The man who comes up with a means for doing or producing anything better, faster or more economically has his future and his fortune at his fingertip… - J. Paul Getty

Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying.

The conformist is not born. He is made. I believe the brainwashing process begins in the schools and colleges.

In business, as in politics, it is never easy to go against the beliefs and attitudes held by the majority. The businessman who moves counter to the tide of prevailing opinion must expect to be obstructed, derided and damned.