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.

I was at this casino minding my own business, and this guy came up to me and said, "You're gonna read more

I was at this casino minding my own business, and this guy came up to me and said, "You're gonna have to move, you're blocking a fire exit." As though if there was a fire, I wasn't gonna run. If you're flammible and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit.

The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned read more

The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.

In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

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

Business is religion, and religion is business. The man who does not make a business of his religion has a read more

Business is religion, and religion is business. The man who does not make a business of his religion has a religious life of no force, and the man who does not make a religion of his business has a business life of no character.

The executive exists to make sensible exceptions to general rules.

The executive exists to make sensible exceptions to general rules.

In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option. We need to change this attitude toward failure - read more

In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option. We need to change this attitude toward failure - and celebrate the idea that only by falling on our collective business faces do we learn enough to succeed down the road.

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.