“Wall Street's favorite scam is pretending that luck is skill.” StreetsWallSkillsLuckInvestingPretendingScams Author:Ronald Ross
“The dirty little secret of what used to be known as Wall Street securities firms-Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers, and Bear Stearns-was that every one of them funded their business in this way to varying degress, and every one of them was always just twenty-four hours away from a funding crisis. The key to day-to-day survival was the skill with which Wall Street executives managed their firms' ongoing reputation in the marketplace.” WayLittlesUsedHoursSecretKnownFourStreetsSecurityBrotherWallKeysBearsSkillsSurvivalTwentiesCrisisReputationUsed To BeDirtyFirmExecutivesDay To DayOngoingFundingMarketplaceStanleyGoldman SachsLehman Brothers Author:William D. Cohan
“Even in China. Children there, next to the Great Wall, who had never seen Mickey Mouse responded. So the studio did have that skill to communicate with images.” ChildrenNextTalkingWallSkillsCommunicateStudiosChinaMiceMickeyGreat Wall Author:John Hench
“I spent maybe a week all day every day working on the wall, my first legal wall because I was just so excited and it was nice to be able to chill and relax and work on the piece instead of doing it quickly and running from the cops or whatever. Then it just really grew from there. Other people saw it and appreciated the skill.” PeopleFirstsRunningAbleSawsPiecesNiceWeekWallGrewSkillsExcitedRelaxCopAppreciatedChill Author:Alec Monopoly
“Confidence and courage are special skills to the art ... Within the four walls of his study, the artist should be modest, work diligently and conscientiously. While for the public, he'll show himself audacious, yes even into cheerful boldness. And so a new public's darling has arisen.” ShouldArtShowsArtistStudyFourSpecialWallSkillsModestCheerfulBoldnessDarlingAudaciousFour WallsConfidence And Courage Author:Robert Schumann
“In our childhoods we either get all the social and emotional and ethical skills we need to be well adjusted adults, or we don't. Some of us don't know how to tell someone we like them. A lot of us get depressed and get wasted. Why don't we do something that makes us feel better? Because we don't know any other way. When I didn't have enough skills I compensated with drugs and alcohol. It's like there was a hole in the wall and I put a poster over it.” KnowsWayNeedsFeelsWellsEnoughSocialKnow HowChildhoodEmotionalWallDrugSkillsAdultsOur ChildrenAlcoholHolesOver ItEthicalFeel BetterPostersDrugs And Alcohol Author:Bucky Sinister
“'Dog Days' was recorded with pens and the wall, and half a stolen drum kit that was out of tune, in what was basically a cupboard. The only instrument I could really play was my voice, so we just layered everything a hundred times. It was enthusiasm over skill.” PlayVoiceHalfDogWallSkillsHundredInstrumentsEnthusiasmTunesPensStolenCupboardsDog Days Author:Florence Welch
“I had always felt that I was an observer, never a participant; that I was watching from behind a thick glass wall as people went about the business of living--and did it with such ease, with a skill that they took for granted and that I had never known.” PeopleFeltBehindsKnownWallSkillsGlassesGrantedEaseThickObserversParticipantsTook For Granted Author:Tana French