While I should be the last to say that the making of a profit was not in itself a pleasure, I hope I should also be one of those to agree that there were other pleasures than making a profit.
Business Quotes
The merchant has no country.
If the spirit of business adventure is dulled, this country will cease to hold the foremost position in the world.
The correct way to punctuate a sentence that starts: “Of course it is none of my business, but – ” is to place a period after the word “but.” Don’t use excessive force in supplying such moron with a period. Cutting his throat is only a momentary pleasure and is bound to get you talked […]
The selfish spirit of commerce knows no country, and feels no passion of principle but that of gain.
Perhaps the most revolting character that the United States ever produced was the Christian business man.
It is probably true that business corrupts everything it touches. It corrupts politics, sports, literature, art, labor unions and so on. But business also corrupts and undermines monolithic totalitarianism. Capitalism is at its liberating best in a noncapitalistic environment.
Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment in it.
When I hear artists and authors making fun of business men I think of a regiment in which the band makes fun of the cooks.
A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding, When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people’s business.
