A woman is a hunter without a forest.

No rich man is a patriot, no rich man is a friend. They have all only got one fatherland the Ritz-Carlton; and one friend the mistress they're promising to divorce their wives for.

If all the rich people in the world divided up their money among themselves, there wouldn't be enough to go around.

A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.

The waste, the insane freaks of these money men, the cynicism and egotism of their life... I'll show that they are not brilliant, not romantic, not delightful, not intelligent.

Venus can see at night without eyes.

Creation of something out of nothing is the most primitive of human passions and the most optimistic

When people are collecting gold they aren't doing business. ... Gold is constipation: even bankruptcy is more fluid. Gold isn't wealth: positions in markets are wealth.

About myself - no. I'm unimportant, an observer, a wandering animal.

Charm is a cunning self-forgetfulness.

Gentlemen are overestimated, that is my experience.

Maturity refers to having a sound understanding of basics and making a fair judgment.

So this is why I'm always say happy that somebody mentions Rwanda, because behind Rwanda, we have Africa.

Lies were like having a pregnant rabbit. One day you had one, but before you knew it, there were rabbits all over the place.

Show me your dreams. Let me make them come true.

Better to flee from death than feel its grip.

Make sure your main characters are likeable. They can be flawed, but your readers need to be able to root for them.

The revenge of history is more powerful than the revenge of the most powerful General Secretary.

The truth isn't what we say, it's how we feel when we say it.

Dream big by setting yourself seemingly impossible challenges. You then have to catch up with them.

I'll tell you one thing, when you have young men and women in combat operations and they lose their friends, one thing you quickly learn not to be ashamed of is tears.