The maxim of the British people is “Business as usual.” – Winston Churchill, Speech, 9 November 1914
Monthly Archives: October 2008
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At Roman law, if a one-eyed dog was sold as sound, the product sold was a sound one-eyed dog. – J.A.C. Thomas, Textbook of Roman Law, 283-88 (1976).
It is easy enough to be friendly to one’s friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business. – Mahatma Gandhi
…unsustainable situations usually go on longer than most economists think possible. But they always end, and when they do, it’s often painful. — Paul Krugman The quote, above, has been around for a while but now seems like a good time to mention it. Krugman has long been a critic […]
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. – George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Shaw was a playwright and critic, not an entrepreneur. But his words are universal. It’s hard to find a successful entrepreneur or leader whose modus operandi […]
In Terry Gilliam’s extraordinary movie, Brazil, protagonist Sam Lowry works in the government’s Information Storage department. Later, he accepts a promotion to the much more prestigious department of Information Retrieval. Businesspeople and citizens deal with information all the time. We have access to more than we could ever digest. Our […]
The failure to find the right job or to enjoy the one you have creates a special kind of depression. …An opus is the lifelong process of getting life together and becoming a real person, and it is no coincidence that the word is also used for a musical comopsition […]