There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.

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

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

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

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

If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.

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

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

It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.

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