"Let every man practise the trade which he best understands."

-- Marcus Tullius Cicero

#Men Quotes #Trade Quotes

“It is as to whether its services or uses are to be exchanged or not which makes a tool an article of capital or merely an article of wealth. Thus, the lathe of a manufacturer used in making things which are to be exchanged is capital, while the lathe kept by a gentleman for his own amusement is not.”
“It is not only arrogant, but it is profligate, for a man to disregard the world's opinion of himself.”
“My cubist paintings are my most Mexican.”

Source : Gerry Souter, Diego Rivera (2007). “Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera”, Parkstone Press International
“Anatomize the character of a successful hostess and the knife will lay bare the fact that she owes her position to one of three things: either she is liked, or she is feared, or she is important.”
“Delaying gratification is a process of scheduling the pain and pleasure of life in such a way as to enhance the pleasure by meeting and experiencing the pain first and getting it over with. It is the only decent way to live.”
“If there were genders to genres, fiction would be unquestionably feminine.”
“This is part of the involuntary bargain we make with the world just by being alive. We get to experiences the splendor of nature, the beauty of art, the balm of love and the sheer joy of existence, always with the knowledge that illness, injury, natural disaster, or pure evil can end it in an instant for ourselves or someone we love.”
“US policy toward Cuba [at the time] had two tracks. Track 1 was to assassinate Fidel Castro. Track 2 was to subvert the regime through people-to-people contact.”

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