It takes two to make a very great career; the man who is great, and the man – almost rarer – who is great
Ayn Rand
Quotes
Stephen Barrow, Investment manager
Wealth is not created by financial engineering. Financial engineering tends to be a transfer of wealth…The only real way to create wealth is to
Ayn Rand, Money, Second-handers
Now I don’t see anything evil in a desire to make money. But money is only a means to some end. If a man
Ayn Rand, Fame
Public favor had ceased being a recognition of merit, that it had become almost a brand of shame.
Bill Bonner
Money is a way of keeping score in life, says T. Boone Pickens. But that is just for those who like playing the game.
Charles Goodyear, Inventor of vulcanization
A Dickensian hero going nobly into a world of cynics and thieves, never straying from his own true purpose to enrich mankind.
Selima Stavola, Dress designer
The moment it becomes a manufacturing empire with a label, it’s not a person. I take pride in my work, great pride, and I
Bernie Goldhirsch, Founder of Inc. Magazine
The part of sailing I really like is this when people go to sea, they have a need for self-reliance and at the same
Bernie Goldhirsh, Founder of Inc. Magazine, On value of entreprenuers
Dr. Land (was) like a hero to me. Here was this fast growing company, creating all kinds of jobs, created by this one man
Losing Money in Business
‘This is a money losing business’ said founder and president John Hughes on a a December day in late 2003. ‘In this business, breakeven