Modest about our national pride — and inordinately proud of our national modesty.
—Ian Hislop
I always invest in companies an idiot could run, because one day one will.
—Warren Buffett
I find it easy to portray businessmen. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.
—John Cleese
I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realise I should have been more specific.
—Lily Tomlin
I don’t work that way ….
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