Aristotle Onassis Quotes & Sayings

#1. In business we cut each others' throats, but now and then we sit around the same table and behave-for the sake of the ladies.

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#2. I hate the opera. I think I must have a tin ear. No matter how hard I concentrate it still sounds like a bunch of Italian chefs screaming risotto recipes at each other.

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#3. Millions do not always add up to what a man needs out of life.

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#4. We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.

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#5. Never ask for small loans.

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#6. Don't sleep too much. If you sleep three hours less each night for a year, you will have an extra month and a half to succeed in.

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#7. I have no friends and no enemies - only competitors.

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#8. I've just been a machine for making money. I seem to have spent my life in a golden tunnel looking for the outlet which would lead to happiness. But the tunnel kept going on. After my death there will be nothing left.

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#9. It's during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

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#10. To be successful, keep looking tanned, live in an elegant building (even if you're in the cellar), be seen in smart restaurants (even if you only nurse one drink) and if you borrow, borrow big.

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#11. Wealth comes from knowing
what others do not know.

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#12. The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows.

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#13. Get a sun lamp to keep you looking as if you have just come back from somewhere expensive.

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#14. To succeed in business it is necessary to make others see things as you see them.

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#15. After a certain point, money is meaningless. It ceases to be the goal. The game is what counts.

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#16. Since I am known as a 'rich' person, I feel I have to tip at least $5 each time I check my coat. On top of that, I would have to wear a very expensive coat, and it would have to be insured. Added up, without a topcoat I save over $20,000 a year.

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#17. If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.

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#18. I consider a good reputation is a great part of the human happiness. Some people, if they are very, very rich can permit themselves certain negligence to their reputations.

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