Many of the products which create a modern standard of living are only the physical incorporations of ideas- not only read more

Many of the products which create a modern standard of living are only the physical incorporations of ideas- not only the ideas of an Edison or a Ford but the ideas of innumerable anonymous people who figure out the design of supermarkets, the location of gasoline stations, and the million mundane things on which our material well-being depends. Societies which have more people carrying out physical acts and fewer people supplying ideas do not have higher standards of living. Quite the contrary.

The only thing money gives you is the freedom of not worrying about money.

The only thing money gives you is the freedom of not worrying about money.

Every day is a gift- even if it sucks.

Every day is a gift- even if it sucks.

High premiums are being paid today not particularly for quality service or long-term building of a business but rather for read more

High premiums are being paid today not particularly for quality service or long-term building of a business but rather for making money quickly, getting rich, and getting out. And that's wrong.

Money never starts an idea; it is the idea that starts the money.

Money never starts an idea; it is the idea that starts the money.

The manager with the in basket problem does not yet understand that he must discipline himself to take care of read more

The manager with the in basket problem does not yet understand that he must discipline himself to take care of activities that fail to excite him.

Capital can do nothing without brains to direct it.

Capital can do nothing without brains to direct it.

When you hire people that are smarter than you are, you prove you are smarter than they are.

When you hire people that are smarter than you are, you prove you are smarter than they are.

He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. [Proverbs 28:20].

He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. [Proverbs 28:20].