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.

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

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.

Life sometimes confuses us by making us discover in someone we hate a quality or qualities we love.

Try to keep an open mind.

I never saw myself as a singer; I never really thought I had the voice for it.

All the best lyrics are written in ten minutes.

The best things in life are yours, if you can appreciate yourself.

Humility and self-restraint is the True Objective of Kenpo

I like to go from mainstream movies to more artsy films. I don't sign on for the money. Maybe I should, but I don't. There's always a good reason for doing something.

God does not send us despair in order to kill us; he sends it in order to awaken us to new life.

Life is not at all what you might think it to be A simple tale where each thing has its history It's much more than its scuffle and anything goes Both evil and good, subject to the same laws.

Make-up? What happened? You look almost female." "Thanks. You look almost straight.