The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the read more

The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing.

Above all, we wish to avoid having a dissatisfied customer. We consider our customers a part of our organization, and read more

Above all, we wish to avoid having a dissatisfied customer. We consider our customers a part of our organization, and we want them to feel free to make any criticism they see fit in regard to our merchandise or service. Sell practical, tested merchandise at reasonable profit, treat your customers like human beings -- and they will always come back.

Whether he admits it or not, a man has been brought up to look at money as a sign of read more

Whether he admits it or not, a man has been brought up to look at money as a sign of his virility, a symbol of his power, a bigger phallic symbol than a Porsche.

If you have to forecast, forecast often.

If you have to forecast, forecast often.

The desire of businessmen for profits is what drives prices down unless forcibly prevented from engaging in price competition, usually read more

The desire of businessmen for profits is what drives prices down unless forcibly prevented from engaging in price competition, usually by governmental activity.

Every individual is the architect of his own fortune.

Every individual is the architect of his own fortune.

Profits are like breathing. You have to have them. But who would stay alive just to breathe?

Profits are like breathing. You have to have them. But who would stay alive just to breathe?

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

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

Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers (six if one went to Harvard).

Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers (six if one went to Harvard).