Maybe I fear things going wrong so much that I pre-empt them by not getting excited about them when they appear to be. going well.

Wealth is what you accumulate, not what you spend.

The Millionaire Next Door

The world isn't interested in the storms you encountered, but whether or not you brought in the ship.

Raul Armesto

If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdom of Europe, were laid at my feet in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all.

Francois Fenelon

Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them.

Amy Vanderbilt

The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you. You're in a conversation and everybody's agreeing with what you're saying - even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you don't want to hear.

Al Pacino

Peace with the Palestinians will open ports of peace all around the Mediterranean. The duty of leaders is to pursue freedom ceaselessly, even in the face of hostility, in the face of doubt and disappointment. Just imagine what could be.

Shimon Peres

I genuinely don't feel that anything that's been written or said about me has overshadowed my music, and that's the most important thing as far as I'm concerned.

Norah Jones

The disruptive powers of excessive national fecundity may have played a greater part in bursting the bonds of convention than either the power of ideas or the errors of autocracy.

John Maynard Keynes

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.

Ivy Baker

Underlying these novel debt structures were the human emotions of greed and fear that led to abuses by even the most sophisticated individuals and most highly respected institutions in the market. While these human attributes are the most difficult to legislate, their ability to wreak havoc is clear evidence that they must be regulated in a thoughtful way.

Michael Lewitt, Haste Makes Wast

Choice forms the divider which is responsible for the formation of all futures that can be possible.

Stephen Richards

Nothing can be love or hated unless it is first known.

Leonardo DaVinci