Sandra Tsing Loh Quotes

I think the perception of wealth and power is that things just become easier and easier when in reality as you raise the stakes things become more stressful.

I have walked into the palaces of kings and queens and into the houses of presidents. And much more.

When I go see a basketball game, I'm always in the front row. I always have a table at a restaurant; I never have trouble getting a taxi.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

Owning a great golf course gives you great power.

It is much harder to retain your position at the top than to get to the top.

The only thing I can say about having this type of success is that you can get yourself in trouble because basically the world is set open for you. People will say yes to anything you ask, so it's basically down to you and what you want or need.

To the victor belong the responsibilities.

In my country, at that time, being a champion of chess was like being a King. At that time I was a King - and when you are King you feel a lot of responsibility, but there is nobody there to help you.

Even if you're Bill Gates, you've got problems. I'm sure he would probably easily give a few billion dollars to get rid of all the problems that he has.

The United States is a very difficult country to govern.

I am Vice President. I am nothing but I may be everything.

I found early on that having a position of power really doesn't bring the fulfillment that many people think it does.

It's harder when you're supposed to win. When you're talking about the best players and the best teams in the world, when you talk about the Heat, you can ask them - it's not easy.

I'd like to be rich, but without all the downside of fame.

When you're at the top you're always going to be shot at.

It's a privilege to be a football manager, even when you've been beaten or you're bottom of the table.

It's hard being the king, but somebody's got to do it.

A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.

When you're drug kingpin - you're a mayor. You are a governor. But of a different society. You get to do what you want to do, just like any mayor. You can park your car anywhere. You get the best women. You go to the restaurants and eat free. It was like being a rock star. Like being Magic Johnson or Michael Jordan. It was just pure freedom, everything I was looking for. I desperately wanted freedom.

Let us not underestimate the privileges of the mediocre. As one climbs higher, life becomes ever harder, the coldness increases, responsibility increases.

Floyd Paterson and other fighters, they just don't take part.They make a million dollars, they get a Rolls Royce and a nice home and a white wife and think, 'well, I made it'.

To reporters the day after his accession to the presidency, April 13, 1945: When they told me yesterday what had happened, I felt like the moon, the stars and all the planets had fallen on me.

I think big, get cash, make em blink fast

There is no reason why a king should be rich or a rich man should be a king, no reason at all.