If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free - however free one can be on read more

If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free - however free one can be on this planet.

You foolish man, you don't even know your own foolish business.
- Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl read more

You foolish man, you don't even know your own foolish business.
- Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of Chesterfield,

A manufacturing district . . . sends out, as it were, suckers
into all its neighborhood.

A manufacturing district . . . sends out, as it were, suckers
into all its neighborhood.

Swear, food, or starve; for the dilemma's even;
A tradesman thou! and hope to go to heaven?

Swear, food, or starve; for the dilemma's even;
A tradesman thou! and hope to go to heaven?

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your read more

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

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).

It's time to reappreciate the original software: paper.

It's time to reappreciate the original software: paper.

Every man owes a part of his time and money to the business or industry in which he is engaged. read more

Every man owes a part of his time and money to the business or industry in which he is engaged. No man has a moral right to withhold his support from an organization that is striving to improve conditions within his sphere.

It is difficult, but not impossible, to conduct strictly honest business

It is difficult, but not impossible, to conduct strictly honest business