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Reese Palley Quotes

1922–2015 United States

Reese Palley (January 26, 1922 – June 03, 2015) was a flamboyant art dealer, author, sailor, environmentalist and businessman.

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It is difficult to wrench your world around to allow you freedom.

There Be No Dragons (1996)

The sea is an emptiness where you see only your own reflection, with a lot of time to think about what's important.

It's not that I’m so exciting, it’s just that everyone else is so dull.

Cruising sailors make lists like stagnant water makes mosquitoes.

Unlikely Passages (1984)

The single commandment of anchoring is: Thou shall create scope.

There Be No Dragons (1996)

What Atlantic City needs is a bulldozer six blocks wide.

Never claim anything or anyone is the best. Always second best...leaving room to maneuver.

"‘Always certain, often wrong’ – how does who we are impact how we age?", WHYY.org (May 16, 2012)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Reese Palley (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.