Ali Sheikh

You know what happens at any magic show? When the magician says __ook here, look here,_ the audience looks only there and nowhere else. And that__ exactly what happened at the earnings conference today.

You know what__yms make the largest chunk of their profit from clients who pay their monthly dues on auto-pay but never bother to show up and use the gym. The DVD-rental companies make a good chunk of their profits from late fees; the credit-card companies make a fortune on sundry fines and penalties; the airlines_ margins are highest on ticket changes and cancellations_ So, the key to running a successful business in America is to sign up a customer and pray he__l somehow screw up_

That__ the problem with any __imple truth___t always takes a gaggle of complete idiots or a team of all-knowing geniuses to miss it.

Nothing is illegal so long as you correct it before the SEC catches it.

Never lose time in sending the scapegoat to the slaughterhouse.

There are two ways to ruin any chances of leading a happy life. The first is to chase a goal twenty-four hours a day, day after day, and gladly give up all the little laughs and joys that life has to offer in exchange for that ever-elusive moment of jubilation. The second way is far worse, in that it NEVER fails. You know what it is, Sam? Falling in love with someone who chases a goal twenty four hours a day.

There comes a time in everyone__ life__nd I do mean in everyone__ life__hen you ask yourself what it is that you__e been doing with your life. Sometimes you even realize that whatever you__e been doing all your life, you__e been doing it wrong. Dead wrong_ Son, you want that realization to hit you when you__e 70? Or 50? Or when you__e still young, with your whole life still ahead of you?