334 quotes found
“The passion to get ahead is sometimes born of the fear lest we be left behind.”
“You can't underestimate the power of fear.”
“Lust and force are the source of all our actions lust causes voluntary actions force involuntary ones.”
“I don't make deals for the money. I've got enough much more than I'll never need. I do it to do it. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals prefera...”
“A team that has character doesn't need stimulation.”
“Wealth ... and poverty: the one is the parent of luxury and indolence and the other of meanness and vicious-ness and both of discontent.”
“Anxiety and conscience are a powerful pair of dynamos. Between them they have ensured that I shall work hard but they cannot ensure that one shall work at anything worthwhile.”
“People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.”
“Because it's there.”
“Diplomacy is the art of letting someone have your way.”
“It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.”
“Men are not against you they are merely for themselves.”
“When the flag is unfurled all reason is in the trumpet.”
“Money and women. They're the two strongest things in the world. There are things you do for a woman you wouldn't do for anything else. Same with money.”
“You will accomplish more by kind words and a courteous manner than by anger or sharp rebuke which should never be used except in necessity.”
“My advice about acting? Speak clearly don't bump into people and if you must have motivation think of your pay packet on Friday.”
“I take it that what all men are really after is some form of perhaps only some formula of peace.”
“Action springs not from thought but from a readiness for responsibility.”
“The breakfast of champions is not cereal it's the opposition.”
“There's only one good reason to be a writer-we can't help it! We'd all like to be successful rich and famous but if those are our goals we're off on the wrong foot. ... I just wanted to earn eno...”
