Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Dickens

Industry is the soul of business and the keystone of prosperity.

Charles Caleb Colton

An Irish man fights before he reasons, a Scotchman reasons before he fights, an Englishman is not particular as to the order of precedence, but will do either to accommodate his customers.

Charles Dickens

Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its moralities are concerned. They are not units but fractions.

Charles Dickens

The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you

Charles Stross

Contract law is essentially a defensive scorched-earth battleground where the constant question is, "if my business partner was possessed by a brain-eating monster from beyond spacetime tomorrow, what is the worst thing they could do to me?"

Alan Greenspan

It seems superfluous to constrain trading in some of the newer derivatives and other innovative financial contracts of the past decade. The worst have failed; investors no longer fund them and are not likely to in the future.

Alan Greenspan

...our market system depends critically on trust-trust in the word of our colleagues and trust in the word of those with whom we do business.

Alan Greenspan

What we have found over the years in the marketplace is that derivatives have been an extraordinarily useful vehicle to transfer risk from those who shouldn't be taking it to those who are willing to and are capable of doing so.

Alan Greenspan

I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that, for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well.

David Duchovny

I really enjoy taking an outdoor shower.

Barbra Streisand

I never sing in the shower either.

Fernando Alonso

I will not have a shower all weekend now.

Jimmy Fallon

I never sing in the shower. It's very dangerous.

Julio Franco

What can you say? You take a shower and go home.

Kathleen Battle

Some of the music I listen to is pop. I sing it in the shower - and then for public consumption.

Josh Brolin

It takes me 10 minutes to get ready to go out, and that includes the shower.

Doug Parker

He's still on the streets of New Orleans, hasn't had a shower since Monday.

Prince Royce

I always used to sing in the shower, but I never really got into the music until a friend of mine helped me a lot with recording.

Al Sharpton

Life is about not where you start, but where you're going. That's family values.

Eartha Kitt

I still can't go over a subway grating without looking down to see if there is some money there.

Joan Allen

I get recognised sometimes. But I just live my life. I get on the bus, I get on the subway, it's not a problem.

Cassandra Clare

Demon slayers take the subway?

Fran Lebowitz

I, unfortunately, take the subway a lot. It's not my preference, but it is my lot in life.

Nancy Williams

It's very scary. But I have to take the subway to work.

Piper Perabo

I got lost a lot, and I was a really bad waitress I got lost on the subway.

John Stossel

I like taking the subway to work.

Neil Patrick Harris

I like the tube more than the NY subway though, you've got cushioned seats.

Ken Hitchcock

We're not going to put him in unless he's 100 percent.

Jacques Rogge

Unless something unforeseen happens, they are going to make it if they keep up this pace.

Dan Robinson

unless something is in our refinery in a week or so, we're starved.

Brad Coker

Unless it's over 50 percent, I'm always skeptical. It could pass. It could fail. You can't really make a call.

Murray Walker

Unless I'm very much mistaken... I am very much mistaken.

Kristin Bauer van Straten

Unless you're a serial killer, you're worried about being liked by somebody.

Elizabeth Peyton

I don't rise to the occasion unless I'm really moved.

Dean Ornish

There's no point in giving up something you enjoy unless you get something back that's even better, and quickly.

Alexandra Stoddard

You can't be a resource for others unless you nourish yourself.