Richard Rainwater Quotes

#1. I am the Walrus, but not the one you're probably thinking of. I am the other Walrus, the one who is less the Walrus in the sense of legendary music and more the Walrus in the sense of his tendency to to lie around in places for too long.

Demetri Martin

#2. I sold my Chevron. I sold my ConocoPhillips. I sold my Statoil. I sold my ENSCO. I sold my Pioneer Natural Resources. I sold everything.

Richard Rainwater

#3. Big words from a guy who's trussed up like a turkey. What are you going to do, wobble over here like an upside- down turtle to snap me in half?"
"The logistics of breaking you are easy. The only question is when.

Susan Ee

#4. A woman has no control over herself.

Martin Luther

#5. Never invest in a going concern until you know which way it is going.

Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar

#6. I'm just not the type who wants to draw attention to himself.

Richard Rainwater

#7. If you happen to be in the right place at the right time, the capitalist system is a beautiful thing.

Richard Rainwater

#8. The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.

Plato

#9. I'm what is known as gradually disintegrating. I don't fear the next world, or anything. I don't fear hell, and I don't look forward to heaven.

Katharine Hepburn

#10. I thought we stopped using grunts as guinea pigs decades ago. Even the Nazis didn't run medical experiments on their own troops in combat. This book explodes like a grenade in the Pentagon's privy. Red it and weep; better yet, get mad."

Col. David H. Hackworth (U.S. Army, ret.)

Gary Matsumoto

#11. I view real estate as the most intriguing opportunity that I've seen in my business lifetime.

Richard Rainwater

#12. Someone asked me what are the secrets to my success, and I said 'There are three: Timing, timing, timing.'

Richard Rainwater

#13. I know because I read.

Libba Bray

#14. In Japan, Australia, and England there is such a strong youth culture.

Marc Newson

#15. I don't understand the theory that nonprofit hospitals that run at forty percent capacity and do not pay taxes should be granted some special privilege. I like level playing fields.

Richard Rainwater

#16. Love can be put off, never abandoned.

Sextus Propertius

#17. Oftentimes, people start with something, whatever it is, and it's great, but over the years, it loses its focus or way and corners get cut. Some people are fine with that, but I'm not.

Zachary Levi

#18. There's always something happening in the world that creates an opportunity to try to fix a business and build a business.

Richard Rainwater

#19. The essence of good business is knowing when to step on a train and when to step off.

Richard Rainwater