Gertrude Stein Quotes

I can only say that I'm certainly relieved that my late father never did business with Donald Trump. He provided a good middle-class life for us, but the people he worked for, he expected the bargain to be kept on both sides.

I'm just in an unfortunate business where if you ask me a question I have to answer it honestly and if I don't answer it truthfully then I'm not respected.

What I really try to do is photograph people at rest, in a state of serenity.

There is a yearning for people to return to elementary moral virtues, such as integrity and commitment. We distrust people who have no centering of values. We greatly respect businessmen, for example, if they display those virtues, even if we don't necessarily agree with the people.

Without question, the single most important attribute of a successful entrepreneur is integrity. And that's not some philosophical or theoretical malarkey; it's hard-nosed fact.

James Garner was a gift to our business and an example of honesty and pure class. It was an honor to have worked beside him and receive his bear hugs every day.

That which is false troubles the heart, but truth brings joyous tranquillity.

My business affairs are entirely proper, and no amount of smear, rumour or innuendo will alter that fact.

Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur.

I lead a life of blameless domesticity and always have done.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

There is also work to do in the evolution of a stable family life and values, and in ensuring that the Nigerian family is built on core values that will form the bedrock of the future society. We must showcase the ideals of family life and be models of family values.

As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.

I think there are many honest businessmen.

I really do feel very lucky. I've had my kids and my relationships. I've set my life down - I'm in my house, and I'm alone with my children - and I'm at peace, and that's a really nice feeling. All I really want in my life is to maintain that.

We were always a middle-class family who took pride in our little set-up.

I have two children, and I'm very, very peaceful.

I want to always be classy and honest, and I always want to have fun with music, and if I can't really express who I am through my music, then it's not really fun anymore.

Thinking ahead, what really happens to us will depend on how many people we have who are of the great and sober and dynamic middle-class - the strivers, the planners, the ambitious ones.

Canada was settled, in the main, by people with a lower middle-class outlook, and a respect, rather than an affectionate familiarity, for the things of the mind.

The truth is that the only time I'm happy is when I'm doing absolutely nothing. I don't understand people who like to work and talk about it like it was some sort of goddamn duty. Doing nothing feel like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.

I have a child and I've made a few people happy. That is all.

You know, some people take peace of mind and confuse it with lack of passion.

We're working-class people, which means we don't get rich or have maids. Be content with what you are and what you have.

The moderation of fortunate people comes from the calm which good fortune gives to their tempers.