Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets.

No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.

I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business.

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

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

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectable.

Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.

A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it.