Whales who come up and spout off get harpooned.
If you don't have integrity, you have nothing. You can't buy it. You can have all the money in the world, but if you are not a moral and ethical person, you really have nothing.
Any fool can buy a company; just pay enough
Going public is not a business plan.
But once you buy a company, you are married. You are married to that company.
I always like to refer managers in corporate America as the renters of the corporate assets, not the owners.