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“When we are right, we earn. When we are wrong, we learn.”
“You can't make history going incognito.”
“I have a head for business and a body for sin. Unfortunately, the sin appears to be gluttony.”
“I always knew what was most important to me. When I was growing up, nothing was more important than golf, but thats the attitude of a young person who hasnt a care in the world. Later on I figured ...”
“It's unwise to pay too much, but it's worse to pay too little. Whenyou pay too much, you lose a little money - that's all. When you paytoo little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing y...”
“Miss Climpson," said Lord Peter, "is a manifestation of the wasteful way in which this country is run. Look at electricity, Look at water-power. Look at the tides. Look at the sun. Millions of powe...”
“And now they were weary and frightened because they had gone against a system they did not understand and it had beaten them. They knew that the team and the wagon were worth much more. They knew t...”
“If we only have great companies, we will merely have a prosperous society, not a great one. Economic growth and power are the means, not the definition, of a great nation.”
“To me, the conclusion that the public has the ultimate responsibility for the behavior of even the biggest businesses is empowering and hopeful, rather than disappointing. My conclusion is not a mo...”
“The businessman is only tolerable so long as his gains can be held to bear some relation to what, roughly and in some sense, his activities have contributed to society.”
“Entrepreneur, if your going to start up, make sure you start up with excellence in mind.”
“I want to reach the top with it all--business, family and faith!”
“Never become proud within yourself when you are seen as the one to cause that great effect. Never become timid if you know you can while others dare to prove otherwise! Mind your business and make ...”
“In business and in politics a man must carve and maul his way through men to get to be King of the Mountain. Once there, he can be great and kind--but he must get there first.”
“In business, as in politics, the public is ever so tolerant of those who slime.”
“To befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business & corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.”
“To become successful, one must put themselves in the paths of giants!”
“Our fight is a fundamental fight against both of the old corrupt party machines, for both are under the dominion of the plunder league of the professional politicians who are controlled and sustain...”
“All told, over the period 1932-1980, nearly half a century, the top federal income tax rate in the United States averaged 81 percent.”
“One of the really tough things is figuring out what questions to ask. Once you figure out the question, then the answer is relatively easy.”
