Harold R. McAlindon

I was never involved in arms trading. In the Russian Federation, arms trading is the prerogative of the state.

I suspect that many corporations have begun to understand that they have an important role to play in the lives of their communities, and that allocating funds to support local groups helps them discharge that function and also burnish their image.

I have had the top people in the world into One Hyde Park, and they have seen everything and they say there is nothing quite like this.

There should be rivalry between men and between business.

As members of the Ford Motor organization we are engaged in the production of an article of use for the people of all countries. Our principle is to make our work as profitable for the buyer as for the seller.

If your dreams don’t scare you they are too small.

Like a midwife, I make my living bringing new babies into the world, except that mine are new advertising campaigns.

I cannot remember a time when the Golden Rule was not my motto and precept, the torch that guided my footsteps.

Any business arrangement that is not profitable to the other person will in the end prove unprofitable for you. The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.

It takes a big idea to attract the attention of consumers and get them to buy your product. Unless your advertising contains a big idea, it will pass like a ship in the night. I doubt if more than one campaign in a hundred contains a big idea.

If each of us hires people who are smaller than we are, we shall become a company of dwarfs. But if each of us hires people who are bigger than we are, we shall become a company of giants.

The opportunity for an entrepreneur to start a company from scratch today is abysmal.

Everything I do in life is framed through the view of a businessman. That’s my instinct. If I go into a pharmacy to buy shaving cream, then I’m going to look for the best deal on shaving cream.

A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it.

The five separate fingers are five independent units. Close them and the fist multiplies strength. This is organization.