Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer. – Mark Twain

What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left. – Oscar Levant

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. – Bill Gates

At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since. – Salvador Dali

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter. – Mark Twain

We live in a rainbow of chaos. – Paul Cezanne

My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. – Vladimir Nabokov

In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their language. – Mark Twain

Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others. – John Maynard Keynes

Officers wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages. Bitter cold. Long months of complete darkness. Constant danger. Safe return doubtful. Honor and recognition in case of success. – 1914 recruitment advertisement for Ernest Shackleton’s expedition to the Antarctic

Quo fata ferunt. – Bermuda’s national motto (Latin: Whither the fates carry us)

Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle. – Ken Hakuta

War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography. – Ambrose Bierce

Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing. – Warren Buffett

In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress. – John Adams

It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf. – H. L. Mencken

When I was young, I observed that nine out of the ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work. – George Bernard Shaw