Every life has forks in the road. And sometimes, the tines of that fork stab deep.
Well, I don't go out much socially. I don't enjoy going out.
I owe it all to art books, chocolate and young men.
Do be true to yourself, whether it's bad doesn't matter. The important thing - you have to copy while you're studying. And culture is - each of us - is like one pearl added to another to make a chain. We each contribute to the other. And that's all right. But once you're on your own, do that which comes from within. And I feel this very strongly.
My life is full of mistakes. They're like pebbles that make a good road.
You can't change the world, you can only change yourself.
Hardships and handicaps can. . . stimulate our energy to survive them. You'll find if you study the lives of people who've accomplished things, it's often been done with the help of great willpower in overcoming this and that.
My father and grandfather were stockbrokers, and they would actually take stock certificates from a vault, give it to a runner, and send it to another vault. Then somebody said, "Let's digitize it and have one vault. " Now the DTCC clears and settles almost everything, and the cost of doing a trade is a tenth of what it was before.
Do not let anyone else run your business
We're all equal before a wave.
five severed fingers do not make a hand