Instead of investing in the goods as they pass between producer and consumer, as the merchant does, the businessman now invests in the processes of industry.
Thorstein VeblenThe first duty of an editor is to gauge the sentiment of his reader, and then to tell them what they like to believe.
Thorstein VeblenOnly individuals with an aberrant temperament can in the long run retain their self-esteem in the face of the disesteem of their fellows.
Thorstein VeblenAll business sagacity reduces itself in the last analysis to judicious use of sabotage.
Thorstein Veblen