“The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and to influence their actions.”

“Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has.”

“Government's role should be only to keep the playing field level, and to work hand in hand with business on issues such as employment. But beyond this, to as great an extent as possible, it should get the hell out of the way.”

“In this business you have to develop a thick skin, but I'm always going to feel everything. It's my nature.”

“The monarchy is foremost a business, and it's important to them that the British public continue to finance the excessive luxurious lifestyles of the now quite enormous, wasteful and useless 'royal' family. I find it very sad.”

“Business has only two functions - marketing and innovation.”

“I went to India and met some people who had been involved in this guerrilla business, middle-class people who were rather vain and foolish. There was no revolutionary grandeur to it. Nothing.”

“Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.”

“A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confidence.”