Richard M. DeVos Quotes

Jay and I used to talk about this: we never had a goal of making a lot of money. We had a goal of having a business of our own. And there were many times we could have sold out and had a lot of money. Billions. We just put it in our pocket and go home, OK? But that was never our goal.

Richard M. DeVos

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HomeBusinessMoneyGoalGoTalk

Growing up in Texas, mum had five girls to feed on a very limited budget, so we'd end up eating the same thing until it was gone - some weeks it was carrots.

Jerry Hall

Growing UpEatingTexasEndBudget

Chicago, we always had it. People just shied away because it's nothing businesswise from the industry. Everybody from Chi will go to N.Y.C. or L.A. - R. Kelly to Kanye to even Twista. Everybody is great from there, but it's nothing downtown.

Jeremih

GreatPeopleGoChicagoNothing

Everyone got kind of crazy with me mentioning I was in love with a woman.

Angelina Jolie

LoveWomanMeCrazyKindEveryone

The British were indeed very far superior to the Americans in every respect necessary to military operations, except the revivified courage and resolution, the result of sudden success after despair.

Mercy Otis Warren

SuccessCourageRespectResolution

Well, my mom is single and we've both been single at the same time over the last ten years, so I really related to the bond between my character and Diane's.

Amanda Peet

CharacterTimeMomBondOverSingle

I wish people would turn off their computers, go outside, talk to people, touch people, lick people, enjoy each other's company and smell each other on the rump.

Tre Cool

PeopleComputersWishEnjoyGoTalk

Make sure you know what you are signing when you sign a recording contract.

Tommy Shaw

YouKnowContractSureRecording

Rather than writing about international events, I write about individual lives. There is elation and sadness, death and birth, love and jealousy, co-operation and betrayal. All the great emotional transactions that happen wherever people come together.

Tom Drury

LoveGreatTogetherDeathJealousy

I love video games. I'm also slightly in awe of them. I'm in awe of their power in terms of imagination, in terms of technology, in terms of concept. But I think, above all, I'm in awe at their power to motivate, to compel us, to transfix us, like really nothing else we've ever invented has quite done before.

Tom Chatfield

LoveTechnologyPowerImagination

I feel like, at any given time, if I'm not playing my best football, if I'm not taking coaching points, if I'm not doing things right out there on the field, I feel I can be covered by anyone.

Rob Gronkowski

TimeBestFootballFeelDoingI Can

Everyone knows someone struggling in some kind of way. You are a role model to so many people, even if you don't realize it. Take someone under your wing. Show them the right way to do things.

Michael Oher

PeopleSomeoneYouRole ModelKind

Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?

Ludwig van Beethoven

GreatArtGoddessHerWhoWhom

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