Quotes

My parents despaired of me. They saw my future as a church minister or teacher, but when I closed my eyes I dreamed. I

In any given population there will be a few people who are tremendously rich. Some are smart and some are lucky and we really

“Here you are wantin to know about cree-a-tivity. Lemme tell you somethin’, baby. Carin’ is where it’s at. Trust me know because I know

“Langguth argues that defeating the British at Yorktown was easier than governing the new country. Ominous differences regarding taxes, trade and slavery loomed over

“What, then, drives the creative man? The discomfort of genius, the process of work itself? A sense of mission, the call of duty, the

“By focusing on process – bringing together the resources, meeting with people, learning from them, and seeing how their ideas improve her own –

throughout Trippe’s life people kept appearing who said they regretted being taken in by his charm: “he’ll talk to you in his suavest, most

The truth is in the paradox that the man whose life was money had no interest in it. He turned down frequent salary increases.

McCormick’s biographer William T. Hutchinson writes: “Success to him did not mean the accumulation of money. In the many hundreds of his letters, profits

“Game, my ass. Some game. If you get on the side where all the hot-shots are, then it’s a game, all right. I’ll admit