The New York Times has an interesting article on otherwise smart people spending dollars to save pennies: All around the country, at similar cosmic moments, perfectly sound brains have been seizing up like an old car on a frigid day, particularly in the last few weeks. As Americans attempt to […]
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The advantage of doing one’s praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places. — Samuel Butler (1835-1902), from The Way of All Flesh
At the back of each issue, Forbes magazine collects a carefully selected set of quotes on a theme. Not long ago they theme was Opinions. Here are a couple of their choices: I don’t like my music, but what is my opinion against that of millions of others? — Frederick […]
The maxim of the British people is “Business as usual.” – Winston Churchill, Speech, 9 November 1914
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 […]