Most contemporary novelists, especially the American and the French, are too subjective, mesmerized by private demons; theyre enraptured by their navels and confined by a view that ends with their own toes.
Control your fate or somebody else will
There will be hunters and hunted, winners and losers. What counts in global competition is the right strategy and success.
I have always been convinced that one can be more successful in business with honest, fair and legal behavior than with tricks.
Anthony sneezed and pushed them aside. "Mother, I am trying to have a conversation with the duke. " Violet looked at Simon. "Do you want to have this conversation with my son?" "Not particularly. " "Fine, then. Anthony, be quiet.
Let no one trust so entirely to natural prudence as to persuade himself that it will suffice to guide him without help from experience.
An interesting attribute of public banks is that they don't only de-risk the downside, but also get a share of the upside.
I can always make things longer than I intend for them to be, but cutting things down is just brutal. It's like cutting off your fingers every time you lose a word.