downfall quotes

This rise of the new global mega-rich is happening as established institutions are falling. The fall runs the gamut from the music business and traditional media to the Detroit automakers who find themselves obsolete, outmaneuvered, and out-priced by entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, Mumbai, Shanghai, and even Siberia.

At the height of the Enron mania, the company’s market value was $65 billion. Once the dust cleared, the final value was $0.

The once all-powerful ruler of Iraq was found in a hole, and now sits in a prison cell.

By that sin fell the angels.

The wave of evil washes all our institutions alike.

I saw what happened when a dictator was allowed to take over a piece of a country and the country went down the tubes. And I saw the opposite during the war when America joined the fight.

The more people smoke herb, the more Babylon fall.

All empires come to an end, and the American one is no exception.

My pride fell with my fortunes.

The wisest hustler can suddenly fall for the worst tramp and lose all of his money on her. The hustler is aware of his own weaknesses and openings to con. This awareness is his edge.

Leaders who fail to prune their pride will meet demise. That’s not a guess, it’s a guarantee. With pride, it’s not a matter of ‚if‘ we will fall, but ‚when.‘ There are no exceptions.

It all went wrong with football, the thing I loved most of all, and from there, my life slowly fell apart.