We don't want to push our ideas on to customers, we simply want to make what they want.

We don't want to push our ideas on to customers, we simply want to make what they want.

It is your mind that matters economically, as much or more than your mouth or hands. In the long run, read more

It is your mind that matters economically, as much or more than your mouth or hands. In the long run, the most important economic effect of population size and growth is the contribution of additional people to our stock of useful knowledge. And this contribution is large enough in the long run to overcome all the costs of population growth.

There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from there.

There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from there.

Our job is not to set things right but to see them right.

Our job is not to set things right but to see them right.

Make sure you want it enough.

Make sure you want it enough.

I've been promoted to middle management. I never thought I'd sink so low.

I've been promoted to middle management. I never thought I'd sink so low.

For me, hard work represents the supreme luxury of life.

For me, hard work represents the supreme luxury of life.

We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this read more

We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this century. During the period we may be tempted to abandon some of the time-honored principles and commitments which have been proven during the difficult times of past generations. We must never yield to this temptation. Our American values are not luxuries, but necessities - not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself.
in his farewell address.

The desire of businessmen for profits is what drives prices down unless forcibly prevented from engaging in price competition, usually read more

The desire of businessmen for profits is what drives prices down unless forcibly prevented from engaging in price competition, usually by governmental activity.