| The Rules of Acquisition: Unabridged and
Fully Annotated. With all 47 Commentaries, all 900 Major
and Minor Judgments, all 10,000 Considered Opinions |
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Once you have their money, you never give it back. |
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Never spend more for an acquisition than you have to. |
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Never allow family to stand in the way of
opportunity. |
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Keep your ears open. |
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Opportunity plus instinct equals profit. |
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Greed is eternal. |
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A deal is a deal. |
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A contract is a contract is a contract. But only
between Ferengi.
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A Ferengi without profit is no Ferengi at all. |
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Satisfaction is not guaranteed. (Number not
stated) |
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Never place friendship above profit. |
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A wise man can hear profit in the wind. |
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Never make fun of a Ferengi's mother. |
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It never hurts to suck up to the boss. |
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War is good for business. |
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Peace is good for business. |
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Don't trust a man wearing a suit better than your
own. |
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The bigger the smile, the sharper the knife. |
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Good customers are as rare as latinum. Treasure them. |
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Free advice is seldom cheap. |
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The riskier the road, the greater the profit. |
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Home is where the heart is, but the stars are made of
latinum. |
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Every once in a while, declare peace; it confuses the
hell out of your enemies. |
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Females and finances don't mix. |
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Expand or die. |
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Nature decays, but latinum lasts forever. |
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Sleep can interfere with [unfinished; profit?]. |
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Dignity and an empty sack is worth the sack. |
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Treat people in your debt like family...exploit them. |
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Never have sex with the boss's sister. |
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Wives serve. Brothers inherit. |
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Hear all, trust nothing. |
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It's always good business to know about new customers
before they walk in your door. |
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New customers are like razor-toothed Greeworms. They
can be succulent but sometimes they bite back. |
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Sometimes the only thing more dangerous than a
question is an answer. |
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Employees are the rungs on the ladder of success -
don't hesitate to step on them. |
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Never begin a business negotiation on an empty
stomach. |
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You can't free a fish from water. |
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Latinum lasts longer than lust. |
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Never be afraid to mislabel a product. |
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Never allow doubt to tarnish your lust for latinum. |
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No good deed ever goes unpunished. |
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| REVISED RULES |
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The Unwritten Rule: When no appropriate Rule applies,
make one up. |
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If they want their money back, give it to them. (As
revised by Grand Nagus Zek) |
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Greed is dead. (Revised by Grand Nagus Zek) |
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21 |
Never place profit before friendship(Revised by
Grand Nagus Zek) |
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Latinum tarnishes, but family is forever. (Revised
by Grand Nagus Zek) |
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Money can never replace dignity. (Revised by
Grand Nagus Zek) |
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A good deed is its own reward. (Revised by Grand
Nagus Zek) |
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When Morn leaves it's all over. (Invented by
Quark) |
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Whenever you exploit someone it never hurts to thank
them. That way it's easier to exploit them the next time.
(invented by Neelix) |