Marc Rich quotes

“I basically see two reasons for a going public: Glencore gets access to more money. It is a way of funding your business and to finance growth. Plus: You have more liquid shares. It is easier to leave the company and redeem your shares. The 'going public' may also be an exit strategy for the top management.”
-- Marc Rich

#Two Quotes #Growth Quotes #May Quotes

“It is much more convenient not to be a public company. As a private company you don't have to give information to the public. Secrecy is an important factor of success in the commodity business.”
-- Marc Rich

#Giving Quotes #Important Quotes #Information Quotes

“You can't run a business based on sympathies; otherwise our business would be hampered.”
-- Marc Rich

#Running Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“I miss New York. I like the country and I like the people. However, the U.S. political and legal system is prone to overreaction.”
-- Marc Rich

Source : "Glencore IPO Pushes Ex-Fugitive Billionaire Marc Rich Out Of The Shadows" by Clare O'Connor, www.forbes.com. May 23, 2011.

#Country Quotes #New York Quotes #People Quotes

“If you are too proud, you don't do business.”
-- Marc Rich

#Proud Quotes

“George W. Bush was a very bad president. The Iraq war was a big mistake. The U.S.A. needed a political change. I hoped Barack Obama could be a good president, but I'm disappointed. He hasn't done well.”
-- Marc Rich

Source : "Glencore IPO Pushes Ex-Fugitive Billionaire Marc Rich Out Of The Shadows" by Clare O'Connor, www.forbes.com. May 23, 2011.

#War Quotes #Mistake Quotes #Iraq Quotes

“If there is any way you can get colder than you do when you sleep in a bedding roll on the ground in a tent in southern Tunisia two hours before dawn, I don't know about it.”

“In the middle of nowhere, along a quiet stretch of road, the diner dreamt of the hungry dead. And of two men.”

Source : A. Lee Martinez (2006). “Gil's All Fright Diner”, p.7, Macmillan

“Plant trees. They give us two of the most crucial elements for our survival: oxygen and books.”

Source : A. Whitney Brown (1991). “The Big Picture: An American Commentary”, Harper Perennial

“If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong.”

“One can go back toward safety or forward toward growth.”

“Photography's future is infinite and bright. It's growing exponentially, so that's great, but for me as a practitioner, that exponential growth makes it even more problematic. And so for me, it's got me more engaged with storytelling.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“I'm not lost for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.”

“While moral rules may be propounded by authority the fact that these were so propounded would not validate them.”

Source : "The Meaning of Life and Other Essays" by A.J. Ayer, ("The Meaning of Life"), 1990.

“You always have to make positive choices as an actor, even when you're playing someone who may not be doing the best things.”

Source : Source: www.justjared.com

“Staying with him. Letting him touch you, hold you, GOD. It's eating me alive. You may be keeping Sawyer from hating me but you're only making me hate him”