We load up on oat bran in the morning so we'll live forever. Then we spend the rest of the day living like there's no tomorrow.

It's a good thing god doesn't let you look a year or two into the future, or you might be sorely tempted to shoot yourself.

The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen.

I only wish I could find an institute that teaches people how to listen. Business people need to listen at least as much as they need to talk. Too many people fail to realize that real communication goes in both directions.

There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.

No matter how I'm doing financially, the Depression has never disappeared from my consciousness. To this day, I hate waste. When neckties went from narrow to wide, I kept all my old ones until the style went back to narrow.

If we screw it up, start over. Try something else.