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I don't understand why financial relationship has to be perceived as a negative thing. A business relationship can be excellent, just like a typical friendship.

I don't understand why financial relationship has to be perceived as a negative thing. A business relationship can be excellent, just like a typical friendship. Expectations are different, sure. There are a lot of good things that can come from it in spite of that. It's the people involved that make it crap or awesome.

dy 16y ago
I think John Rockefeller said it best: "I'd rather turn my business associates my friends than my friends into business associates."
- gruseom 16y ago
  Not to be glib, but did Rockefeller have many friends? I'd bet he didn't say this.
  - dy 16y ago
    Real quote: "A friendship founded on business is a good deal better than a business founded on friendship." src: http://www.woopidoo.com/business_quotes/authors/john-rockefeller-quotes.htm http://www.woopidoo.com/business_quotes/authors/john-rockefe...
    - gruseom 16y ago
      Doubtful. The internet is chock full of these cuckoo quote sites. If Google doesn't yield a primary source, it's almost certainly fake. This is one area where absence of evidence really is evidence of absence. Edit: not a criticism of the quote itself. These things wouldn't get misattributed if they weren't worth repeating. But they wouldn't get repeated if they weren't misattributed, either; it's a kind of cultural appeal to authority.
      - kens 16y ago
        The quote is from Rockefeller quoting his business partner Flagler. For a primary source, see "Random reminiscences of men and events" by JD Rockefeller, 1913. Google Books is great for verifying this sort of quote: http://books.google.com/books?id=IHnZAAAAMAAJ&dq=A%20friendship%20founded%20on%20business%20is%20a%20good%20deal%20better%20than%20a%20business%20founded%20on%20friendship&pg=PA12#v=onepage&q=A%20friendship%20founded%20on%20business%20is%20a%20good%20deal%20better%20than%20a%20business%20founded%20on%20friendship&f=false http://books.google.com/books?id=IHnZAAAAMAAJ&dq=A%20fri...
        gruseom 16y ago
        Good catch!

dy 16y ago

I think John Rockefeller said it best: "I'd rather turn my business associates my friends than my friends into business associates."

gruseom 16y ago
Not to be glib, but did Rockefeller have many friends? I'd bet he didn't say this.
- dy 16y ago
  Real quote: "A friendship founded on business is a good deal better than a business founded on friendship." src: http://www.woopidoo.com/business_quotes/authors/john-rockefeller-quotes.htm http://www.woopidoo.com/business_quotes/authors/john-rockefe...
  - gruseom 16y ago
    Doubtful. The internet is chock full of these cuckoo quote sites. If Google doesn't yield a primary source, it's almost certainly fake. This is one area where absence of evidence really is evidence of absence. Edit: not a criticism of the quote itself. These things wouldn't get misattributed if they weren't worth repeating. But they wouldn't get repeated if they weren't misattributed, either; it's a kind of cultural appeal to authority.
    - kens 16y ago
      The quote is from Rockefeller quoting his business partner Flagler. For a primary source, see "Random reminiscences of men and events" by JD Rockefeller, 1913. Google Books is great for verifying this sort of quote: http://books.google.com/books?id=IHnZAAAAMAAJ&dq=A%20friendship%20founded%20on%20business%20is%20a%20good%20deal%20better%20than%20a%20business%20founded%20on%20friendship&pg=PA12#v=onepage&q=A%20friendship%20founded%20on%20business%20is%20a%20good%20deal%20better%20than%20a%20business%20founded%20on%20friendship&f=false http://books.google.com/books?id=IHnZAAAAMAAJ&dq=A%20fri...
      - gruseom 16y ago
        Good catch!