Daily Quote: Crane
A man said to the universe:
Sir, I exist!
However, replied the universe,
The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation.
~Stephen Crane
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Thoughts on politics, technology, economics, decision-making…
Daily Quote: Black
Markets look a lot more efficient from the banks of the Charles than from the banks of the Hudson. ~Fischer Black
Daily Quote: Trollope
Nothing surely is so potent as a law that may not be disobeyed. It has the force of the water drop that hollows the stone. A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules. ~Anthony Trollope
Daily Quote: Russell
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts. ~Bertrand Russell
Daily Quote: Carnegie
Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.
Daily Quote: Hamilton
A power over a man’s subsistence amounts to a power over his will. ~Alexander Hamilton
Daily Quote: Godfrey
I’m proud to be paying taxes in the United States. The only thing is… I could be just as proud for half the money. ~Arthur Godfrey
Daily Quote: Cicero
To be ignorant of what occurred before you is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of life unless it is woven into the lives of our ancestors by the records of history. ~Cicero
Daily Quote: Rockefeller
I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature. ~John D. Rockefeller
