Quotes About Rockefeller

The alopecia dealt a blow to Rockefeller's morale—the psychological effect is crushing for most people

When such remedies failed, Rockefeller decided to buy a wig.

Rockefeller warned refiners joining Standard Oil not to parade their sudden wealth, lest people wonder where they got the cash.

If roomy and comfortable, it was extremely modest for someone of Rockefeller's wealth and, like his Cleveland residence, subtly masked the size of his fortune.

In a similar vein, Rockefeller was concerned that if he advertised his own wealth through fancy houses, he might attract investors into the refining business and only worsen the excess capacity problem.

The only thing removed by Rockefeller were the worn carpets, which he donated to the needy through a local church.

Yet Rockefeller didn't apply this pressure lightly and preferred patience and reason—if possible—to terror.

Johnson tried to persuade Rockefeller that these skills would serve him well in golf.

While Rockefeller made it seem as if such shenanigans occurred far from his sphere, he was fully briefed by Thompson, who liked to boast of his maneuvers.

McGregor won Rockefeller's absolute trust on all technical matters.

In this early period, Rockefeller was a chronic worrier who labored under a great deal of self-imposed stress.

Fearing a biased local jury, Rockefeller retained a Minnesota newspaperman to counteract local hostility toward him and even stepped up his Baptist-missionary donations in the state.

It was deeply ironic that Rockefeller retained such residual faith in homeopathy even as he financed the world's most sophisticated medical-research operation.

As Rockefeller feared, the Duluth jury reached a verdict in favor of the Merritts, though it was overturned on appeal.

It was testimony to Rockefeller's thoroughgoing sense of responsibility that he preserved each letter for review at home.

Having outsmarted the largest railroad, Rockefeller had acquired a stranglehold on the three major roads, and his taming of the imperious Tom Scott guaranteed that no railroad president would ever dare to tangle with him again.

These trips energized Rockefeller, who returned to Cleveland with renewed faith.

Rockefeller tried to expand his disbursements to keep pace with his mounting income, and his donations nearly doubled from $61,000 in 1881 to $119,000 three years later.

When Lockhart and Warden hesitated, Rockefeller played his trump card: He invited Warden to come to Cleveland and inspect the Standard Oil books.

Mr. Rockefeller, maintaining the utmost courtesy, continued to dominate the room.

Rockefeller was enormously gratified and touched by the warm, spontaneous enthusiasm of the students.

As a philanthropist, Rockefeller chose to cultivate a wise detachment from his creations and told Harper that he saw himself as a silent partner in the operation

Like many donors, Rockefeller wished to give freely, but Harper was constantly trying to speed up the process.

Yet Big Bill never entirely lost touch with his Rockefeller family.