"You should always view any job as just as nerve-wracking or just as exciting as any other."

“I grew up in Scotland in the 1970s. There was not much money. The most popular Christmas toy was probably a potato.”

“Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.”

Source : Rex Stout (2011). “The Red Box”, p.88, Crimeline

“My grandma always said that God made libraries so that people didn't have any excuse to be stupid.”

Source : Joan Bauer (1999). “Rules of the road”

“Only someone who had experienced such bitter despair would be able to recognize it in another.”

“We have a Russian proverb, "Those who are doomed to be sunk will never be hanged." I think that you shouldn't run away from what is in front of you. You should do what you have to do, and leave to it. What can you do? Hire bodyguards? Stop doing anything? It will not save you either.”

“I'm planning my most ambitious tattoo yet. You can never have enough tats.”

“What did you write on here? ‘Don’t die’?” “No, I wrote, ‘Don’t be an asshole!’”I headed for the house. “On yours or mine?” “On yours.” “Well, in that case, your magic isn’t working. I’m still an asshole.”

“Think about all the great leaders. Think about Obama. Think about Clinton. Think about Nelson Mandela. Think about all the people that we know who are very successful in business, in politics and religion. What are they? They tell purposeful stories. They move people to action by aiming at the heart.”

Source : "Entertainment exec Peter Guber". "Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. April 15, 2011.