Dicker And Deal Quotes & Sayings

I have begun in old age to understand just how oddly we all are put together. We are so proud of our autonomy that we seldom if ever realize how generous we are to ourselves, and just how stingy with others. One of the booby traps of freedom
which is bordered on all sides by isolation
is that we think so well of ourselves. I now see that I have helped myself to the best cuts at life's banquet. — Saul Bellow

When the legendary Steve Schwarzman's firm went public in 2007, I was convinced that this was merely an opportunity to take advantage of a huge spike in the stock market for the partners in Blackstone to cash out and ultimately call it a day. I saw the public offering then as an unworthy investment, which could only serve to fill the partners' pockets while they proceeded to 'mail it in' for their new shareholders. But I have been proven completely wrong. Blackstone's history since its public offering is a continued history of success stories, and I believe the current energy restructuring opportunity will be no different. Elsewhere in this book, I talk a bit about the deal it made with Linn Energy, with very advantageous terms for Blackstone. As a long-term hold, I can find no better (public) PE firm to invest in. — Dan Dicker

Cardinal Wolsey, the butcher's son, is indeed the hero of "Henry VIII.," but his humble origin is only mentioned incidentally as something to be ashamed of. — William Shakespeare

Washington and the elder Napoleon. Both were brave men; both were true men; both loved their country and dared to expose their lives for their country's cause. — Matthew Simpson

Every time you buy something consider it a vote of confidence in the company that produced it. — Anita Roddick

My love for artichokes comes from when I was very young. My mother and father would slice the hearts and fry them, and they would be crispy around the leaves and tender at the base. — Jose Andres

All that prosthetic makeup drains you. By the time it's lunch, you're done. — Mickey Rourke

Humor is the most important thing in life. It trumps everything else and it's the only thing that helps me deal with everything else. — Paul Rudd

If by sticking to the moral principles you have followed all your life, you jeopardize your happiness and that of others, throw over your principles. Principles for principles' sake -that is not wisdom; that is obstinacy. Principles should be fluid because life is fluid. — Epifanio De Los Santos

Harness the fire hidden in The Eucharist to bring about a true brotherhood and unity. — Jaime Sin

Women seemed to him to be in possession of all kinds of undesirable properties, chiefly madness. — Kate Atkinson

The faint light all about, quivering and sourceless, refracted in the rain of drifting soot. — Cormac McCarthy