I wanted to be a great white hunter, a prospector for gold, or a slave trader. But then, when I was eight,… — Wilbur Smith Copy Share Image
The slave-breeders and slave-traders, are a small, odious and detested class, among you; and yet in politics, they dictate the course of… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
People who were also traders were also men of Sufism, as we see around Java, people who were outwardly trading but were… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
Ferdinand was a gold trader. He was a lawyer for mining companies. When he entered politics in l949, he had tons and… — Imelda Marcos Copy Share Image
Also, it's good to have more than one profession, in case your own profession goes out of style. A Wall Street trader… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Gratitude is like the good faith of traders: it maintains commerce, and we often pay, not because it is just to discharge… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The people who want to be recognized as the greatest traders are probably not the greatest traders. Egos get in the way… — Blair Hull Copy Share Image
We have this culture of financialization. People think they need to make money with their savings rather with their own business. So… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
I've heard it said that there are men who read in books to convince themselves there is a God. I know not… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As artists and traders in medieval cities began to form organizations, they instituted tough initiation ceremonies. Journeymen in Bergen, Norway, were shoved… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
In an ideal world, one populated by vegetarians and Esperanto speakers, derivatives would be used for one thing only: reducing levels of… — John Lanchester Copy Share Image
As developing countries became bigger traders, it was clear that the old way of doing business wouldn't fly. To get them back… — Daniel Altman Copy Share Image
It doesn't seem to matter what we think...The prince will come up here and look at us as if we're barrels in… — Shannon Hale Copy Share Image
Doctors are not servants of their patients, they are traders like everyone else in a free society and they should bear that… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Whether it's an attorney or a bond trader or a journalist, or a musician or pastor, you want to do your best.… — Louie Giglio Copy Share Image
Every trader has strengths and weakness. Some are good holders of winners, but may hold their losers a little too long. Others… — Michael Marcus Copy Share Image
