Don't do something you don't like. Look for a job that makes you excited to get up and go to work everyday.

A good default, like Portugal or Greece, would be very good for the private equity business.

Generally speaking, you like to dance with the girl that brung you, and if you can't sometimes you have to shoot her.

Prices are always lower when the troops are in the street.

Every deal is a regulated deal. Regulators will tell you how to take your money home.

When governments are selling, you should be buying. And when governments are defaulting, we should look at that as an opportunity.

I think that what we leave behind us is extremely important. I therefore spend a fair amount of time on the charitable front, and someday I hope to spend more time on it.

You can run from the grave, but you can't hide.

Because it's worth dreaming and expecting the best from you and others, because once you fulfill your dreams you can make other people happy as well.

What you perceive as a failure today may actually be a crucial step towards the success you seek. Never give up.

You may have the greatest vision, plans or goals as you may term it. You can call it Vison 2020, Vision 2045 or whatever. But remember, not work is done unless a distance is covered!

Be generous with your life - love deeply, honestly, and without reservation.

I'm not afraid to fail. Sometimes when you lose, you win. Sometimes when you win, you lose.

The one-child policy was based on some faulty science and had, as an ambition, reining in Chinese population growth, so as to enhance the per capita wealth of the country.

King Kong, Count Dracula, and the Phantom of the Opera are just looking for love, like the rest of us.

Bad men cannot make good citizens.

Talent is something you are born with, and a skill is something you develop. 99% of what you need to succeed in golf are skills