If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

The superior man understands what is right the inferior man understands what will sell.

I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod.

Business, that's easily defined - it's other people's money.

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

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

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

It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.