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Felix Dennis is a British poet born in 1947. His poetry is known for its unique style and profound emotional expression, which has won him a wide audience.

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Famous Felix Dennis Quotes

“If the influence of luck is a delusion, then all I can say is that the delusion is virtually universal.”

Ifs I Can Influence Universal Luck Delusion

Book:How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets

Source: How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets

“I thoroughly object to getting old. If you could let me be 16 again, I'd give you everything I've got and everything I'll ever have.”

Ifs Giving Objects Let Me Getting Old

Author:Felix Dennis

“I want to prove that if you write in strict meter and rhyme about subjects people care about, they will buy poetry.”

People Ifs Want Writing Care Subjects Prove Strict Rhyme Meter

Author:Felix Dennis

“Overhead will eat you alive if not constantly viewed as a parasite to be exterminated. Never mind the bleating of those you employ. Hold out until mutiny is imminent before employing even a single additional member of staff. More start-ups are wrecked by overstaffing than by any other cause, bar failure to monitor cash flow.”

Ifs Mind Causes Alive Members Flow Bars Cash Staff Parasites Overhead Employing Cash Flow Mutiny

Author:Felix Dennis

“Very, very few entrepreneurs who accept a 51 percent partner in a new venture will get rich if they are also expected to run it. Control is mandatory.”

Ifs Running Accepting Rich Percent Entrepreneur Expected Partners Venture Get Rich New Ventures

Book:The Narrow Road: A Brief Guide to the Getting of Money

Source: The Narrow Road: A Brief Guide to the Getting of Money

“You shouldn't go around the world behaving ruthlessly when you don't have to. Sometimes you do have to. There is only so much pie to go around. If you're going to take more than your fair share of pie, as socialists would look at it, then someone else is not getting his. That means you've got to take it away from them.”

Ifs World Looks Mean Sometimes Share Fairs Around The World Pie Fair Share

Author:Felix Dennis

“The bottom line is that if I did it, you can do it. I got rich without the benefit of a college education or a penny of capital but making many errors along the way. I went from being a pauper.. a hippie dropout on the dole, living in a crummy room without the proverbial pot to piss in, without even the money to pay the rent, without a clue as to what to do next.. to being rich...”

“If you are unwilling to fail, sometimes publicly and even catastrophically, you will never be rich.”

Ifs Sometimes Rich Failing Unwilling

Book:The Narrow Road: A Brief Guide to the Getting of Money

Source: The Narrow Road: A Brief Guide to the Getting of Money

“If it flies, floats or fornicates, always rent it.. it's cheaper in the long run.”

Ifs Long Running Money Long Runs Floats Cheaper

Book:How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets

Source: How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets

“You have to persuade yourself that you absolutely don't care what happens. If you don't care, you've won. I absolutely promise you, in every serious negotiation, the man or woman who doesn't care is going to win.”

Ifs Men Happens Care Winning He Man Serious Promise Don't Care Negotiation

Author:Felix Dennis

About the Author

Born: 1947
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 92

Books & Sources

How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His SecretsRelated source material

The Narrow Road: A Brief Guide to the Getting of MoneyRelated source material

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