“I was cut from Italian genes, not the kind you wear but the stuff that you landed with at Ellis Island.”
“Here’s a confession: I coasted until I was about 18.” “I pushed people and probably suffered from Tourette’s syndrome. If it was in my head, I was likely going to say it, especially if it was going to get a laugh. I played for laughs. I was Ferris Bueller.” “I was a varsity athlete, and the captain and quarterback on the football team. The scouting report on me was: Short, but strong; no real arm strength but clever and confident on the field; can read the defense and is capable of calling plays and audibles.”
“I pride myself on being able to make a first impression. It may or may not be a good one, but an impression nevertheless.”
“Generally, I live by the “3 percent” theory. Three percent of the people are raw evil — spawn of Lucifer, Hitler, and Stalin.”
“I have never been one for moderation. Balance is the key, just not for me. If you are going to do something, take it to an extreme.”
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“Watch Mad Men. They figured it out and drank lunchtime martinis, too.” “Image is everything.”
“Be practical and wary. Give yourself an annual ambition checkup.”
“Any person who has or has had a young child has probably heard the classic Barney lyric, ‘The more we get together, the happier we’ll be.’ ”
“We never really know how it is going to end up. One day a community organiser, the next day president.” “Barack Obama and Bob the Builder share the mantra of ‘Yes, we can.’ ”
“You can give up in the coffin. If you are breathing, the time is now.”
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“Or as Mel Gibson said when he portrayed William Wallace in Braveheart, ‘Every man dies; not every man really lives.’ ” “Failure — save for a trek up Everest or a space mission — isn’t a problem if the attempt is whole-hearted.”
“Stuff happens. Never have truer words been spoken.”
From Goodbye Gordon Gekko and Hopping Over the Rabbit Hole by Anthony Scaramucci (Wiley)