Felix Dennis quotes

You have to persuade yourself that you absolutely don't care what happens. If you don't care, you've won. I absolutely promise you, in every serious negotiation, the man or woman who doesn't care is going to win. (Felix Dennis)
Making money is certainly the one addiction I cannot shake. View quote
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America is an empire. I hope you know that now. All empires, by definition, are bumbling, shambolic, bullying, bureaucratic affairs, as certain of the rightness of their cause in infancy, as they are corrupted by power in their dotage. View quote
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Good ideas are like Nike sports shoes. They may facilitate success for an athlete who possesses them, but on their own they are nothing but an overpriced pair of sneakers. Sports shoes don't win races. Athletes do. View quote
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You'll never get rich by working for your boss. View quote
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I have one talent, and that's figuring out what people want about two minutes before they know it themselves. View quote
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I think having a great idea is vastly overrated. I know it sounds kind of crazy and counterintuitive. I don't think it matters what the idea is, almost. You need great execution. View quote
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Nobody could like Donald Trump, surely, except his mother. No one really likes The Donald. But how can you not have respect for a guy who's been down on the floor and just keeps coming back? Nothing will keep Donald Trump down until they drive a wooden stake in his heart and a silver bullet in his brain. View quote
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Very, very few entrepreneurs who accept a 51 percent partner in a new venture will get rich if they are also expected to run it. Control is mandatory. View quote
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I have an over-attachment to precision, which is why I've sold more magazines than any man alive. View quote
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Obviously, waste disposal is an enormous and fantastic industry. (Felix Dennis)
People really do not have time to read all the newspapers in the world and all the sites that we now commonly use on the web. There is no possibility of keeping up. View quote
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America is not the center of the universe. View quote
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People who get trapped in the tunnel vision of making money think that is all there is to life. View quote
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I love the business of business; I love the risk raking. View quote
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I'm an entrepreneur, a businessman. I've got a lot of money, and that doesn't go very well with the whole 'starving artist in a garret' routine. View quote
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I loathe and detest movies and television and don't watch any. I do not have the time. View quote
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Discourse has ended in America. It's all just shouting and ranting and demonization. Do you know how the rest of the world laughs at you guys? Have you got any idea? They're just rocking with laughter night and day. View quote
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With the greatest of respect, I have watched Apple from the day it started. I was publishing magazines about the Apple II before most people had ever heard what a personal computer was. View quote
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False praise is worse than no praise. View quote
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No woman or girl is going to want to spend time looking at pretty dresses on the Internet. Vogue is going to be around for a long time to come. (Felix Dennis)
Native trees are so important to our ecosystem. View quote
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I am absolutely convinced that my life was redeemed by poetry. View quote
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It's a long, slow sunset for ink-on-paper magazines, but sunsets can produce vast sums of money. View quote
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Publishing magazines for yourself is not good business, man. View quote
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Felix Dennis

Occupation: English Publisher
Born: May 27, 1947
Died: June 22, 2014
Quotes count: 60
Wikipedia: Felix Dennis

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