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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.
If you hire only those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are. Always remember read more
If you hire only those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are. Always remember that you often find outstanding people among those you don't particularly like.
If you do it right 51 percent of the time you will end up a hero.
If you do it right 51 percent of the time you will end up a hero.
Business is a means- the only means- to increase the quantity of goods available for preserving life and rendering it read more
Business is a means- the only means- to increase the quantity of goods available for preserving life and rendering it more agreeable.
I don't even get an allowance.
I don't even get an allowance.
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.
Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.
Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.
What matters is not the allocation of portions out of a fund presented to man by nature. The problem is read more
What matters is not the allocation of portions out of a fund presented to man by nature. The problem is rather to further those social institutions which enable people to continue and to enlarge the production of all those things which they need.
A gift blinds the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
A gift blinds the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
