David Rockefeller

Businessman

1915-06-12

Quotes by David Rockefeller

• It is true that I am often startled and even angered and repulsed by the strange directions and provocative content of new forms that seem to pop up every few months.

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• The Japanese have a wonderful sense of design and a refinement in their art. They try to produce beautiful paintings with the minimum number of strokes.

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• Father was the eldest son and the heir apparent, and he set the standard for being a Rockefeller very high, so every achievement was taken for granted and perfection was the norm.

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• I am a passionate traveler, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal education.

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• I am a passionate traveler, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal education. In order to appreciate cultures of another nation, one needs to go there, know the people and mingle with the culture of that country. One way to do that, if one is lucky enough, is to buy things from those cultures.

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• Only once in my life was I on the edge of incivility. I do not like to be unkind.

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• I do not like to be unkind.

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• I realize how fortunate I have been; mine has been a wonderful life.

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• I can only say that I have had a wonderful life.

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• The attacks on the World Trade Center and the current economic recession, which is particularly powerful in New York City, have put a number of building plans on hold for the time being.

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• I never kept a diary, but I wrote detailed notes of my travels.

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