It is surprising, in the welter of questions that one gets at (AGMs), how few actually relate to the performance read more

It is surprising, in the welter of questions that one gets at (AGMs), how few actually relate to the performance of the company, or the decisions taken by the board in particular areas.

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

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

Most people...find a disorientating mismatch between the long-term nature of their liabilities and the increasingly short-term nature of their assets.

Most people...find a disorientating mismatch between the long-term nature of their liabilities and the increasingly short-term nature of their assets.

It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.

It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.

Concentrate your strengths against your competitor's relative weaknesses.

Concentrate your strengths against your competitor's relative weaknesses.

Forty for you, sixty for me And equal partners we will be.

Forty for you, sixty for me And equal partners we will be.

I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty.

I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty.

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.

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?