"If you are too proud, you don't do business."

“When thou art quiet and silent, then art thou as God was before nature and creature; thou art that which God then wats; thou art that whereof he made thy nature and creature: Then thou hearest and seest even with that wherewith God himself saw and heard in thee, before every thine own willing or thine own seeing began.”

“If life is not real, life is not earnest, and the grave is its goal, perhaps it's ridiculous t otake ourselves so seriously.”

Source : Thomas Nagel (1987). “What Does It All Mean?: A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy”, p.82, Oxford University Press

“Architecture is about aging well, about precision and authenticity. There is much more to the success of a building than what you can see. Im not suggesting that gestural architecture is always superficial, but solid reasoning has its place.”

“I have never met the man I could despair of after discerning what lies in me apart from the grace of God.”

“When I go on Japanese Airlines, I really love it because I like Japanese food.”

“To suffer together is to suffer with beauty.”

“Be cautious and content with low positive returns in 2015. The time for risk taking has passed,”

Source : "Bill Gross: 'The Good Times Are Over'" by Myles Udland, www.businessinsider.com. January 6, 2015.

“From Day One, I've told [my troops] that killing is not wrong if it's for a purpose, if it's to keep your nation free or protect your buddy, one of the most noble things you can do is kill the enemy.”

Source : "The unapologetic warrior". Interview with Tony Perry, www.latimes.com. August 22, 2004.