We are coming to see that there should be no stifling of labor by capital, or of capital by labor; and also that there should be no stifling of labor by labor, or of capital by capital.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERDon’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
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The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.
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Taxation has its limitations as a method of achieving better economic distribution since for this purpose it is essentially remedial. We must also take a positive approach by finding new ways to spread ownership of future capital growth more broadly in our society.
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Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.
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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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I raised my prices since there wasn’t any competition it was just the smart thing to do. Why would I keep my prices up if their wasn’t anyone to beat?
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I was born into it and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there, like air or food, or any other element. The only question with wealth is what you do with it.
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Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.
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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.
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A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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I never would have been able to tithe the first million dollars I ever made if I had not tithed my first salary, which was $1.50 per week.
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I think it is a man’s duty to make all the money he can, keep all that he can and give away all that he can.
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