Quotes from Master of the Game

Sidney Sheldon ·  489 pages

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“I'm a woman. I have a right to change my mind.”
― Sidney Sheldon, quote from Master of the Game


“Business is a game, played for fantastic stakes, and you're in competition with experts. If you want to win, you have to learn to be a master of the game.”
― Sidney Sheldon, quote from Master of the Game


“If. A two-letter word for futility.”
― Sidney Sheldon, quote from Master of the Game


“Jamie enjoyed solitude, but loneliness was a constant ache.”
― Sidney Sheldon, quote from Master of the Game


“The future was clay, to be moulded day by day, but the past was bedrock, immutable.”
― Sidney Sheldon, quote from Master of the Game



“Each manager sees his own division as the center of the world, and that’s as it should be. But someone has to have an overall view and decide what’s best for the company.”
― Sidney Sheldon, quote from Master of the Game


About the author

Sidney Sheldon
Born place: in Chicago, Illinois, The United States
Born date February 11, 1917
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