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The 1980s are to debt what the 1960s were to sex. The 1960s left a hangover. So will the 1980s.
The 1980s are to debt what the 1960s were to sex. The 1960s left a hangover. So will the 1980s.
A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of read more
A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude.
Managing directors are not paid to be busy, they are paid to think.
Managing directors are not paid to be busy, they are paid to think.
We don't want to push our ideas on to customers, we simply want to make what they want.
We don't want to push our ideas on to customers, we simply want to make what they want.
He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie.
He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie.
Nothing is so well calculated to produce a death-like torpor in the country as an extended system of taxation and read more
Nothing is so well calculated to produce a death-like torpor in the country as an extended system of taxation and a great national debt.
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.
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.".
Profits are like breathing. You have to have them. But who would stay alive just to breathe?
Profits are like breathing. You have to have them. But who would stay alive just to breathe?
