I am truly independently owned and operated.

- Bret Michaels

I've been operated on 13 times.

- Eric Davis

Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.

- Honore de Balzac

The self-owned and -operated business is the freest life in the world.

- Paul Hawken

I've operated and launched newspapers all over the world.

- Rupert Murdoch