This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
American Businessman and Oil Magnate, Founded Cities Services Company
"It is the studying that you do after school days that really counts. Otherwise you know only that which every else knows."
"Get over the idea that only children should spend their time in study. Be a student so long as you still have something to learn, and this will mean all your life."
"Plenty of men can do good work for a spurt and with immediate promotion in mind, but for promotion you want a man in whom good work has become a habit."
"Those who do the most for the world's advancement are the ones who demand the least."
"There ought to be more scrupulous honesty in big business men than in any other human relation. For big business requires teamwork on a gigantic scale."
"If the people are to be the final tribunal then they must vote for what is right rather than according to their own selfish interests, else we are treading the path of danger."