"If you have to ask the price, you can't afford it."
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About purchasing a yacht; quoted in "Business Education World" (Gregg Publishing Company, 1961)
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J. P. Morgan
John Pierpont Morgan (April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913) was an American financier, banker, philanthropist and art collector who dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation during his time.
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