Mark Twain Quotes About Business
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When we do not know a person - and also when we do - we have to judge his size by the size and nature of his achievements, as compared with the achievements of others in his special line of business - there is no other way.
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The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.
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Necessity is the mother of taking chances.
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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
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Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
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What work I have done I have done because it has been play. If it had been work I shouldn't have done it.
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It is not best that we should all think alike; it is a difference of opinion that makes horse races.
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Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.
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Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
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Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
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The timid man yearns for full value and demands a tenth. The bold man strikes for double value and compromises on par.
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There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it, and when he can.
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It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
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Let your secret sympathies and your compassion be always with the under dog in the fight -- this is magnanimity; but bet on the other one -- this is business.
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When everyone is looking for gold, it's a good time to be in the pick and shovel business.
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The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.
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My axiom is, to succeed in business: avoid my example.
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There are only two forces that can carry light to all the corners of the globe... the sun in the heavens and the Associated Press down here.
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A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.
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A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
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You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
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He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
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