"The advertising man is a liaison between the products of business and the mind of the nation. He must know both before he can serve either."
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"A good decision is based on knowledge, and not on numbers."
"There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time!"
"Where your talents and the needs of the world cross; there lies your vocation."
"If you keep your eye on the profit, you’re going to skimp on the product. But if you focus on making really great products, then the profits will follow."
"Because, you know, resilience - if you think of it in terms of the Gold Rush, then you'd be pretty depressed right now because the last nugget of gold would be gone. But the good thing is, with innovation, there isn't a last nugget. Every new thing creates two new questions and two new opportunities."
"I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird."
"The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it."
"Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results."
"Will you resist the temptation to get a government handout for your community? Realize that the doctor's fight against socialized medicine is your fight. We can't socialize the doctors without socializing the patients. Recognize that government invasion of public power is eventually an assault upon your own business."
"Don't bring your need to the marketplace, bring your skill. If you don't feel well, tell your doctor, but not the marketplace. If you need money, go to the bank, but not the marketplace."
"Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level."
"Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States."
"The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of Conservatives is to prevent mistakes from being corrected."
"One finds limits by pushing them."
"Watch the costs and the profits will take care of themselves."
"To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society."
"Everyone lives by selling something."
"Business is never as healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching for what it gets."
"Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered."