Doing business in Jamaica is not easy, but it is rewarding.

From an early age my mother told me that there were so many of us that if I was to get anything in life I would have to get it myself. So I did.

You can't look at the intrinsic value of gold as you can a business. Gold doesn't give you cash flow, and, at the end of the day, cash flow is what is important. Gold doesn't give you dividends.

You must look like a money person for clients to trust you.

Life is not linear; you have ups and downs. It's how you deal with the trough that defines you.

If people perceive themselves as having very little opportunities to be fulfilled, then it cheapens their life and outlook. The solution is to reverse it; make sure they know opportunities abound.

My first playpen was a cardboard box.

The philosophy to 'buy and hold' is a philosophy that I use to manage funds.

Private equity has been the purview of super wealthy individuals and institutions.

The mantra of the National Commercial Bank is 'building a better Jamaica.' If this bank is going to be everlastingly successful, it has to take on the ailments of this society.

Home isn't where you're from, it's where you find light when all grows dark.

To want friendship is a great fault. Friendship ought to be a gratuitous joy, like the joys afforded by art or life.

I don't read the news anymore because I know it would make me depressed. So instead, I make beauty. I make movies.

When two people decide to get a divorce, it isn't a sign that they 'don't understand' one another, but a sign that they have, at last, begun to.

We dont know anything about racism. Weve never experienced it. If words can make a difference in your life for seven minutes, how would it affect you if you heard this every day of your life?

Self-confidenc e alone is security. Your ability is your security. There is no security but you.

There is no relation to sound for deaf people. It is a totally different mental process.

Unsolicited surprise requests from strangers are essentially guaranteed to be met with a negative response.

I believe it's true that there's good and evil in everyone and it's a constant struggle to have your better angels prevail.

My way of life Is fall'n into the sear and yellow leaf.