Henry Ford

Employers only handle the money – it is the customer who pays the wages.

When you once get an idea in which you believe with all your heart, work it out.

Mark my word: A combination airplane and motor car is coming.

Children have helped me a lot.

If we could get all religions together on a common purpose-the elimination of jealousies and the things that make men covet another’s belongings, we would be a long way toward the goal of outmoding war, depression and poverty.

Improvements have been coming so quickly that the past is being lost to the rising generation, and it can be preserved only by putting it in a form where it may be seen and felt. That is the reason behind this collection.

The consumer isn’t a moron. She is your wife.

Anyone who criticises me for talking about fair trade is a few pebbles short of a beach. Because everyone should care about it, just like everyone should care about the environment, because we all live here.

We decided not to show One Hyde Park til we were 100% ready. A lot of people open the doors too early.

It took only 10 minutes to do Chelsea deal with Roman Abramovich but I had to Google him first … I wasn’t sure if Jeremy Beadle was going to jump out.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

The keystone of successful business is cooperation. Friction retards progress.

In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits. Unless you’ve got a good team, you can’t do much with the other two.

No human wisdom or knowledge could ever be sufficient [for] the duty of superintending the industry of private people … towards the employment most suitable to the interest of the society.

The main job of the entrepreneur is to define the mission, find and inspire the team, and lead.

Burdening people with debt is an old deal not a new deal.

I remember flying in, driving down 101 in a cab, and passing by all these tech companies like Yahoo! I remember thinking, ‘Maybe someday we’ll build a company. This probably isn’t it, but one day we will.’

If it doesn’t sell, it isn’t creative.

We’’ve designed swimming pools that turn into ballrooms, and fitted security devices that fill a garage with gas if someone is stealing your car.

If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it all to themselves.

The Golden Rule finds no limit of application in business.