Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

Albert Einstein

Elise Cabot said, "Evil endures a moment's flush, and then leaves but a burnt out shell."

Ralph Ellison said, "I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me."

"Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them." Writer Oscar Wilde

"When we were children, we used to think that when we grew up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... to be alive is to be vulnerable." Writer Madeleine L'Engle

"All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered. The point is to discover them." Galileo

All the world's a stage,


And all the men and women merely players;

They have their exits and their entrances;

And one man in his time plays many parts,

- monologue from William Shakespeare's As You Like It

Some people see things as they are and wonder why. We dream of things that ought to be and ask ‘why not? - George Bernard Shaw

Money is gone, nothing is gone
Health is gone, half is gone.
Hope is gone, everything is gone.

Spend less than you make.
Save what’s left over.
Invest the remainder wisely.
Adjust your plan as necessary.

Jean Racine said, "A tragedy need not have blood and death; it's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy."

I went bankrupt twice in my life. The first time when I lost a case. The second time when I won. - Voltaire

You pay for the hands and get the head for free

“ Bull markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism and die on euphoria. ”


— John Templeton

“I’ve always said if you spend 13 minutes a year on economics, you’ve wasted 10 minutes.” – Peter Lynch

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Trust but verify.

Be committed, but not attached.

“Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.”
– John D. Rockefeller

"The purpose of marketing is to sell more stuff to more people more often for more money in order to make more profit." - Sergio Zyman, Coca-Cola's former vice president of marketing

“He who sells what isn't his'n, must buy it back or go to pris'n.”
- Daniel Drew, 1797-1879, American financier

When flow is balanced, capacities are unbalanced

Goal of the firm is to increase THROUGHPUT while simultaneously reducing INVENTORY and reducing OPERATING EXPENSE

- Operations Management

Diversification is a protection against ignorance. It makes very little sense for those who know what they're doing.



-- Warren Buffett

When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling..


Live your life so at the end, you’re the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.

“I wish I had an answer to that, because I’m tired of answering that question.” – Yogi Berra

We come into this world crying while all around us are smiling. May we so live that we go out of this world smiling while everybody around us is weeping.

- - Persian proverb

To quote a former FAA official;

"It is better to be on the ground wishing you were flying, than in the air wishing you were on the ground."

"A lion's work hours are only when he's hungry. Once he's satisfied, the predator and prey lie peacefully together." Chuck Jones

Many persons have the wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose." Helen Keller

Diplomacy is the art of saying "good doggie" while looking for a bigger stick. - Teddy Roosevelt

“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.” - Benjamin Franklin

''...when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life, for there is in London all that life can afford.''

Dr Samuel Johnson

1709-1784

If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

我不殺伯仁，伯仁卻因我而死

態度決定高度

Show me a hero and i'll write you a tragedy - F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive." - Sir Walter Scott

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself - and be lenient to everybody else.

- - Henry Ward Beecher

Life is all about making choices, but at the end of it all, our choices make us.

"Never argue with an idiot

They will bring you down to their level

and then beat you with experience"

“You wouldn’t have won if we’d beaten you.” – Yogi Berra

"To a man/woman with a hammer, everything looks like a nail."-Mark Twain

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

- Alexander Pope

"Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn. My God, do you learn." — C.S. Lewis

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the places and moments that take our breath away." Anonymous.

One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than 50 preaching it.

- Knute Rockne

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.


- Epictetus