As a manager the important thing is not what happens when you are there, but what happens when you are read more

As a manager the important thing is not what happens when you are there, but what happens when you are not there.

There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.

There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.

To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine read more

To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure.

In a trader-dominated society, the scribe is usually kept out of the management of affairs, but it given a more read more

In a trader-dominated society, the scribe is usually kept out of the management of affairs, but it given a more or less free hand in the cultural field. By frustrating the scribe's craving for commanding action, the trader draws upon himself the scribe's wrath and scorn.

Get me inside any boardroom and I'll get any decision I want.

Get me inside any boardroom and I'll get any decision I want.

...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.

Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers (six if one went to Harvard).

Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers (six if one went to Harvard).

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.

Whether he admits it or not, a man has been brought up to look at money as a sign of read more

Whether he admits it or not, a man has been brought up to look at money as a sign of his virility, a symbol of his power, a bigger phallic symbol than a Porsche.