Aristotle Onassis Quotes

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

  Aristotle Onassis

  Hope, Wind, Sea

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

  Aristotle Onassis

  Funny Love, Witty, Money

  Quoted in Barbara Rowes, The Book of Quotes (1979)

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• You are not truly wealthy unless you earn money while you are sleeping

  Aristotle Onassis

  Sleep, Wealthy

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• Don't worry about your physical shortcomings. I am no Greek god. Don't get too much sleep and don't tell anybody your troubles. Appearances count: Get a sun lamp to keep you looking as though you have just come back from somewhere expensive: maintain an elegant address even if you have to live in the attic. Never nickel when short of cash. Borrow big, but always repay promptly.

  Aristotle Onassis

  Business, Sleep, Worry

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• It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

  Aristotle Onassis

  Inspirational, Happy Birthday, Inspiring

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• 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.

  Aristotle Onassis

  Smart, Successful, Nurse

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

  Aristotle Onassis

  Inspirational, Success, Leadership

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• To be successful, you must act big, think big and talk big.

  Aristotle Onassis

  Motivational, Positive Thinking, Successful

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• The only rule is there are no rules.

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• Don’t sleep too much. If you sleep 3 hours less each night for a year, you will have an extra month and a half to succeed in.

  Aristotle Onassis

  Sleep, Night, Years

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• 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.

  Aristotle Onassis

  Tunnels, Machines, Golden

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

  Aristotle Onassis

  Money, Inspiration, Games

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

  Aristotle Onassis

  Business, Inspiration, Insperational

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

  Aristotle Onassis

  Hate, Thinking, Italian

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• Wealth comes from knowing
  what others do not know.

  Aristotle Onassis

  Knowing, Wealth, Knows

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• Since I'm 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.

  Aristotle Onassis

  Money, Years, Coats

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• 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.

  Aristotle Onassis

  Cutting, Tables, Sake

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• The more you own, the more you know you don't own.

  Aristotle Onassis

  Economy, Knows

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

  Aristotle Onassis

  Men, Add, Needs

  "Ari: Life and Times of Aristotle Socrates Onassis". Book by Peter Evans, p. 283, 1986.

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• 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.

  Aristotle Onassis

  People, Reputation, Rich

  "Ari: Life and Times of Aristotle Socrates Onassis". Book by Peter Evans, 1978.

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• I have no friends and no enemies - only competitors.

  Aristotle Onassis

  Enemy, No Friends, Economy

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• I guess the kid had everything but the luck.

  Aristotle Onassis

  Kids, Luck

  "Ari: Life and Times of Aristotle Socrates Onassis". Book by Peter Evans, p. 217, 1986.

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• Find a priest who understands English and doesn't look like Rasputin.

  Aristotle Onassis

  Rasputin, Looks, Priests

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

  Aristotle Onassis

  Advice, Lamps, Sun

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