Quotes About Loyalty

The thing to remember is that you don't want clients from the cheap seats. You want the ones sitting on the fifty-yard line.

That's my job, to forge the blade. To sharpen it. To use it without mercy or conscience. To be the truth in a place where everybody lies.

who was really with him that night?" "I'm not telling you. It's the same risk today that it was back then. He's still a star. I'm not going to ruin his career." "We would keep it confidential. We wouldn't even put it on paper." "No. Nothing stays a secret forever, but if I told you, it would be a betrayal.

keep your quid pro quota shit. I only tol' you about Story because he's dead. You can put me back in

Actually, I wanted to take care of Terry. Yes, he had the potential of becoming a stone in my shoe. But I—" "Shut up, Bob!" Rachel yelled. "You couldn't carry Terry's lunch. Harry, this is too dangerous. Put him down! Do it now!

momentos con Max. Posiblemente Hernandez se había

military service was one of them. She knew he had served but he had never

Somebody once said that a person's favorite restaurant is where they know you. That might be true. They knew me at Dan Tana's and I knew them: Christian at the door, Arturo at the table, Mike behind the bar. But that didn't obscure the fact that the kitschy Italian joint with checkered tablecloths served up the best New York strip in the city. I liked the place because they knew me, but I liked the steak even better.

If 68 was a supporter of the president, it was likely she was a law-and-order hard-liner—not good for a guy accused of murder. That this person would continue to support the president after the media had documented his many, many untruths was a factor as well. It was blind loyalty to a cause, and an indicator that truthfulness was not an important part of her framework.

Here is what unsayable about us: Jonathan and I are members of a team so old nobody else could join even if we wanted them to. What binds us is stronger than sex. It is stronger than love. We're related. Each of us is the other born into a different flesh.

I've stayed alive for you. But now you have to let me go

Loyalty may be good news, but it is rarely good advice.

Loyalty is like the Doctrine of Celibacy—easy to proclaim but damned difficult to live by.

Atreyu was fighting not for himself, but for his friend, whom he was trying to save by defeating him.

The Glory was entrusted to you, you weren't given permission to pass it on as you see fit.

The most important thing you can do is to make sure you build a loving, informed, and loyal team around you. That includes family. That includes friends. And that surely includes a community of trusted experts—everyone from doctors to financial advisers. Why? Because the best decision-making is not just about what you feel in your gut or even read in this book. It's about triangulating several opinions and insights from people who love you—and who may know more than you do.

Whenever they speak Michael Jordan, they should speak Scottie Pippen.

I lived here my whole life and I've never been to this neighborhood.' And Big Mike finally spoke up. 'Don't worry,' he said. 'I got your back.

You want loyalty, hire a cocker spaniel.

Goldman Sachs did not leave the house before it began to burn; it was merely the first to dash through the exit—and then it closed the door behind it.

when I ran mortgages, I religiously took people from the back office. At first I did it for moral reasons. But it worked. They appreciated it. They didn't feel like the world owed them a living. They were more loyal.

Who do you work for? That question haunted salesmen. Whenever a trader screwed a customer and the salesman became upset, the trader would ask the salesman, "Who do you work for anyway?" The message was clear: You work for Salomon Brothers. You work for me. I pay your bonus at the end of the year. So just shut up, you geek.

don't do favors. I accumulate debts. —Ancient Sicilian motto

I don't do favors. I accumulate debts. —Ancient Sicilian motto