John Gutfreund famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Commercial banks are very good for certain businesses, like loans and guarding other people's money. They're not great investors or entrepreneurs.
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People in Philadelphia are a world apart from New York. They're very different from people in the New York scene. The New York scene wants your visibility and wants your money.
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I have never been a social lion; I was misidentified as one because I have a very attractive second wife.
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I thought that ending Glass-Steagall was a mistake.
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I never thought of myself as a king. People really want you to be their deity. They forget the fact that you are a person who has feelings and doubts.
-- John Gutfreund
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God does not so much want us to do things as to let people see what He can do.
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Once a leader delegates, he should show utmost confidence in the people he has entrusted.
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People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.
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I have known some quite good people who were unhappy, but never an interested person who was unhappy.
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If you want to understand entrepreneurs, you have to study the psychology of the juvenile delinquent. They don't have the same anxiety triggers that we have.
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I'm not a non-profit person. I think of myself as an entrepreneur who wants to work on global education.
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Success comes more quickly to the entrepreneur that follows his instincts rather than following the progress of his competitors.
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As an entrepreneur, you have to be OK with failure. If you're not failing, you're likely not pushing yourself hard enough.
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Greatness is not guarding yourself from people. Greatness is being accepted by the people
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Animals are also the ones that are guarding the graves, and they are the ones who communicate between the dead and the alive.
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