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I don't suppose that the pirate did much more harm than the politician. And no pirate that I ever heard of came out of his business with a couple millions 'personal fund' for which he absolutely refused to account!
— Rudyard Kipling
How Many Friends Does One Person Need?: Dunbar’s Number and Other Evolutionary Quirks
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But it was, as we have seen, especially in social reform that Germany was believed to be leading the way, and to have found the secret of dealing with the economic evil. In the case of Insurance, which was the test case she was applauded for obliging all her workmen to set apart a portion of their wages for any time of sickness; and numerous other
... See moreG. K. Chesterton • The G. K. Chesterton Collection [50 Books]
The problem with the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy lay in the fact that it was so alluring that it naturally attracted other well-heeled suitors. Indeed, at this very moment it attracted the man who was about to become Jim Hill’s archrival, Edward H. Harriman, of whom it was once said that he feared neither God nor J. P. Morgan.
Michael P. Malone • James J. Hill: Empire Builder of the Northwest (The Oklahoma Western Biographies Book 12)
Individuals like Hunter Harrison are rare. They are singular in their talents, possessing laser-like focus and an atomic-level understanding of their businesses. By dint of starting at the bottom, questioning the status quo, and enduring backbreaking effort, they can slide into a niche that few others occupy. As a result, they represent extraordina
... See moreHoward Green • RAILROADER: The Unfiltered Genius and Controversy of Four-Time CEO Hunter Harrison
ambitious young man of thirty-seven with a high forehead, thick,
William Dalrymple • White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India
The French writer Stendhal, in his 1817 travelogue, Rome, Naples, and Florence, described