Whales only get harpooned when they come to the surface, and turtles can only move forward when they stick their read more

Whales only get harpooned when they come to the surface, and turtles can only move forward when they stick their neck out, but investors face risk no matter what they do.

The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the read more

The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing.

...we see that there are two different kinds of...societies: (a) parasitic societies and (b) producing societies. The former are those read more

...we see that there are two different kinds of...societies: (a) parasitic societies and (b) producing societies. The former are those which live from hunting, fishing, or merely gleaning. By their economic activities they do not increase, but rather decrease, the amount of wealth in the world. The second kind of societies, producing societies, live by agricultural and pastoral activities. By these activities they seek to increase the amount of wealth in the world.

Usually the greatest boasters are the smallest workers. The deep rivers pay a larger tribute to the sea than shallow read more

Usually the greatest boasters are the smallest workers. The deep rivers pay a larger tribute to the sea than shallow brooks, and yet empty themselves with less noise.

Concentrate your strengths against your competitor's relative weaknesses.

Concentrate your strengths against your competitor's relative weaknesses.

Everything starts with the customer.

Everything starts with the customer.

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.

Everything you want in life has a price connected to it. There's a price to pay if you want to read more

Everything you want in life has a price connected to it. There's a price to pay if you want to make things better, a price to pay just for leaving things as they are, a price for everything.

This world is run with far too tight a rein for luck to interfere. Fortune sells her wares; she never read more

This world is run with far too tight a rein for luck to interfere. Fortune sells her wares; she never gives them. In some form or other, we pay for her favors; or we go empty away.