If you never budge, don't expect a push.
It's much more profitable to sell investing advice than to follow it.
Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth it takes. Democracy isn't a business.
Accepting blame when it's not really due sometimes makes the point better.
When you catch what you're after, it's gone.
Generous gestures yield the most when that isn't their purpose.