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Forgiveness is the fragrance a violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
-- Mark Twain
What we spend money on also expresses what we value.
-- J. Needleman
If every human being were conscious in his or her buying and investing behavior, it would make an enormous difference.
-- Paul Mackay
It is a tough business, the rag trade.
-- Roberto Rubini
There is no free lunch honey.
-- Roberto Rubini
If it sounds too good to be true… it usually is.
-- Roberto Rubini
Maybe… maybe not.
-- Roberto Rubini
Honey, only discuss religion and politics with those that you love…better yet, just don't discuss religion and politics at all.
-- Roberto Rubini, my late father in-law; it is his money that I have used to fund this project.
Being copied is one of the greatest compliments anyone can give to you - thus, you must live a life worthy of copying.
-- Agnes Quinlan, my mother
If we are going to laugh about it someday…it may as well be today.
-- Mother of my neighbor Sidney Smith
We don't get to have every pleasurable experience in life.
--Roberto Q. Rubini
On the loss of a loved one: The only way to honor the person you have lost is to find your happiness again, and to carry the person with you.
-- Gretchan Pyne
You have always liked cocky men. Go have a cup of tea.
-- Urban Quinlan, my late father giving me relationship advice
Gotta wash my mitts.
-- Raymond Quinlan, my late grandfather, always before he ate his meals
Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth - give the world the best you have anyway.
-- Fabio Barbosa, CEO, Banco ABN AMRO Real
Luck, knowledge, hard work - especially hard work a man needs them all to be successful.
-- J. Paul Getty
The top businessmen I have seen made their biggest strides up the success ladder because they were able to see the possible in what others rejected or ignored as the impossible.
-- J. Paul Getty
Once I was asked by a young business executive "how can I achieve success and wealth in business… how can I make a million dollars?" I answered: I can't give you any sure-fire formula, but I'm certain of one thing. You'll go much further if you stop trying to look and act and think like everyone else on Madison Avenue or Wacher Drive or Wilsire Boulevard. Try being a nonconformist for a change. Be an individualist - and an individual. You'll be amazed at how much faster you'll get ahead.
-- J. Paul Getty
My grandfather often told me, "son, if you truly want to be rich... put people to work with your money."
-- J. Paul Getty
The secret of change is to focus all your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.
-- Socrates
There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
-- Edith Wharton
Being nuts is charming. -- Rick Whalen
Have you ever wondered what chairs would look like if your knees bent the other way? -- Rick Whalen
Invest in what you know.
-- Warren Buffet
Life is crazy and then you die.
-- Michael Quinlan, my late brother
Life is interesting and then you die.
-- Emma Rubini
The more smiles you put into it the better it will be.
-- Emma Rubini
Blah, blah, blah.
-- Emma Rubini
Want to be happy in life your whole life long... with each day find time for a song from your heart.
-- Anonymous
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
-- Camus
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.
-- Seneca
Seek to be non-threatening.
-- Anonymous
Seek not recognition of your giving.
-- Anonymous
When you are walking, walk.
-- Anonymous (I often have to say this one to our dog, Chopsticks, when we are out for a walk!)
I am not full of virtues and noble qualities. I love. That is all. But I love strongly, exclusively, and steadfastly.
-- George Sand
Become the most positive and enthusiastic person that you know.
-- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Hate is like a snake biting its tail.
-- Elvis Presley
Let your struggles bring you the SSS - Strength, Softness and Silence.
-- Maureen Quinlan
Ten percent is what life brings to you. Ninety percent is what you do about it.
-- Alice Crowe
Doing the 'right thing' at the moment is always a good guide. Listen to the angel in your heart and ears not your fears and personal desires.
-- Anonymous
Doing the 'right thing' isn't always so easy to do, but it sure tastes better and digests so much easier later in life .
-- Anonymous
I am what I am. I don't make any apologies. People criticize me all the time, but if you let these external distractions dictate how you do things, you're going to lose.
-- Peter Boneparth, CEO, Jones Apparel Group
You know you've made it when your name has become a verb.
-- Anonymous
QRubini.... giving new meaning to the flow of money
A wandering mind is a wonderful thing.
-- Maureen Quinlan
Don't believe everything you think.
-- Maureen Quinlan
Enlightened Europeans are no longer amused by having a muse.
-- Maureen Quinlan
You can be in my dream if I can be in yours.
-- Bob Dylan
Tell me whom you walk with and I will tell you who you are.
-- Proverb spoken to me by Paulo Carelli just when I needed it
Maureen, my dear, it is what you do everyday that matters. It is your everyday work that brings to you your special occassions in life. Go ahead, follow your dream.
-- Ed Babor
Is a social entrepreneur born, or made? I think its probably both. You could also ask, what is an entrepreneur? We're not talking Andrew Carnegie here; we're talking about Florence Nightingale, Maria Montessori. A social entrepreneur is someone who can't stop until they change the entire society. They won't be happy until it is done. They have vision and they have how to. How do I seize the opportunity? How do the pieces fit together? And they don't quit. The idea evolves every day.
-- Bill Drayton, Founder, Ashoka
The universe is my country and the human family is my tribe.
-- Kahlil Gibram
Taxes, death, clothes and food - that's life. Why not do it all with style?
-- Andi Simmons
Sometimes you have to mess things up and stir them around to make them better.
-- Mark Johnson, my kitchen re-do man!
You are my brother and I love you. I love you worshiping in your church, kneeling in your temple, and praying in your mosque. You and I and all are children of one religion, for the varied paths of religion are but the fingers of the loving hand of the Supreme Being, extended to all, offering completeness of spirit to all, anxious to receive all.
-- Kahlil Gibram
Most men fall into one of four categories:
There are a lot of young people who will never be creative, and a lot of very old people who will never stop. Creativity is about making a lot of quick connections - about the things you know, the things you have seen. The more you've seen, the more you've done, the easier it is to make the jump.
I have a learning disability that makes it difficult for me to read a map or solve simple math problems. So I compensate by being creative, by seeing things in a different way. The great thing about creativity is that you don't need anything special to do it. You don't need to drive a special vechile or work on a special computer. You don't even need free time. All you need is an open mind.
gardening/sweeping/watering/garbage/car-pool/car washing/grocery/dog-walking and yes, even pooh pick-up!
Thanks for all the great shoes Donald! Done something fun in your Pliner's? Let us know. -- Maureen Quinlan
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