W. J. Slim Quotes

When there is a crisis, that's when some are interested in getting out and that's when we are interested in getting in.

Good manners are never passé.

Choose the right employees and then set them loose.

If you are in business, you are not enjoying. You are working.

It is not important NOT to make mistakes, but the mistakes to be small

I make music for the hips, not the head.

Poverty isn’t solved with donations.

Well, when I was very young, maybe 12 years, I began to make investments.

No, my father passed away when I was 13 years old. I was very young.

When you photograph a lot of women, you get to know things.

Work well done is not only a responsibility to yourselves and society; it is also an emotional need.

In England, I'm this venerable old granddad, the one who always gets pissed at parties and puts a lampshade on his head.

I've always said that the better off you are, the more responsibility you have for helping others

Staying occupied displaces preoccupation and problems, and when we face our problems, they disappear.

Most people don't get a fair crack of the whip.

It's important to give a better country to your children, but it is more important to give better children to your country.

The blues ain't nothin' but a botheration on your mind.

Firm and patient optimism always yields its rewards.

You have to have an international reference of competition. You have to go beyond your home.

In high school, I loved history. I also loved cosmography, algebra. Mexico is so rich in culture and history, and I have always enjoyed that.

All businesses make mistakes. The trick is to avoid large ones.

Courage taught me no matter how bad a crisis gets… any sound investment will eventually pay off.

My own perception was that although it kind of sucks to be stuck in a contract you signed a long time ago, when you're having success, it gives you some leverage.

On top of the horror of separating from your wife, you have to go through it in public.

I think English people were a lot better at breakdancing than they were at making records.

You cannot live without doing something.

My parents weren't artistic, but I was always surrounded by beautiful things. And Mexico is a country which has experienced thousands of years of art and culture.

Lars [Ulrich] of Metallica is one of the worst drummers I've ever heard, but they hide it because they spend millions recording.

Love a man who'll bleed to make a point. (Candy)

Did I hurt your feelings again? Sorry. When this is all over I'll send some flowers to your inner child.

You cannot make thousands of universities or hundreds of thousands of professors, but with technology and the Internet you can have great courses and make a digital university.

My mother born in Mexico, but was Lebanese in origin. She born 1902 the same year my father arrived to Mexico when he was 14 years old.

I studied engineering in the national university, the Universidad Autonoma, in San Ildefonso.

I figured that if anyone could be wildly popular in one town, then that could be replicated everywhere, all you have to do is get the word out.

Sleater-Kinney's biggest momentum was from the press - that, second to Radiohead, they got more positive press than any other band in America in the 90s.

When Elliott Smith came out, it was falling on deaf ears. But artists were reacting to it.

Nothin' taken for granted, just learn from my mistakes. My will too strong, my spirit's somethin' they can't take.

When you cannot make up your mind between two evenly balanced courses of action choose the bolder.

Our philosophy is you need to give nonprofit money for health, nutrition, education, culture, and sports.

Shame lurks in the pockets of the mind (or spirit), like lint. No matter how brave a face you put on things – and believe me, I did – you always have to face yourself in the end.