All things being equal, people will do business with a friend; all things being unequal, people will still do business with a friend.

Every discussion in a meeting has a diminishing curve of interest. The longer the discussion goes on, the fewer people will be interested in it.

If Thomas Edison had gone to business school, we would all be reading by larger candles.

Today, if someone showed me a five-year plan, I'd toss out the pages detailing Years Three, Four and Five as pure fantasy Anyone who thinks he or she can evaluate business conditions five years from now, flunks.

Talk less-you will automatically learn more, hear more, see more-and make fewer blunders.

People retire to do what I do every day.

All things being equal, people will do business with a friend; all things being unequal, people will still do business with a friend.