Arthur Levitt Jr.
United States
3 Feb 1931 // 9 Feb 2001
Financial Advisor
3 Feb 1931 // 9 Feb 2001
Financial Advisor
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We sometimes take for granted the freedom and power of independent thought and action. And only after it's been compromised, do we fully realize how fundamental it is to the pursuit of economic opportunity.
Increasingly, I have become concerned that the motivation to meet Wall Street earnings expectations may be overriding common sense business practices... Managing maybe giving way to manipulation; Integrity may be losing out to illusion.
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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