Occupation: Financier Birth: August 19, 1870 Death: June 20, 1965
I am interested in physical medicine because my father was. I am interested in medical research because I believe in it. I am interested in arthritis….
A man can't retire his experience..
Never play tips from "insiders." They can't see the forest for the trees..
America has never forgotten - and never will forget - the nobler things that brought her into being and that light her path....
We can't cross that bridge until we come to it, but I always like to lay down a pontoon ahead of time..
Gold has worked down from Alexander's time... When something holds good for two thousand years I do not believe it can be so because of prejudice or ….
Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure..
Let us not be deceived we are today in the midst of a cold war..
Creativity: Take the obvious, add a cupful of brains, a generous pinch of imagination, a bucketful of courage and daring, stir well and bring to a bo….
If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament - disarmament follows peace..
Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves more with less energy and time..
Bears don't live on Park Avenue..
Recipe for success: Be polite, prepare yourself for whatever you are asked to do, keep yourself tidy, be cheerful, don't be envious, be honest with y….
Whatever men attempt, they seem driven to overdo. When hopes are soaring, I always repeat to myself that two and two still make four..
A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs..
Never answer a critic, unless he's right..
Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want..
Whatever you do, do it with all your heart and soul..
Unless each man produces more than he receives, increases his output, there will be less for him than all the others..
I have learned the truth of the observation that the more one approaches great men the more one finds that they are men..
We are here today to make a choice between the quick and the dead..