Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and it's been their only major business advantage for the past two centuries.

No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business.

The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or 'get rich' in business by being a conformist.

I think I've got my business notions and my sense for that sort of thing from my dad. My dad never had a chance to go to school. He couldn't read and write. But he was so smart. He was just one of those people that could just make the most of anything and everything that he had to work with.