“It has been difficult to hold onto many paintings but I have retained a few. Possibly the current favorite is titled 'Big Band' completed in 2005. It measures 13 feet x 9 feet. It has 18 nearly life size recognizable portraits of the biggest jazz stars that I knew and saw perform in the 1950s, '60s, '70s, '80s and includes Wynton Marsalis.” Has BeensBigsStarsDifficultSawsFeetPaintingBandJazzSizeCurrentsPortraits80sLife Size Author:LeRoy Neiman
“The cool parts - the parts that have won Dubai its reputation as 'the Vegas of the Middle East' or 'the Venice of the Middle East' or 'the Disney World of the Middle East, if Disney World were the size of San Francisco and out in a desert' - have been built in the last ten years.” IfsWorldYearsHas BeensLastsMiddleTenBuiltSizeEastReputationDesertMiddle EastSan FranciscoVegasVeniceDubai Book:The Brain-Dead Megaphone Source: The Brain-Dead Megaphone
“Given the large size of the illegal harvest, ... I find it difficult to understand how this could have been a casual oversight.” Has BeensGivenDifficultSizeIllegalHarvestCould Have BeenCasualOversight Author:Peter DeFazio
“Over the years, Charlie [Munger, Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman] and I have observed many accounting-based frauds of staggering size. Few of the perpetrators have been punished; many have not even been censured. It has been far safer to steal large sums with pen than small sums with a gun.” YearsHas BeensGunSizeVicesStealingPensFraudCharlieChairmanAccountingStaggeringPerpetrators Author:Warren Buffett