Mercer Reynolds Quotes
In 1979 I teamed up with my friend and business partner, Bill DeWitt, and together we formed an oil and gas company that invested through limited partnerships in oil and gas exploration.
Quotes to Explore
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A leader is admired, a boss is feared.
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Our educational system is appallingly poor right now. Yet, somehow we're turning out some of the most intellectual and powerful sophisticated minds in the world. I think that's because we still have the opportunity here.
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I have perfectly symmetrical ankles.
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We are constantly competing with the monsters from the id.
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I believe that anyone can cook a great meal. Basically all you need to do is get your hands on some fresh ingredients and not be afraid to make a mess in the kitchen.
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If two people were exactly alike, one of them would be unnecessary.
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There's usually one piece in 'Vanity Fair' every month that grabs me, but when it presents hatchet jobs without substantiation to impress its liberal friends, I laugh first, then toss.
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Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.
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If there was a time when 'The Ecologist' appeared not to be making a difference at all, not doing something useful, I wouldn't do 'The Ecologist,' but I think it is useful.
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Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa. If Nigeria succeeds at democratic governance it will be an anchor for all of West Africa. Africa needs a strong Nigeria.
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True success has more components than one sentence or idea can contain.
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A poem should be a part of one's sense of life.
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Strenuously competitive parents may indeed produce high-achieving grownups, but it’s in the nature of things that high-achieving adults are likely to become frustrated and embittered old people, once the rug is pulled out from under their occupation.
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In order to prove whether the spirit can speak or not, it is necessary in the first place to define what a voice is and how it is generated.
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Tara: Well, I go online sometimes, but everyone's spelling is really bad. It's depressing.
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Nobody but an idiot would pretend that they had an error-proof way of choosing the 'best' out of hundreds of perfectly qualified applicants - not for university or for anything.
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Twitter, to me, works if you're funny. Twitter doesn't work as a promotional tool unless you do it very, very, very occasionally.
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I like my house to feel like a place where I can just lie back and say, 'Ahhhhh, I'm home.'
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I was born in Paris, and I haven't moved, except until now - I live in the suburbs and I hate it.
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I am very sad that some designers are still using real fur when the fake alternatives are so effective and so easily obtainable.
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I believe Obama is a lot of fun when he's not trying to keep our economy together.
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Things are not quite so simple always as black and white.
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In 1979 I teamed up with my friend and business partner, Bill DeWitt, and together we formed an oil and gas company that invested through limited partnerships in oil and gas exploration.
