In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who doesn’t know what he is doing. – William Wordsworth

In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later. – Harold S. Geneen

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. – Benjamin Franklin

Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results. – Scott Adams

Inside every working anarchy, there’s an Old Boy Network. – Mitchell Kapor

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. – Adam Smith

It takes more than capital to swing business. You’ve got to have the A. I. D. degree to get by – Advertising, Initiative, and Dynamics. – Isaac Asimov

There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time! – Coco Chanel

There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else. – Sam Walton

Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed. – Peter Drucker

To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less. – Andre Malraux

The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force. – Andre Maurois