Words worth keeping

Memorable quotes

Straight-talking observations on business, money, and life — from 36+ years of building things from the ground up.

David Caruso

Things worth saying twice

Some lessons you learn in a classroom. Others you earn the hard way.

A person who thinks they know it all is forever stupid.

DC David Caruso
Business & Marketing Speaker

Learn to control money… or live being controlled by money.

DC David Caruso
Business & Marketing Speaker

Perpetual motion is unachievable…

Perpetual stupidity, on the other hand — that one seems to have no trouble sustaining itself.

DC David Caruso
Business & Marketing Speaker

My father used to tell me…

You do not catch more fish by owning a bigger boat.

DC David Caruso
Business & Marketing Speaker

Swimming against the tide

To prevent drowning in a rip tide, it's vital to stay calm and avoid swimming directly against the current. Instead, swim parallel to the shore until you're free of the rip. In life… society is the rip tide.

DC David Caruso
Business & Marketing Speaker
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