Charles Koch Quotes
101 Charles Koch Quotes
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[On his investment in Purina] There were all sorts of problems in Purina that today we would uncover in the first week that we didn’t uncover… We learned a lot from the Purina mistakes. I’m not sure I could ever stand that much learning again.
Charles Koch
The future is unknown and unknowable. You just keep pushing.
Charles Koch
My experiences in the Soviet Union underscore why economic freedom is so important for all of us.
Charles Koch
Some people worry about the disparity of wealth in a system of economic freedom. What they don’t realize is that the same disparity exists in the least-free countries. The difference is who is better off.
Charles Koch
I want my legacy to be greater freedom, greater prosperity and a better way of life for my family, our employees and all Americans.
Charles Koch
There are a lot of people who have ideas but they don’t know how to get it done.
Charles Koch
My own philanthropic efforts were shaped in the early sixties, and this may surprise you, it wasn't because of Woodstock or any of those things… but by my passion to understand the principles underlying peace and prosperity.
Charles Koch
We hear politicians talking about jobs. But they never seem to make the connection… it's not just any job, it's not everybody digging ditches and filling them up again… which in times government programs have done that literally. And if everybody did that of course we'd all starve to death in the dark in the cold without food or shelter.
Charles Koch
The battle may be lost, but the war is far from over.
Charles Koch
[On being a private company as opposed to a publicly listed one] Because we are private we can absorb more volatility.
Charles Koch
An entrepreneur can't just sit there and say, ‘Gosh, I want a certain revenue.’ You have to go out and find ways to create value.
Charles Koch
A good trader might be profitable 55 percent of the time, and if the trader is following our principles and using good scientific methods and following risk management procedures, then just add up how much net value the trader created. That leaves room for some failure. If he just sat there saying, ‘I'm going to avoid failure,’ the trader would have no trades.
Charles Koch
We try to have decisions made by comparative advantage…
Charles Koch
Even in nonprofit work, you must define what you are trying to achieve.
Charles Koch
My father threatened that he was going to sell the company if I wouldn't come back home to Kansas from the East Coast and run it.
Charles Koch
Regulatory laws like Sarbanes-Oxley will only increase the earnings advantages of private firms.
Charles Koch
Long term success entails constantly discovering new ways to create value for customers and building new capabilities to capture new opportunities.
Charles Koch
Laws and principles that facilitate the advancement of peace, prosperity and social progress are as immutable as the laws that work in science…
Charles Koch
Wages rise not because of unions or government action, but because of marginal productivity gains - people get more money when they produce more value for other people. I was so thrilled by this revelation that I had what Maslow called a 'peak experience.'
Charles Koch
Every new law should be subject to the question: Will it strengthen the culture of prosperity?
Charles Koch
Everything that needs to be measured, must be measured.
Charles Koch
Bonus
Keep your obligations and promises. Try, if possible, to do business with honorable people. All the contracts and lawyers in Christendom cannot make a dishonorable man hew to the line.
Fred C Koch (The father of Charles Koch)
Don’t take counsel of your fears.
Fred C Koch (The father of Charles Koch)
Regardless of whether you are an entrepreneur or whether you are an employee of a large company, the absolute prerequisite is that you must know your stuff. There is no substitute for this.
Fred C Koch (The father of Charles Koch)
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