Next I must tell about the machine of Ctesibius, which raises water to a height.
In the great majority of cases we simply do not know enough about the industry or company to come to sensible judgments-in that situation we pass.
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.
The list of non-democratic regimes that have seen significant reforms since 2001 is long and significant.
I have a terrible, terrible fear of knives. I only buy food that I don't need to cut. . . I haven't cut my food in years! Like, I won't even touch a plastic knife or anything sharp. And if I'm in a kitchen and somebody picks up a knife, I leave.
You are an atrocious person! Since the day I met you I have become steadily more depraved.
Makeup can give you the confidence to. . . change your job, move abroad, get a pay raise.