"Like sex in Victorian England, the reality of Big Business today is our big dirty secret." ― Ralph Nader Topic(s): Business More From Ralph Nader "I don’t think meals have any business being deductible. I’m for separation of calories and corporations." "The ‘democracy gap’ in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the ‘least worst’ every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the ‘least worst’ gets worse." "President Reagan was elected on the promise of getting government off the backs of the people and now he demands that government wrap itself around the waists of the people." More In Business "Writing fiction is for me a fraught business, an occasion of daily dread for at least the first half of the novel, and sometimes all the way through. The work process is totally different from writing nonfiction. You have to sit down every day and make it up."― Joan Didion "You can’t operate a company by fear, because the way to eliminate fear is to avoid criticism. And the way to avoid criticism is to do nothing."― Steve Ross "The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective."― Warren Buffett