Tom Hicks Quotes

There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant.

Gain at the expense of reputation is manifest loss.

It's fool's gold if you are winning games and are not playing the right way.

It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and at any risk to the rest of the community.

I can't shoot myself in the foot before I get in the chorus line.

I have always been an honest trader. I come from a school of traders where there was honour in the deal. No contracts, just a handshake and that's it, done. That's the way I prefer to do business but it's not always possible these days, sadly.

The team was supported by the fans, and the city was committed to a new building. But that wasn't good enough for Walter O'Malley. He had a better deal, and he passed up a good deal for a better one. I don't think that was right, because ownership of a ballclub is at least a semi-public trust.

Follow the money at all costs, and you might wind up regretting it.

They [Standard Oil] had never played fair, and that ruined their greatness for me … the open disregard of decent ethical business practices by capitalists.

There’s a lot of greed on Wall Street.

Trust and transparency, the great principles of the free market, are at stake here.

I think there are many honest businessmen.

The single most important ingredient in the recipe for success is transparency because transparency builds trust.

The business of America is business, but it's about high-integrity business. It's about a business where you keep your word, where you make square deals.

If I hadn't been fair, I would never have made the $6 billion in real estate deals that I did. I mean, if you're not fair, people don't want to deal with you.

Money is a bad friend. Don't ever do anything for money.

I've not made my name as a wheeler and dealer. Don't say that.

As a former U.S. attorney, I would only align myself with a first-class organization. World Patent Marketing goes beyond making statements about doing business 'ethically' and translates them into action.

It's hard to find good business partners and people who do good business the right way.

With me, I'm going to have a label where no one is ever cheated, ever.

What stalwart Republican would stop Trump from profiteering for his businesses from the White House the way he's gamed his companies and the tax code for decades, or prevent him from letting his adult children milk their father's position to benefit his supposed 'blind trust?'

Dishonesty, lack of integrity catches up with you.

My word is gold, And I make sure everyone gets paid.

The Solyndra scandal occurred because of people with money who have influence and power.

You cannot say the whole industry is bad. There are bad people, but there are many good people as well.