No value is destroyed for you – only for the original owner.
IDA TARBELLNo value is destroyed for you – only for the original owner.
IDA TARBELLThe methods it employs with such acumen, persistency, and secrecy are employed by all sorts of business men, from corner grocers up to bankers. If exposed, they are excused on the ground that this is business.
IDA TARBELLThere is no gaming table in the world where loaded dice are tolerated, no athletic field where men must not start fair.
IDA TARBELLI wanted the people to know the truth about the Standard Oil Company.
IDA TARBELLNow, if the Standard Oil Company were the only concern in the country guilty of the practices which have given it monopolistic power this story never would have been written.
IDA TARBELLRipe old age, cheerful, useful, and understanding, is one of the finest influences in the world.
IDA TARBELLYou cannot settle a new country without suffering, exposure, and danger.
IDA TARBELLSuch fluctuations were the natural element of the speculator, and he came early, buying in quantities and holding in storage tanks for higher prices.
IDA TARBELLOne of the permanent possessions of the human heart is the memory of its noble enthusiasms.
IDA TARBELLThe only reason I am glad I am a woman is because I will not have to marry one.
IDA TARBELLSpeculation in oil stock companies was another great evil … From the first, oil men had to contend with wild fluctuations in the price of oil. …
IDA TARBELLI have never seen fundamental improvements imposed from the top by ordinances and laws.
IDA TARBELLA popular disturbance never remains long in the full control of those who start it.
IDA TARBELLImagination is the only key to the future. Without it none exists – with it all things are possible.
IDA TARBELL[On dishonest business methods:] … frequently the defender of the practice falls back on the Christian doctrine of charity, and points out that we are erring mortals and must allow for each other’s weaknesses!.
IDA TARBELLwe were raising our standard of living at the expense of our standard of character.
IDA TARBELL