William Henry Vanderbilt quotes

“The public be damned. I am working for my stockholders.”
-- William Henry Vanderbilt

Source : Replying to whether the public should be consulted about luxury trains, in a letter from A. W. Cole to New York Times 25 August 1918

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“The railroads are not run for the benefit of the dear public. That cry is nonsense. They are built for men who invest their money and expect to get a fair percentage of the same.”
-- William Henry Vanderbilt

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“The public be damned.”
-- William Henry Vanderbilt

“The public be damned! (on whether the public should be consulted about luxury trains Aug 1918”
-- William Henry Vanderbilt

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“I have had no real gratification or enjoyment of any sort more than my neighbour on the next block who is worth only half a million.”
-- William Henry Vanderbilt

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“I can make more generals, but horses cost money.”

“Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.”

“As to your kind wishes for myself, allow me to say I can not enter the ring on the money basis--first, because, in the main, it iswrong; and secondly, I have not, and can not get, the money. I say, in the main, the use of money is wrong; but for certain objects, in a political contest, the use of some, is both right, and indispensable.”

“A bargain is something you don't need at a price you can't resist.”

“There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.”

“Here in the big city people spend their time thinking about work and about money; they don't give some value to friendships and it can be depressing.”

“I believe only in money, not in love or tenderness. Love and tenderness meant only pain and suffering and defeat. I would not let it ruin me as it ruined others! I would speak only with money, hard money.”

“A fool and his money get a lot of publicity.”

“It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich.”

“Few women care to be laughed at and men not at all, except for large sums of money.”

Source : Alan Ayckbourn (1988). “The Norman Conquests: A Trilogy of Plays”, p.9, Grove Press