History is more or less bunk.
We live in an era of tremendous facts. And the facts are facts. They are also unpleasant facts, which does not decrease their factual percentage one bit. Our job is to understand them, to recognize their presence, to learn if we can what they signify and not to fall into the error of minimizing facts because they have a bitter flavor.
As betting at the race ring adds neither strength nor speed to the horse, so the exchange of shares in the stock market adds no capital to business, no increase in the production and no purchasing power to the market.
Nothing can be made except by makers, nothing can be managed except by managers. Money cannot make anything and money cannot manage anything.
Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars.
It is regrettable that people think about our monetary system, and of our economic structure, only in times of depression.
Children have helped me a lot.
But I do know there are not enough syllables to spell out how much I love you. I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I loveĀ You are my every moment, my every hour, my every day, my every season, and I know this isn’t poetry and it’s certainly not a haiku, it’s just all the things I needed to say to you.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.
Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else’s can shorten it.
If you wish to clear away the clouds of thought, simply keep your mind in the present.
I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing.
Don’t worry about things you cannot alter.
When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.
Would you believe me if I said you were three shades short of all my favorite hues and that I’ve been trying for years to pick words from my garden throat in attempts to explain to you all the things I can’t explain. Or what if I said I have nothing to say other than I love you in the simplest of ways.
Golf is a good walk spoiled.
Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger.
The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under the prompting of a brave, determined spirit.
Sometimes you have to make the right decision, and sometimes you have to make the decision right.
Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.
I have 100 percent Bronx pride like it’s a country like I AM the Bronx.
It’s not for me. I tried human flesh and it’s too salty for my taste.
