  Robert Herjavec

  Wall, Thinking, Creating Value

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• Health care is the No. 1 concern of small businesses and the status quo is untenable.

  Karen Mills

  Care, Status Quo, Concern

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• It's not government that creates jobs; it's small business. Our job is to make sure they have the access to capital, the access to contracting opportunities, and the help, advice and mentoring that they need to go out and be successful.

  Karen Mills

  Jobs, Successful, Opportunity

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• The government's Small Business Administration reports that small businesses represent 99% of all employers in the U.S. and are responsible for generating well over half of new jobs created.

  Ellen Tauscher

  Jobs, Government, New Job

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• We're no longer a small business; we're a large organization spread around the world. I can't imagine Netscape growing as fast as it has if it weren't for the way we use our products.

  James L. Barksdale

  Organization, Use, World

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• I came from an intellectual family. Most were doctors, preachers, teachers, businessmen. My grandfather was a small businessman. His father was an abolitionist doctor, and his father was an immigrant from Germany.

  Pete Seeger

  Teacher, Father, Doctors

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• Any small business owner wears many hats. We [New View Window Cleaning] are the salesman, bookkeeper, scheduler, cleaner, customer complaint department, etc. If you aren't organized and willing to do all these things (at least in the beginning) you are better off working for someone.

  Tony Evans

  Views, Etc, Hats

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• I tell you what Hispanics in Virginia tell me they want. They want access to the American dream. Thats why they come here to Virginia and to America, so they want more opportunities to start small business, better schools.

  Bob McDonnell

  Dream, School, Opportunity

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• I kind of decided that doing music is enough because I'm already running a couple small businesses. I'm a part of Bikini Kill Records, Le Tigre Records, and Digitally Ruined Records. In dealing with my health and everything, my ability to do that? I wouldn't be good at it.

  Kathleen Hanna

  Running, Couple, Records

  Source: allstonpudding.com

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• Telephones are a virtual necessity - not a luxury - and the revenues collected by this tax flow into the general fund. But this once temporary tax remains and costs American taxpayers, our small businesses and families almost $6 billion dollars a year.

  Mike Fitzpatrick

  Years, Luxury, Dollars

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• Thinking about starting a small business? Assume everything will cost twice as much and take twice as long as you think it will.

  Dave Ramsey

  Thinking, Long, Cost

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• My constituents in Kansas know the death tax is a duplicative tax on small businesses and family farms that, in many cases, families have spent generations building.

  Todd Tiahrt

  Kansas, Generations, Building

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• As a member of the House Committee on Small Business and because of my own experience as a small business owner, I am appreciative of the impact these small businesses have on our local economies.

  Melissa Bean

  Impact, House, Mind Your Own Business

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• We came from a family where we ran our own small business. Our dad made his own products. We made our own sausages, our own meatloafs, our own pickles. Dad had to do everything himself. He had to figure out how to finance his business.

  Marcy Kaptur

  Dad, Mind Your Own Business, Sausage

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• From an early age I was told that I was expected to do more than continue to run a small business. Education was important and seen as a way of moving forward.

  John Pople

  Running, Moving, Important

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• I think small business is struggling in New York City. It's a fantastic market, it's a very appealing market, there's lots of opportunity, at the same time it's a very difficult place to build a small business.

  Bill de Blasio

  New York, Struggle, Opportunity

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The death tax causes one-third of all family-owned small businesses to liquidate after the death of the owner. It is also an unfair tax because the assets have already been taxed once at their income level.

  Ric Keller

  Levels, Causes, Income

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• The death tax is one of the leading causes of the dissolution of small businesses.

  Christopher Bond

  Causes, Taxes, Dissolution

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• Ninety-eight percent of all American companies have fewer than 100 employees. Over half of all Americans work for a small business. Small businesses are the backbone of our nation’s economy and we must protect this great resource.....Helping American small business is part of our movement for change and the end of politics as usual.

  Barack Obama

  Eight, Usual, Movement

  "Obama Tries to Retract Statement to End Billions in Contracting Fraud" by Lloyd Chapman, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 20, 2008.

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• You know Texas is - even more now that Enron has bit the dust - it's held up on the back of small businesses.

  Rachel Griffiths

  Texas, Dust, Enron

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The most important thing for small businesses is getting the economy back on its feet. That - the key driver of small business activity is demand for their product, and that is what we are trying to do, getting the economy back on its feet. That's far more important than other factors.

  Peter R. Orszag

  Keys, Feet, Important

  "Peter Orszag and Sen. Judd Gregg on 'FNS'". FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace", www.foxnews.com. July 20, 2009.

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