Famous Quotes & Sayings

Will Smith

I don't know what my calling is, but I want to be here for a bigger reason. I strive to be like the greatest people who have ever lived.

Will Smith

Life is lived on the edge.

Will Smith

Don't chase people. Be yourself, do your own thing and work hard. The right people - the ones who really belong in your life - will come to you. And Stay.

Warren E. Burger

[No one will be able to] deter the scientific mind from probing into the unknown any more than Canute could command the tides.

Warren Buffett

Never lie under any circumstances.

Warren Buffett

We intend to continue our practice of working only with people whom we like and admire. This policy not only maximizes our chances for good results, it also ensures us an extraordinarily good time.

Warren Buffett

Good profits simply are not inconsistent with good behavior.

Warren Buffett

You are neither right nor wrong because the crowd disagrees with you.

Warren Buffett

Don't risk what is important to you, to get what is not important to you.

Warren Buffett

If principles can become dated, they're not principles.

Warren Buffett

Diversification is protection against ignorance. It makes little sense if you know what you are doing.

Warren Buffett

You know ... you keep doing the same things and you keep getting the same result over and over again.

Warren Buffett

The trick is, when there is nothing to do, do nothing.

Warren Buffett

It's much easier to stay out of trouble now than to get out of trouble later.

Warren Buffett

Money will not change how healthy you are or how many people love you.

Warren Buffett

If you can tell me who your heroes are, I can tell you how you're going to turn out in life.

Warren Buffett

... not doing what we love in the name of greed is very poor management of our lives.

Warren Buffett

You’ve gotta keep control of your time, and you can’t unless you say no. You can’t let people set your agenda in life.

Warren Buffett

Too often, a vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner. The asset I most value, aside from health, is interesting, diverse, and long-standing friends.

Warren Buffett

I think you are out of your mind if you keep taking jobs that you don't like because you think it will look good on your resume. Isn't that a little like saving up sex for your old age?

Warren Buffett

Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre.

Warren Buffett

Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's not going to get the business.

Warren Buffett

If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.

Warren Buffett

A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.

Warren Buffett

You can't make a good deal with a bad person.

Warren Buffett

If you’re in the luckiest one per cent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 per cent.

Warren Buffett

When forced to choose, I will not trade even a night's sleep for the chance of extra profits.

Warren Buffett

I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business.

Warren Buffett

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.

Warren Buffett

Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.

Vladimir Horowitz

I must tell you I take terrible risks. Because my playing is very clear, when I make a mistake you hear it. If you want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make one mistake. Never be afraid to dare.

Vincent Van Gogh

Describing Starry Night: Firmament and planets both disappeared, but the mighty breath which gives life to all things and in which all is bound up remained.

Vincent Van Gogh

Love always brings difficulties, that is true, but the good side of it is that it gives energy.