Worry about being better; bigger will take care of itself. Think one customer at a time and take care of read more

Worry about being better; bigger will take care of itself. Think one customer at a time and take care of each one the best way you can.

Many of the products which create a modern standard of living are only the physical incorporations of ideas- not only read more

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.

I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.

I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.

The rich adopt novelties and become accustomed to their use. This sets a fashion which others imitate. Once the richer read more

The rich adopt novelties and become accustomed to their use. This sets a fashion which others imitate. Once the richer classes have adopted a certain way of living, producers have an incentive to improve the methods of manufacture so that soon it is possible for the poorer classes to follow suit. Thus luxury furthers progress. Innovation "is the whim of an elite before it becomes a need of the public. The luxury today is the necessity of tomorrow." Luxury is the roadmaker of progress: it develops latent needs and makes people discontented. In so far as they think consistently, moralists who condemn luxury must recommend the comparatively desireless existence of the wild life roaming in the woods as the ultimate ideal of civilized life.

Capitalism needs to function like a game of tug-of-war. Two opposing sides need to continually struggle for dominance, but at read more

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've got a living to make, to put it plainly; there's more money in shocking and terrifying than in edifying.

I've got a living to make, to put it plainly; there's more money in shocking and terrifying than in edifying.

The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.

The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.

We don't want to push our ideas on to customers, we simply want to make what they want.

We don't want to push our ideas on to customers, we simply want to make what they want.

If you can run one business well, you can run any business well.

If you can run one business well, you can run any business well.