I don’t know much about history, and I wouldn’t give a nickel for all the history in the world. It means nothing to me. History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history we make today.

We teach children to save their money. As an attempt to counteract thoughtless and selfish expenditure, that has value. But it is not positive; it does not lead the child into the safe and useful avenues of self-expression or self-expenditure. To teach a child to invest and use is better than to teach him to save.

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it

Thinking is hard work. That's why there are so few people doing it.

A company that does not produce anything other than money is a poor business

That the Devil finds work for idle hands to do is probably true. But there is a profound difference between leisure and idleness.

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.