I like the personality of the Belgians. They're deeply eccentric, which is something that comes across in their design - terrific.
. . . not doing what we love in the name of greed is very poor management of our lives.
If you don't find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.
The best investment you can make, is an investment in yourself. . . The more you learn, the more you'll earn.
Look for 3 things in a person. Intelligence, Energy, & Integrity. If they don't have the last one, don't even bother with the first two.
If you've got the power to raise prices without losing business to a competitor, you've got a very good business. And if you have to have a prayer session before raising the price by a tenth of a cent, then you've got a terrible business. I've been in both, and I know the difference.
To invest successfully over a lifetime does not require a stratospheric IQ, unusual business insights, or inside information. What's needed is a sound intellectual framework for making decisions and the ability to keep emotions from corroding that framework. You must supply the emotional discipline.
Ecstasy and vulnerability belonged in the same dish. The fear the cup would be snatched away was what gave the wine its savor.
Nothing can contribute more to peace of soul than the lack of any opinion whatever.
If you had one word to describe the root of all this rage, it's humiliation.
Some people say to me, "My God, but Fidel Castro is a communist!" I say: "No, he was a messenger of God. "