Henry Ford

With all the wealth of the world at hand, there are human beings who hunger, whole nations who suffer cold. The judgment for this condition, for misusing Nature’s gifts, is the judgment upon man’s failure, man’s unsteadiness. Leadership is the thing.

Christmas stands for the human factor which makes life tolerable midst the hurry of commerce and production. All of us need the annealing effect of Christ’s example to relieve the hardening we get in the daily struggle for material success.

Thinking calls for facts; facts are found by digging; but he who has gathered this wealth is well equipped for life.

We now know that anything which is economically right is also morally right. There can be no conflict between good economics and good morals.

Whatever your goal in life, the beginning is knowledge and experience- or, briefly work.

If the boss stands in the way of men getting what they earn, he is not fit to be boss.

Getting permanent value out of a job means purpose and fitting means to ends.

When you are in real estate, you are going to make some mistakes.

Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.

I just think people have a lot of fiction. But, you know, I mean, the real story of Facebook is just that we’ve worked so hard for all this time. I mean, the real story is actually probably pretty boring, right? I mean, we just sat at our computers for six years and coded.

A monopoly of jobs in this country is just as bad as a monopoly of bread!

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.

Ridiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines won’t make people enjoy life more, and it sends out terrible messages to the people who work for them. It would be so much better if that money was spent in Africa – and it’s about getting a balance.

Only a fool never changes his mind.

We’ve created a recognisable brand that has the ability to be the Louis Vuitton of our era.

Without a customer, you don’t have a business, all you have is a hobby.

The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.

Our aim is to compete with any luxury brand. Candy & Candy will be a luxury brand, recognised in Rodeo Drive, New York, Dubai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo and London. Those are the major centres in the world. It will be synonymous with the design of homes, houses, flats, yachts, aircraft and retail.

Every advertisement should be thought of as a contribution to the complex symbol which is the brand image.

We started learning ourselves, understanding ourselves, reading, researching, going around the world and looking at what was defined as the very best.

Does advertising corrupt editors? Yes it does, but fewer editors than you may suppose… the vast majority of editors are incorruptible.