“ In any career, there is a moment when you are no longer need to be pushed up from below, but rather pulled up from above. Know when that moment comes and adjust your strategy accordingly. Clifford Cohen
“ I have noticed more than once in life that a taste for the ineffably twee can go hand-in-hand with a distinctly uncharitable outlook on the world, I once shared an office with a woman who had covered… J.K. Rowling
“ Formal business situations are likely to be the least revealing because these are the times when all of us are most likely to have our ‘game faces' on. Abhishek Ratna
“ Each day of the week, Kalist indulges himself in a different, secret ritual. On Mondays, he wears cologne. On Tuesdays, he eats meat for lunch. On Wednesdays, he places a bet after work. On Thursdays,… Carla H. Krueger
“ Maxwell D. Kalist is a receiving teller at a city bank, Orwell and Finch, where he runs an efficient department of twenty two clerks and twelve junior clerks. He carries a leather-bound vade mecum eve… Carla H. Krueger
“ I’m warning you because you’re young and vulnerable. He’s a dirty, lying, conniving piece of shit and he’s dangerous.” Gottfried Baumauer. Carla H. Krueger
“ Are there not times, Ridley, when you yourself wish only to hear the best in people – and not to be dragged downwards into the underworld we all regularly inhabit? Carla H. Krueger
“ You are a more powerful person than you might have ever imagined.” Maxwell D. Kalist. Carla H. Krueger
“ Only men with intelligence, confidence and absolutely no empathy at all can progress upstairs. Carla H. Krueger
“ Don’t mock my suggestions, Ridley – one day in the near future, they might just save your life.” Maxwell D. Kalist. Carla H. Krueger
“ It’s late and most of the clerks are at home in their beds, dreaming of swimming in pools filled with real money. Carla H. Krueger
