T. Boone Pickens (Thomas Boone Pickens Jr.) Quotes
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One often learns more from ten days of agony than from ten years of contentment.
Harold Coffin -
Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.
P. T. Barnum -
Making money is often more fun than spending it, though I personally have never regretted money I've spent on friends, new experiences, saving time, travel, and causes I believe in.
Sam Altman -
Businesses can't afford to react to what their customers want; they need to anticipate their needs.
Parker Harris -
For nearly two years, I was flying above the planet with my camera. I knew straight away that this was something important to do, just at this moment, a portrait of the planet for the millennium year. I worked in 80 countries, fighting for money all the time.
Yann Arthus-Bertrand -
Carefully calculate the potential size of your market to make sure you can grow. Before starting Mint, I knew that there were about 20 million people who had purchased 'Quicken' or 'Microsoft Money' over the years, and 80 million people using online banking in the U.S. alone.
Aaron Patzer
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I don't believe in sharing my money. If I go out and work my nuts off and make some money, I don't feel that I should have to share it with my community.
Gary Numan -
The resources of our continent attract, more than ever, the interests of rich countries.
Omar Bongo -
Most of the music you hear on the radio today is developed for making money. It doesn't feel true or honest. You can feel it in the music.
Iris DeMent -
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
Edmund Burke -
I need to be very careful about going on certain networks that seem to have a bias.
Rand Paul -
Even the superstars need to be coached once in awhile.
Adam Oates
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The first money I have been offered was as District Officer Ba.
Kamisese Mara -
I describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less.
Dalai Lama -
Some musical directors have more chutzpah. They pick up the phone and talk people into giving. I prefer to call and say 'thank you' after the money has been contributed.
Zubin Mehta -
If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.
J. Paul Getty -
More than 200,000 kids have had their lives transformed by ARK. I use that word properly.
Ian Wace -
We must do everything we can to be more aggressive in confronting Syria about what they are doing in Iraq.
Sam Brownback
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I've spent more time in hospitals than some fellows ever spend in church.
Rabbit Maranville -
There's money to be made, and I want mine.
Demetrious Johnson -
I don't want to spend my life in my 40s feeling bad about being in my 40s, and then all of a sudden I'm 50, and I will have missed a whole decade!
Laura Linney -
Scouting is a man's job cut down to a boy's size.
Baden Powell -
The worst part of success is to try finding someone who is happy for you.
Bette Midler -
I don't need any more money.
T. Boone Pickens