“The most successful person is usually the one with the best information”
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“The most successful person is usually the one with the best information”
“Capital must be propelled by self-interest; it cannot be enticed by benevolence”
“Egoist: A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me”
“A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on”
“I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen”
“Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much”
“In heaven all the interesting people are missing”
“People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors”
“An intellectual is someone who has found something more interesting than sex”
“I have never been bored an hour in my life. I get up every morning wondering what new strange glamorous thing is going to happen and it happens at fairly regular intervals”
“So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date”
“Words are only painted fire; a book is the fire itself.”
“I often quote myself. I find it adds spice to the conversation”
“What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure. ”
“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing”
“I drink to make other people more interesting”
“Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.”
“Fire burns only when we are near it, but a beautiful face burns and inflames, though at a distance”
“I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish”
“We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.”