Business Quotes

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 businessman needs three umbrellas – one to leave at the office, one to leave at home, and one to leave on the train.

Good will is the one and only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy.

There’s a widespread belief and common conception that somehow or other business and economics are the same, that those people who are in favor of a free market are also in favor of everything that big business does. And those of us who have defended a free market have, over a long period of time, […]

One aspect of modern life which has gone far to stifle men is the rapid growth of tremendous corporations. Enormous spiritual sacrifices are made in the transformation of shopkeepers into employees… The disappearance of free enterprise has led to a submergence of the individual in the impersonal corporation in much the same manner as he […]