"My brother Julio and I worked to improve the quality of wines from California and to put fine wine on American dinner tables at a price people could afford"

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Source : "American wine giant Ernest Gallo dies", www.theguardian.com. March 7, 2007.

Ernest Gallo

#Brother Quotes #Wine Quotes #California Quotes

“What feels good is often the wrong thing to do.”
“The only difference between a problem and a solution is that people understand the solution.”
“A fine timepiece is part of dressing like a gentleman. When I first made a little money, I bought my first watch, which was a Rolex Daytona. It was just one of those things that said I was successful.”
“She is but half a wife that is not, nor is capable of being, a friend.”
“And in singing, what my voice lacked in quality it made up for in volume.”

Source : "From Under My Hat".
“One of the nicest satisfactions you can have is to be able to give something back to your parents when they've given so much to you.”
“I'm a sitting duck. No, seriously, I mean I wish I could say more, but I'm a sitting duck because I can't get ahead of them [cyber experts]. They're far ahead of me. That's what I learned: how vulnerable we are. It's a big, silent monster out there. That's what it feels like.”
“Mathematics without natural history is sterile, but natural history without mathematics is muddled.”

Source : John Maynard Smith (1988). “Games, sex and evolution”, Prentice Hall

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