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Many of the products which create a modern standard of living are only the physical incorporations of ideas- not only read more
Many of the products which create a modern standard of living are only the physical incorporations of ideas- not only the ideas of an Edison or a Ford but the ideas of innumerable anonymous people who figure out the design of supermarkets, the location of gasoline stations, and the million mundane things on which our material well-being depends. Societies which have more people carrying out physical acts and fewer people supplying ideas do not have higher standards of living. Quite the contrary.
In its famous paradox, the equation of money and excrement, psychoanalysis becomes the first science to state what common sense read more
In its famous paradox, the equation of money and excrement, psychoanalysis becomes the first science to state what common sense and the poets have long known -- that the essence of money is in its absolute worthlessness.
The standard of living has risen along with the size of the world's population since the beginning of recorded time. read more
The standard of living has risen along with the size of the world's population since the beginning of recorded time. There is no convincing economic reason why these trends toward a better life should not continue indefinitely.
Carpe per diem - seize the check.
Carpe per diem - seize the check.
When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.
When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.
No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work.
No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work.
Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
Usually the greatest boasters are the smallest workers. The deep rivers pay a larger tribute to the sea than shallow read more
Usually the greatest boasters are the smallest workers. The deep rivers pay a larger tribute to the sea than shallow brooks, and yet empty themselves with less noise.
The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.
The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.
