“Become an expert in one fundamental area of your market or business, no one starts out as a generalist.”

God help us if we ever take the theater out of the auction business or anything else. It would be an awfully boring world.

There is more similarity in the marketing challenge of selling a precious painting by Degas and a frosted mug of root beer than you ever thought possible.

A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.

There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man.

Little by little does the trick.

Stop trying. Take long walks. Look at scenery. Doze off at noon. Don’t even think about flying. And then, pretty soon, you’ll be flying again.

The more predictable the business, the more valuable it is.

Any business plan won’t survive its first encounter with reality. The reality will always be different. It will never be the plan.

They say: Think twice before you jump. I say: Jump first and then think as much as you want!