"I learned from both my parents that you had to be clever."

-- Mikhail Prokhorov

#Clever Quotes #Parent Quotes

“Lost' was a phenomenon, like Elvis.”
“We ask the leaf, "Are you complete in yourself?" And the leaf answers, "No, my life is in the branches." We ask the branch, and the branch answers, "No my life is in the root." We ask the root, and it answers, "No my life is in the trunk and the branches and the leaves. Keep the branches stripped of leaves, and I shall die," So it is with the great tree of being. Nothing is completely and merely individual.”
“Man inhabits a realm half in and half out of nature, his mind reaching forever beyond the tool, the uniformity, the law, into some realm which is that of the mind alone.”
“I've spent lots of time in London, I studied in London, I like London. It's just not my home.”

Source : "Here's Johnny ..." by Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. March 13, 2006.
“Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. Don't fall victim to what I call the 'ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome'. You must be willing to fire.”
“Going to the golf course every day for work? That's a good job.”
“If you believe it's life or death for the kids, it changes everything you do.”
“I was always attracted by the European way of life, but I am deeply Swedish.”

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