The man who comes up with a means for doing or producing almost anything better, faster or more economically has his future and his fortune at his fingertips.

Once you have made it, you will understand that any business is limited in the challenges it offers. You will want and need other games to play, so you will look for other ventures to hold your interest.

There are always opportunities through which businessmen can profit handsomely if they will only recognize and seize them.

...Americans...automatically equate dissension with disloyalty. They view any criticism of our existing social, economic, and political forms, as sedition and subversion. ...(" The growing reluctance of Americans to criticize, and their increasing tendency to condemn those who, in ever dwindling numbers, will still voice dissent") is disturbing, deplorable, and truly dangerous.

My father said, 'You must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let the other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for always making all the money, you won't have many deals'.

I'd rather have 1% of the effort of 100 men than 100% of my own effort.

Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.