William Henry Vanderbilt famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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The public be damned. I am working for my stockholders.
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The railroads are not run for the benefit of the dear public. That cry is nonsense. They are built for men who invest their money and expect to get a fair percentage of the same.
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The public be damned.
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The public be damned! (on whether the public should be consulted about luxury trains Aug 1918
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I have had no real gratification or enjoyment of any sort more than my neighbour on the next block who is worth only half a million.
-- William Henry Vanderbilt
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I can make more generals, but horses cost money.
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Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.
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As to your kind wishes for myself, allow me to say I can not enter the ring on the money basis--first, because, in the main, it iswrong; and secondly, I have not, and can not get, the money. I say, in the main, the use of money is wrong; but for certain objects, in a political contest, the use of some, is both right, and indispensable.
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A bargain is something you don't need at a price you can't resist.
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There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.
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Here in the big city people spend their time thinking about work and about money; they don't give some value to friendships and it can be depressing.
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I believe only in money, not in love or tenderness. Love and tenderness meant only pain and suffering and defeat. I would not let it ruin me as it ruined others! I would speak only with money, hard money.
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A fool and his money get a lot of publicity.
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It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich.
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Few women care to be laughed at and men not at all, except for large sums of money.
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