Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves -- to break read more

Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves -- to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today.

I don't think meals have any business being deductible. I'm for separation of calories and corporations.

I don't think meals have any business being deductible. I'm for separation of calories and corporations.

He and I had an office so tiny that an inch smaller and it would have been adultery.

He and I had an office so tiny that an inch smaller and it would have been adultery.

In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch
Is offering too little and asking too much.
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In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch
Is offering too little and asking too much.
The French are with equal advantage content--
So we clap on Dutch bottoms just 20 per cent.

The commerce of the world is conducted by the strong, and usually it operates against the weak.

The commerce of the world is conducted by the strong, and usually it operates against the weak.

A meeting moves at the speed of the slowest mind in the room. (In other words, all but one participant read more

A meeting moves at the speed of the slowest mind in the room. (In other words, all but one participant will be bored, all but one mind underused.).

The difference between a boss and a leader: a boss says, 'Go!' -a leader says, 'Let's go!'.

The difference between a boss and a leader: a boss says, 'Go!' -a leader says, 'Let's go!'.

In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who read more

In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing.

Despatch is the soul of business.

Despatch is the soul of business.