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The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.
The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.
Commerce is the cure for the most destructive prejudices.
Commerce is the cure for the most destructive prejudices.
If you hire only those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are. Always remember read more
If you hire only those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are. Always remember that you often find outstanding people among those you don't particularly like.
Frankly, I don't want to see a rapid upturn. I want it to hold until some of these idiotic competitors read more
Frankly, I don't want to see a rapid upturn. I want it to hold until some of these idiotic competitors go bust.
The Trojans lost the war because they fell for a really dumb trick. hey, there's a gigantic wooden horse outside read more
The Trojans lost the war because they fell for a really dumb trick. hey, there's a gigantic wooden horse outside and all the Greeks have left. Let's bring it inside! Not a formula for long-term survival. Now if they had formed a task force to study the Trojan Horse and report back to a committee, everyone wouldn't have been massacred.. Who says middle management is useless?
Capitalism needs to function like a game of tug-of-war. Two opposing sides need to continually struggle for dominance, but at read more
Capitalism needs to function like a game of tug-of-war. Two opposing sides need to continually struggle for dominance, but at no time can either side be permitted to walk away with the rope.
The entire essence of America is the hope to first make money -- then make money with money -- then read more
The entire essence of America is the hope to first make money -- then make money with money -- then make lots of money with lots of money.
More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause.
More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause.
Our whole evolution up to this point shows that human groups spontaneously evolve patterns of behavior, as well as patterns read more
Our whole evolution up to this point shows that human groups spontaneously evolve patterns of behavior, as well as patterns of training people for that behavior, which tend on balance to lead people to create rather than destroy. Humans are, on net balance, builders rather than destroyers.
