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Everything that goes up must come down. But there comes a time when not everything that's down can come up.
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Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.
At my age flowers scare me.
I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.
Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.
Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman it depends on how much happiness you can handle.
If you live to be one hundred, you've got it made. Very few people die past that age.
I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.
I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life.
I smoke ten to fifteen cigars a day. At my age I have to hold on to something.
I'm at the age now where just putting my cigar in its holder is a thrill.
Best Quotes
In any great organization it is far, far safer to be wrong with the majority than to be right alone.
For those who are able to work, work has to be seen as the best route out of poverty. For work is not just about more money - it is transformative. It's about taking responsibility for yourself and your family.
A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.
A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.
Opinions are made to be changed - or how is truth to be got at?
When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sagging spirits.
The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.
Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
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