"Retire within thyself, and thou will discover how small a stock is there. [Lat., Tecum habita, et noris quam sit tibi curta supellex.]"

-- Aulus Persius Flaccus

#Character Quotes #Retiring Quotes #Thyself Quotes

“As for poker, I've stayed away from that, even though when I was in Vegas for Ocean's Eleven, I would get accosted by these guys begging me to play. They just want to take my money. They see me, think 'actor' and see some easy money.”
“Art, if it is successful, needs no explanation.”
“I like giving people something they don't want to miss the next time. It's a show with little twists and turns and curves. It has me being silly and stupid and compassionate and completely deep.”
“She was struck by the simple truth that sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people...”
“Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.”
“I realized some of the pitfalls of being well-known; it was nice if you were successful, but it made it just that much harder to take when you failed.”
“You must become the producer, director and actor in the unfolding story of your life.”
“Regardless of age, regardless of position, regardless of the business we happen to be in, all of us need to understand the importance of branding. We are CEOs of our own companies: Me, Inc. To be in business today, our most important job is to be head marketer for the brand called You.”

Source : "The Brand Called You" by Tom Peters, www.fastcompany.com. August 31, 1997.

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