A biography for J. P. Morganhasn’t been written yet.
“A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.”
“When you expect things to happen - strangely enough - they do happen.”
“Well, I don't know as I want a lawyer to tell me what I cannot do. I hire him to tell how to do what I want to do.”
“If you have to ask how much it costs, you can't afford it.”
“Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see farther.”
“A man generally has two reasons for doing a thing. One that sounds good, and a real one.”
“No problem can be solved until it is reduced to some simple form. The changing of a vague difficulty into a specific, concrete form is a very essential element in thinking.”