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 Loewe A point of view
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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 of the Bush Administration’s economic
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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 is centered around avoiding mistakes.
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 critical task is to somehow
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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 or an artist’s total production.
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If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. – Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BCE) Cicero’s political career was sufficiently distinguished to earn him a place in Western history, but he’s even more famous for his work as a writer and orator. But it wasn’t a palace and an audience that
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There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat. – James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
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