After all the black man has been through in this world, he can still often reach levels of spirituality the most pampered white man cannot touch. Maybe what he's been through is the reason why.
It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars.
Americans are terrified because so many of them have been laid off in recent years and months and they fear that they may be next. Even if they have not been laid off or have not known anyone laid off, they definitely know someone who has lost his home.
If there's a recession, I'd buy stocks. That's when you make money: when markets are spooked.
I spend so much time in fear of going broke, and I never have been even remotely close to going broke.
Traders can cause short-term volatility. In the long run, the market must revert to a sensible price/earnings multiple.
I'm not a Mensa member. I have no idea where that rumor came from. I never have been, and I doubt if I ever will be.
The sad fact is that spending rises every year, no matter what people want or say they want.
I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period.
My 'thing' is that I just lie in my immense bed and look out the window at the skyline over Virginia and the sky and the airplanes coming into Reagan. I really love doing that.
It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated... it is finished when it surrenders.
If there is no God, why bother to tell the truth? Why not steal?
