Quotes from J. P. Morgan

I'll do business with anyone, but I'll only go sailing with gentlemen.

Any man who has to ask about the annual upkeep of a yacht can't afford one.

Never be on the bear side but on the bull side when the United States is in question.

A man always has two reasons for doing anything -- a good reason and the real reason.

A man always has two reasons for what he doesa good one, and the real one.

Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see farther.

No problem can be solved until it is reduced to some simple form. The changing of a vague difficulty into a specific, concrete form is a very essential element in thinking.

The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.

The wise man bridges the gap by laying out the path by means of which he can get from where he is to where he wants to go.

Well, I don't know as I want a lawyer to tell me what I cannot do. I hire him to tell how to do what I want to do.

You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree.