“An old puzzle asks how a barometer can be used to measure the height of a building. Answers range from dropping the instrument from the top and measuring the time of its fall to giving it to the building’s superintendent in return for a look at the plans. A modern version [...]
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Crisis
When written in Chinese the word crisis is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.
John F. Kennedy (1917–63), U.S. president. Speech, 12 April 1959, Indianapolis, Ind.
Our Chaotic Economic Situation
Our chaotic economic situation has convinced so many of our young people that there is no room for them. They become uncertain and restless and morbid; they grab at false promises, embrace false gods and judge things by treacherous values. Their insecurity makes them believe that tomorrow doesn’t matter and the ineffectualness of their lives [...]
Banks
A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it.
Bob Hope
US (English-born) actor & comedian (1903 – 2003)
On Money
On money: Save it when you need it least. Spend it when you need it most.
Attributed to Franco Modigliani (1918 – 2003)
Italian-born U.S. economist
What Counts
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.”
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Bean Counting
The secret isn’t counting the beans, it’s growing more beans.
Roberto Goizueta (1931 – 1997)
U.S. business executive
Fortune, November 13, 1995.
A Definition of Success
Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you’re not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.
David Rockefeller
US banker (1915 – )
The Secret of Success -
“The secret of success is to know something nobody else knows.”
- Aristotle Onassis (1906-1975)
Money
“If you can count your money, you don’t have a billion dollars.”
- J. Paul Getty (1892-1976)
Gossip
No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
Bertrand Russell
British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 – 1970)
Common Sense
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, ‘Art,’ 1841
US essayist & poet (1803 – 1882)
