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“When we face our problems, they disappear. So learn from failure and let success be the silent incentive.”
Source : "Mexican Billionaire Carlos Slim's 10 Most Notable Quotes And Top 10 Business Principles" by Dolia Estevez, www.forbes.com. April 29, 2014.
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“If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.”
Source : Irving Babbitt (2005). “On Literature, Cultures, and Religion”, p.112, Transaction Publishers
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“It makes no difference who or what you are, old or young, black or white, pagan, Jew, or Christian, I want to love you all and be loved by you all, and I mean to have your love.”
Source : Victoria Claflin Woodhull (1974). “The Victoria Woodhull Reader”, Weston, Mass. : M&S Press
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“Don't ever make the same mistake twice unless it pays.”
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“Women are objectified in our culture. And more and more, it takes a great deal of confidence, especially as a woman, to break the mold. You know, you're afraid that you're going to covered in a magazine as a "fashion don't." That's why you see all these girls on the red carpet looking the same.”
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“You have to be talented and you have to be lucky. Record companies are not signing classic rock groups anymore.”
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“A simple leather jacket... has gotten me through cocktail parties in New York and cold nights in Afghanistan.”
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“For 2,500 years, people have been writing odes. Why? I think that there's something innately human in wanting to praise the world even though it's disappointing in so many ways. There's always that tension.”