“Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and f...” — A. A. Milne Quote

“Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.”

“Never forget me, because if I thought you would, I'd never leave.”

“You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.”

“Is 'The Wind in the Willows' a children's book? Is 'Alice in Wonderland?' Is 'Treasure Island?' These are masterpieces which we read with pleasure as children, but with how much more pleasure when we are grown-up.”

“The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.”

“Tiggers don't like honey.”

“There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you've been in the business.”

“Companies that grow for the sake of growth or that expand into areas outside their core business strategy often stumble. On the other hand, companies that build scale for the benefit of their customers and shareholders more often succeed over time.”

“If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.”

“In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing.”

“After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, and so on - have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear - what remains? Nature remains.”

“Ethics or simple honesty is the building blocks upon which our whole society is based, and business is a part of our society, and it's integral to the practice of being able to conduct business, that you have a set of honest standards.”