Gavin Esler Quotes

I've paid an awful lot of lawyers to protect what I've built. I can only hope the money was well spent.

If medical doctors can be sued for malpractice, shouldn't financial professionals practice under the same safeguard?

I mean, comics fear sue - you know, lawsuits and stuff like that, just because they don't like to do paperwork.

Don't take risk, and don't get into debt.

I didn't want to put myself in a position where I was living so expensively that if something happened next year or two years from now and I wasn't making the same money, I couldn't afford my lifestyle.

The willingness to take risk is largely a function of wealth.

I've known numerous actors who got a pilot that they thought was going to run forever, and they went out and blew all of the money. Now they've got a mortgage they can't pay for.

I was thinking what happens if I break my leg today? What can I do to prevent me going back to the place of being poor? It led me to the world of venture capitalism. How are they making money? I decided I'm going to learn as much as I can.

I'm a conservative businesswoman in a way because I try not to invest too much to the point that if things go bad, I'd lose a lot.

The more money you make, the more times people sue you.

Never lend people money you can't afford to give them as a gift.

Lawsuits prod companies to make their products safer.

Do invest in Brazil, and you shall not regret it.

Port investments entail a lot of money, and having a partner who can share the risk makes a lot of sense. Often, it makes sense to have a local partner.

Money comes and goes. I may make a million dollars, then get a divorce and damn near lose all of it.

Lots of business owners spend their lives trying to land the whale - the single, massive, brand-name account that will fatten the top line and bestow instant credibility. But big customers make me nervous.

Ultimately the clothing company is a large investment on my part, and I'm taking a huge gamble. But having a focus away from the track is good for you.

Given the success rate, if you want to get wealthy, entrepreneurship is a horrible way of doing it. There are significantly easier ways of doing it.

What I do for a living is so high-risk that I try to make sure my portfolio is as conservative as possible.

We have elected to put our money and faith in a mathematical framework that is free of politics and human error.

It's like a golden rule in the pawn business: never cash a government check.

Whatever you do, don't sink your life's savings into cliche items.

Uncertainty is bad for business.

One should never risk one's whole fortune unless supported by one's entire forces.

Stock market risk is ok, but not for Social Security.