The Journey from Rage to Wretchedness

Image via WikipediaA man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone. – Henry David Throreau




Nowadays, we think of a philanthropist as someone who donates big sums of money, yet the word is derived from two Greek words, philos (loving) and anthropos (man); loving man. All of us are capable of being philanthropists. We can give of ourselves. – Edward Lindsey



It is tragic that Howard Hughes had to die to prove that he was alive. – Walter Kane



The prosperous man is never sure that he is loved for himself. – Marcus Lucan



The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes. – Gore Vidal



Sometimes the pilgrimage from rags to riches is a journey from rage to wretchedness. – R.W. Huber

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Corporations are less amenable to Disgrace and Punishment

Image by This Year's Love via FlickrA Corporation cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicated, for they have no souls. – Sir Edward Coke




The ancient Hebrews had a goat on which all the sins were placed, so the holding company isn’t new. – anonymous



Free enterprise ended in the United States a good many years ago. Big oil, big steel, big agriculture, avoid the open marketplace. Big corporations fix prices among themselves and drive out the small entrepreneur. In their conglomerate forms, the huge corporations have begun to challenge the legitimacy of the State. – Gore Vidal

Corporate bodies are more corrupt and profligate than individuals, because they have more power to do mischief, and we are less amenable to disgrace and punishment. – William Hazlitt

The fact that 25% of businesses fail in the first year and less than 20% are still in business 10 years later is because of lack of proper planning. – Jesse Werner

Never have partners. – Howard Hughes’s Father

Chop you own wood and it will warm you twice. - Proverb