Business is really more agreeable than pleasure: it interests the whole mind ... but it does not look as if read more

Business is really more agreeable than pleasure: it interests the whole mind ... but it does not look as if it did.

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around read more

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it.

I don't think anybody yet has invented a pastime that's as much fun, or keeps you as young, as a read more

I don't think anybody yet has invented a pastime that's as much fun, or keeps you as young, as a good job.

Business today consists in persuading crowds.

Business today consists in persuading crowds.

Little by little, the pimps have taken over the world. They don't do anything, they don't make anything - they read more

Little by little, the pimps have taken over the world. They don't do anything, they don't make anything - they just stand there and take their cut.

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.

Prophesy is a good line of business, but it is full of risks.

Prophesy is a good line of business, but it is full of risks.

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.

Business demands faith, compels earnestness, requires courage, is honestly selfish, is penalized for mistakes, and is the essence of life.

Business demands faith, compels earnestness, requires courage, is honestly selfish, is penalized for mistakes, and is the essence of life.