“The first hundred thousand—that was hard to get; but afterwards it was easy to make more.”
Quoted in James Parton (1865), Life of John Jacob Astor
John Jacob Astor lub Johann Jakob Astor – emigrant z Niemiec, amerykański handlarz futer i finansista, który zorganizował dwie ekspedycje na północno-zachodnie wybrzeże Pacyfiku. Pierwszy amerykański multimilioner. Wikipedia
“The first hundred thousand—that was hard to get; but afterwards it was easy to make more.”
Quoted in James Parton (1865), Life of John Jacob Astor
Quoted in Matthew Hale Smith (1868), Sunshine and Shadow in New York