Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars.
If I win and get the money, then the Oakland Police department is going to buy a boys’ home, me a house, my family a house, and a Stop Police Brutality Center.
Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.
Don’t bring your need to the marketplace, bring your skill. If you don’t feel well, tell your doctor, but not the marketplace. If you need money, go to the bank, but not the marketplace.
Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners are subjected to trial by market.
I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years.