All MARK TWAIN Quotes about “Business”

“A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.”
“The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.”
“The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.”
“You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.”
“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.”
“Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.”
“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.”
“There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it, and when he can.”
“It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.”
“It is not best that we should all think alike; it is a difference of opinion that makes horse races.”
“When everyone is looking for gold, it's a good time to be in the pick and shovel business.”
“When everyone is looking for gold, it's a good time to be in the pick and shovel business.”
“Necessity is the mother of taking chances.”
“What work I have done I have done because it has been play. If it had been work I shouldn't have done it.”
“Necessity is the mother of taking chances.”
“He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.”
“The timid man yearns for full value and demands a tenth. The bold man strikes for double value and compromises on par.”
“My axiom is, to succeed in business: avoid my example.”
“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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