Pablo Escobar

Life is full of surprises, some good, some not so good.

Look, I’m not a rich person. I’m a poor person with Money.

Give him lead!

I prefer to be in the grave in Colombia than in a jail cell in the United States.

There are two hundred million idiots, manipulated by a million intelligent men.

Only those who went hungry with me and stood by me when I went through a bad time at some point in life will eat at my table.

Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.

When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.

I was brought up to be a gentleman. That means you know how to walk, talk and dress the part.

In the end, you’re just a renter anyway. You only own these things for as long as you live. After that, who knows? If I live until I’m 80, I’ll have 30 more years of collecting. If the collection is big enough, I’ll build a museum. And if not, I’ll leave it to a museum.

Yesterday’s just a memory, tomorrow is never what it’s supposed to be.

What’s to be ashamed of? I went through a really rough time, and I am quite proud that I got out of that.

In the dime stores and bus stations, people talk of situations, read books, repeat quotations, draw conclusions on the wall.

Greatest thing we can produce is character. Everything else can be taken from us, but not our character.

When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it’s a sure sign you’re getting old.

No, I’m not anguished and tormented.

This is no dress rehearsal.

Let us not forget: I didn’t just wake up First Lady… I mean, I went to law school, I practised law, I worked for the city, I ran a nonprofit (and) I was an executive at a hospital. I’ve been in the world. I’ve worked in every sector, and you don’t do that without coming up against some stuff. You know, having your feelings hurt, having people say things about you that aren’t true… Life hits you, so over the course of living, you learn how to protect yourself in it. You learn to take in what you need and get rid of the stuff that’s clearly not true.

The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum.

If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.