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We rarely hear, it has been said, of the combinations of masters, though frequently of those of workmen. But whoever imagines, upon this account, that masters rarely combine, is as ignorant of the world as of the subject.
Adam Smith1723–1790The Wealth of Nations (1776), Book I, Chapter VIIIIn context
- Work
To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight, appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers.
Adam Smith1723–1790The Wealth of Nations (1776), Book IV, Chapter VII (4 of 5)In context
- Government
I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself, than this incessant business.
Henry David Thoreau1817–1862Life Without Principle (1863), p. 485
- Work
Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.
Mark Twain1835–1910A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1889), Ch. 22
Management of many is the same as management of few. It is a matter of organization.
Sun Tzu544–496 BCThe Art of War, Chapter V · Forces, Paragraph 1
- Leadership
If investments are keeping you awake at night, sell down to the sleeping point.
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- Money
Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.
Andy Warhol1928–1987The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975), p. 92
- Art
American industry is not free, as once it was free; American enterprise is not free; the man with only a little capital is finding it harder to get into the field, more and more impossible to compete with the big fellow.
Woodrow Wilson1856–1924The New Freedom (1913), Section I: “The Old Order Changeth”, p. 15
- Economics
It is better to buy than compete.
Mark Zuckerbergborn 1984Email (June 2008), as quoted in the FTC antitrust complaint against Facebook (December 2020)