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He that is rich is wise.

There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.

There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking.

Whoever originated the cliche that money is the root of all evil knew hardly anything about the nature of evil and very little about human beings.

Many of the products which create a modern standard of living are only the physical incorporations of ideas- not only the ideas of an Edison or a Ford but the ideas of innumerable anonymous people who figure out the design of supermarkets, the location of gasoline stations, and the million mundane things on which our material well-being depends. Societies which have more people carrying out physical acts and fewer people supplying ideas do not have higher standards of living. Quite the contrary.

The greatest productive force is human selfishness.

When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.

This is a test. It is only a test. Had it been an actual job, you would have received raises, promotions, and other signs of appreciation.

The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.

Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work.

The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.

My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants.

The dynamics of capitalism is postponement of enjoyment to the constantly postponed future.

Capitalism needs to function like a game of tug-of-war. Two opposing sides need to continually struggle for dominance, but at no time can either side be permitted to walk away with the rope.

I made my money by selling too soon.

A market is the combined behavior of thousands of people responding to information, misinformation and whim.

Emotions are your worst enemy in the stock market.

Everyone has the brainpower to follow the stock market. If you made it through fifth-grade math, you can do it. - "Modern Maturity Magazine, Jan/Feb 1995".

Anybody can cut prices, but it takes brains to produce a better article.

The business that considers itself immune to the necessity for advertising sooner or later finds itself immune to business.