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Wealth, howsoever got, in England makes lords of mechanics, gentlemen of rakes; Antiquity and birth are needless here; 'Tis impudence read more
Wealth, howsoever got, in England makes lords of mechanics, gentlemen of rakes; Antiquity and birth are needless here; 'Tis impudence and money makes a peer.
The world does not pay for what a person knows, but it pays for what a person does with what read more
The world does not pay for what a person knows, but it pays for what a person does with what he knows.
We do not hear the term "compassionate" applied to business executives or entrepreneurs, certainly not when they are engaged in read more
We do not hear the term "compassionate" applied to business executives or entrepreneurs, certainly not when they are engaged in their normal work. Yet in terms of results in the measurable form of jobs created, lives enriched, communities built, living standards raised, and poverty healed, a handful of capitalists has done infinitely more for mankind than all the self-serving politicians, academics, social workers, and religionists who march under the banner of "compassion".
A consumer is a shopper who is sore about something.
A consumer is a shopper who is sore about something.
What matters is not the allocation of portions out of a fund presented to man by nature. The problem is read more
What matters is not the allocation of portions out of a fund presented to man by nature. The problem is rather to further those social institutions which enable people to continue and to enlarge the production of all those things which they need.
Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't read more
Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either.
If you hire only those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are. Always remember read more
If you hire only those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are. Always remember that you often find outstanding people among those you don't particularly like.
The desire of businessmen for profits is what drives prices down unless forcibly prevented from engaging in price competition, usually read more
The desire of businessmen for profits is what drives prices down unless forcibly prevented from engaging in price competition, usually by governmental activity.
