There isn't any luck that enters into anything, unless it's poker or shooting dice, maybe. There is no luck to read more

There isn't any luck that enters into anything, unless it's poker or shooting dice, maybe. There is no luck to merchandising. There is no luck in going out and working from early in the morning to long after dinner. That is not luck, it's work.

Relationships are like a dance, with visible energy racing back and
forth between partners. Some relationships are the slow, dark read more

Relationships are like a dance, with visible energy racing back and
forth between partners. Some relationships are the slow, dark dance of
death.

Very few people are ambitious in the sense of having a specific image of what they want to achieve. Most read more

Very few people are ambitious in the sense of having a specific image of what they want to achieve. Most people's sights are only toward the next run, the next increment of money.

If you don't do it excellently, don't do it at all. Because if it's not
excellent, it won't be profitable read more

If you don't do it excellently, don't do it at all. Because if it's not
excellent, it won't be profitable or fun, and if you're not in business
for fun or profit, what the hell are you doing there?.

Since nothing we intend is ever faultless, and nothing we attempt ever
without eror, and nothing we achieve without some read more

Since nothing we intend is ever faultless, and nothing we attempt ever
without eror, and nothing we achieve without some measure of finitude and
fallibility we call humanness, we are saved by forgiveness.

If one has not given everything, one has given nothing.

If one has not given everything, one has given nothing.

I may be crazy but it keeps me from going insane.

I may be crazy but it keeps me from going insane.

Most managers were trained to be the thing they most
despise, bureaucrats.

Most managers were trained to be the thing they most
despise, bureaucrats.

It takes guts to get out of the ruts.

It takes guts to get out of the ruts.