Business is a means- the only means- to increase the quantity of goods available for preserving life and rendering it read more

Business is a means- the only means- to increase the quantity of goods available for preserving life and rendering it more agreeable.

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.

I made my money by selling too soon.

I made my money by selling too soon.

Tax reform means, 'Don't tax you, don't tax me. Tax that fellow behind the tree.'.

Tax reform means, 'Don't tax you, don't tax me. Tax that fellow behind the tree.'.

What pays under capitalism is satisfying the common man, the customer. The more people you satisfy, the better for you.

What pays under capitalism is satisfying the common man, the customer. The more people you satisfy, the better for you.

Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded- here and there, read more

Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded- here and there, now and then- are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.This is known as "bad luck.".

He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass.

He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass.

A consumer is a shopper who is sore about something.

A consumer is a shopper who is sore about something.

Based on first-hand evidence of your own senses - the improved health and later ages at which acquaintances die nowadays read more

Based on first-hand evidence of your own senses - the improved health and later ages at which acquaintances die nowadays as compared with the past; the material goods that we now possess; the speed at which information, entertainment, and we ourselves move freely throughout the world - it seems to me that a person must be literally deaf and blind not to perceive that humanity is in a much better state than ever before.