Quotes About Wisdom

Suckers have no business with money anyway.

If you don't hire at least one or two people that are smarter than you are, then you're a terrible manager and I don't need you.

If doing what ought to be done be made the first business and success a secondary consideration--is not this the way to exalt virtue?

Zen has no business with ideas.

If you want to be a leader, you've got to be a reader.

Don't take forever to make a decision, but don't make it too fast.

When I look out from my own business career, I tried to learn from some of the best people, regardless of the industry.

Leaders dig into their business to learn painful realities rather than peaceful illusion.

You'll go out of business if you think people are stupid.

If sophisticated calculations are needed to justify an action, don't do it.

The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows. The greatest of faults, I should say is to be conscious of none.

Do your homework or hire wise experts to help you. Never jump into a business you have no idea about.

The biggest mistake I ever made was snorting cocaine. The second biggest mistake was I didn't realize that show business was two words.

Always look for the fool in the deal. If you don't find one, it's you.

My axiom is, to succeed in business: avoid my example.

The Devil, it is true, is not exactly a doctor who has taken degrees, but he is very learned, very expert for all that. He has not been carrying on his business during thousands of years for nothing.

William Blake really is important, my cornerstone. Nobody ever told me before he did that childhood was such a damned serious business.

If you think training is expensive, try ignorance.

If you are in the business of revenge, then you better dig two graves.

Knowledge makes us stronger, but power is not supersede by it (knowledge). Vulnerable is power without knowledge. Impracticable is knowledge without power.

Never burn bridges. Today's junior jerk tomorrow's senior partner.

The best classroom of all times was about two car lengths behind Juan Manuel Fangio.

We all know that small cars are good for us. But so is cod liver oil. And jogging.

"Isn't it fun getting older?" is really a terrible fallacy. That's like saying I prefer driving an old car with a flat tire.