Associates Quote by Ida Tarbell

Rockefeller made his money in oil, which he discovered at the bottom of wells. Oil was considered crude in those days, but so was…

— Richard Armour

[John D. Rockefeller] didn't care about anyone he did anything just to be rich and be the only company standing without any competition. He…

— Ida Tarbell

“They were afraid,” said Rockefeller, “of having to spend money that they couldn’t prove to themselves they would actually need to spend.” Rockefeller”

— Ted Koppel

Rockefeller viewed his philanthropy through the lens of his business, and it really mirrored the Industrial Revolution. It was highly centralized, it was top…

— Jacqueline Novogratz

I decided to write the book to open the eyes of the people of how corrupt John D. Rockefeller company was and the unfair…

— Ida Tarbell

The big Wall Street firms, seemingly so shrewd and self-interested, had somehow become the dumb money. The people who ran them did not understand…

— Michael Lewis

John D. Rockefeller wanted to dominate oil, but Microsoft wants it all, you name it: cable, media, banking, car dealerships.

— Ralph Nader

Where would the Rockefellers be today if old John D. had gone on selling short-weight kerosene ... to widows and orphans instead of wisely…

— S. J. Perelman

“Cornelius Vanderbilt and his fellow tycoon John D. Rockefeller were often called 'robber barons'. Newspapers said they were evil, and ran cartoons showing Vanderbilt…

— John Stossel

“It was this intense self-discipline and objectivity that allowed Rockefeller to seize advantage from obstacle after obstacle in his life, during the Civil War,…

— Ryan Holiday

When people think of the oil industry, they think of Rockefeller, much like when people think of the software industry, they think of Bill…

— H. W. Brands

“A function of Rockefeller’s personality: resilient, adaptable, calm, brilliant. He could not be rattled—not by economic crisis, not by a glittery mirage of false…

— Ryan Holiday