Thursday, February 20, 2025

The Art of the Deal by Donald J Trump

 Quotable quotes:

“real entrepreneurs all seemed to go to Wharton: Saul Steinberg, Leonard Lauder, Ron Perelman—the list goes on and on.”


“Somewhere out there are a few men with more innate talent at golf than Jack Nicklaus, or women with greater ability at tennis than Chris Evert or Martina Navratilova, but they will never lift a club or swing a racket and therefore will never find out how great they could have been. Instead, they’ll be content to sit and watch stars perform on television.”


“…my father was always very focused and very ambitious. Most of his co-workers were happy just to have a job. My father not only wanted to work, he also wanted to do well and to get ahead. Finally, my father just plain loved working. From as early as I can remember, my father would say to me, ‘The most important thing in life is to love what you’re doing, because that’s the only way you’ll ever be really good at it.’”

Saturday, February 15, 2025

The Great Re-read

 I am working my way through some of my favorite series right now, givng up on chasing new bis for the moment.

Began with Butcher’s Dresden Files, then moved on to Ilona Andrews Kate Daniels, and I am a couple f books into Patricia Briggs’ Mercy Thompson. 

Some of the other series I want to read are not readily available through the local library, so I may have to spend some money if I get serious.