All the problems sitting there are an invitation for you to be creative, make use of your skills and resources and find a solution.
I'm always looking over my shoulder, needing to stay ahead of the game.
You can't run a business without taking risks.
I don't buy art. I'd rather buy a beautiful location or a beautiful site than buy art. A beautiful home is like owning a beautiful painting, except you can live in it.
I think the key to success is vision that adjusts on the way, but doesn’t at all falter. It’s about not compromising and following your gut to a certain degree, based on knowledge, instinct, etc. And not listening to the naysayers. . . . You develop strength through adversity. You have to keep moving towards your goal through huge obstacles.
Good taste shouldn't have to cost anything extra.
Everything has a trend to it; I don't care if it's appliances or engines. I always ask: What has a company done in the past five years that somebody's noticed?
True modesty is a discerning grace And only blushes in the proper place; But counterfeit is blind, and skulks through fear, Where 'tis a shame to be asham'd t' appear: Humility the parent of the first, The last by vanity produc'd and nurs'd.
Here in the United States we're now consuming about three gallons of petroleum per person per day. That's twenty pounds of oil per person per day. We only consume about four pounds of oxygen per person per day. We're consuming five times more oil each day, here in the United States than we are oxygen. We've become the oil tribe.
I was always totally convinced that three weeks after the revolution they'd put me up against the wall and shoot me.
My philosophy of life is simple: I need someone to love, something to wait and do something.