The longer an article is in the process of manufacture and the more it is moved about, the greater its ultimate cost.

It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.

Gold is the most useless thing in the world. I am not interested in money but in the things of which money is merely a symbol.

Don't expect people to respect you for what you are "planning" to do.

The truth frequently seems unreasonable; the truth frequently is depressing; the truth sometimes seems to be evil, but it has the eternal advantage, it is the truth and what is built thereon neither brings nor yields to confusion.

Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black.

If it doesn't add value, it's waste.