Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Chapman Cohen: Fragile Gods
Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense. -Chapman Cohen, author and lecturer (1868-1954)
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Warren Buffett: Accounting
Accounting numbers are the language of business and as such are of enormous help to anyone evaluating the worth of a business and tracking its progress…
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Euripides: Hundred without a head
Image by Marjorie Lipan via Flickr Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head. – Euripides, Greek playwright. Related articles by Zemanta Greek Tragedy Performed by Dominos (VIDEO) (blippitt.com)
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Jean Rostand: Degrees of killing
Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god. -Jean Rostand, biologist and philosopher (1894-1977)
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Aristotle: Excellence
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. – Aristotle
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Peter Lynch: Guts, not head
“The most important organ in the body as far as the stock market is concerned is the guts, not the head.” – Peter Lynch
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Buckminster Fuller: Great nations
“Great nations are simply the operating fronts of behind-the-scenes, vastly ambitious individuals who had become so effectively powerful because of their ability to remain invisible while operating behind the national scenery.” —Buckminster Fuller http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/120984186
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Warren Buffett: Excitement and expenses
“Investors should remember that excitement and expenses are their enemies.” – Warren Buffett
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John McWhorter: Nothing unique
First, there is nothing unique about English’s “openness” to words from other languages. Second, there is no logical conception of “proper” grammar as distinct from “bad” grammar that people lapse into out of ignorance or laziness. -John McWhorter, linguist, author, and commentator (b. 1965)
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Kurt Vonnegut: Pretense
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be. – Kurt Vonnegut
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Carl Sagan: Nuclear arms race
Image via Wikipedia The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist deep in gasoline, one with three matches, the other with five. – Carl Sagan , astronomer and writer (1934-1…
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Domain and responsibility of every manager
HRD (Human Resources Development) is the domain and responsibility of every manager. No exceptions.
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Peter Lynch: Art, not a science
“As I look back on it now, it’s obvious that studying history and philosophy was much better preparation for the stock market than, say, studying statistics. Investing in stocks is an art, not a science, and people who’ve been trained to rigidly quantify everything have a big disadvantage. If stockpicking could be quantified, you could…
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William Shakespeare: But love is blind
But love is blind, and lovers cannot see The pretty follies that themselves commit. – William Shakespeare
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Peter Mere Latham: Different intents
Poisons and medicine are oftentimes the same substance given with different intents. -Peter Mere Latham, physician and educator (1789-1875)
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Charlie Munger: Learning machines
“I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest — sometimes not even the most diligent. But they are learning machines; they go to bed every night a little wiser than when they got up. And, boy, does that habit help, particularly when you have a long run ahead of you.” -…
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Isaac Asimov: Evidence
I believe in evidence. I believe in observation, measurement, and reasoning, confirmed by independent observers. I’ll believe anything, no matter how wild and ridiculous, if there is evidence for it. The wilder and more ridiculous something is, however, the firmer and more solid the evidence will have to be. -Isaac Asimov, scientist and writer (1920-1992)
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Neil Gaiman: Dangerous
There’s never been a true war that wasn’t fought between two sets of people who were certain they were in the right. The really dangerous people believe they are doing whatever they are doing solely and only because it is without question the right thing to do. And that is what makes them dangerous. -Neil…
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Robin Williams: Poetry, beauty, romance, love
“We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion.And medicine, law, business, engineering – these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love – these are what we stay…
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Alvin Toffler: Illiterate of 21st century
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read or write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. – Alvin Toffler Source: DNA Newspaper dated 2 April, 2010. Related articles by Zemanta Unlearn Your MBA (mootbox.com) Relearning the Same Lessons (faithallen.wordpress.com) On Learning and Unlearning (24hourparadigm.com) Investing Quote (linusfernandes.com) Investing…
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Warren Buffett: Cheery consensus
Image via Wikipedia “The future is never clear, and you pay a very high price in the stock market for a cheery consensus. Uncertainty is the friend of the buyer of long-term values.” —Warren Buffett.
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Arindam Chaudhuri: Economics
Image via Wikipedia Economics is the study of human happiness in a society. – Arindam Chaudhuri,The Great Indian Dream, Restoring Pride To A Nation Betrayed… The Great Indian Dream Related articles by Zemanta arindam chaudahry a visit to ahmedabad (slideshare.net)
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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Communication
Embed from Getty Images Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after Anne Morrow Lindbergh Source: Hindustan Times dated 31 March 2010. Related articles by Zemanta Searching…. (linusfernandes.com) A Great Failure (krugman.blogs.nytimes.com)
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Warren Buffett: Process and proceeds
“We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds.” —Warren Buffett
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Albert Einstein: Hazily crazy
” A question that sometimes drives me hazy; am I or the others crazy?” —Albert Einstein.
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Oscar Wilde: Form of ugliness
“Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.” —Oscar Wilde.
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Charles Munger: Tuning out
“Warren (Buffett) and I have skills that could easily be taught to other people… But Warren and I are better at tuning out the standard stupidities.” — Charles Munger.
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Warren Buffett: Right-thinking duck
“In a bull market, one must avoid the error of the preening duck that quacks boastfully after a torrential rainstorm, thinking that its paddling skills have caused it to rise in the world. A right-thinking duck would instead compare its position after the downpour to that of the other ducks on the pond.” —Warren Buffett.
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John Ray: In his own ink
Image via Wikipedia “He that uses many words for explaining any subject, doth, like the cuttlefish, hide himself for the most part in his own ink.” —John Ray, naturalist (1627-1705).
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Daniel Boorstin: Education
Image via Wikipedia Education is learning what you didn’t even know you didn’t know. – Daniel Boorstin, American historian. Related articles by Zemanta On Knowledge… (newscred.com) Why blog? (condalmo.wordpress.com)
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Daniele Vare: Diplomacy
Image via Wikipedia Diplomacy is the art of letting someone have your way. – Daniele Vare, Italian Writer. Source: DNA India , Newspaper dated 21st March, 2010.
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James Fallows: Angry letters
Image via Wikipedia “Always write angry letters to your enemies. Never mail them.” —James Fallows “When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.” —Mark Twain.
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Warren Buffett: Cash
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/137301411″ “Holding a certain portion of one’s wealth in cash is advisable. One won’t have to be dependent on the kindness of strangers. One sleeps well.” – —Warren Buffett.
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Michel de Montaigne: Talking nonsense
Cover of Montaigne: Complete Essays “No one is exempt from talking nonsense; the mistake is to do it solemnly.” —Michel De Montaigne.
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George Bernard Shaw: Truth
Image by thomwisdom via Flickr “My way of joking is to tell the truth. It’s the funniest joke in the world.” —George Bernard Shaw.
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George Polya: Pedantry against mastery
Image via Wikipedia Pedantry and mastery are opposite attitudes toward rules. To apply a rule to the letter, rigidly, unquestioningly, in cases where it fits and in cases where it does not fit, is pedantry… To apply a rule with natural ease, with judgment, noticing the cases where it fits, and without ever letting the…
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Michael Jackson: Lies run sprints
“Lies run sprints but the truth runs marathons.” –Michael Jackson Source: Quotes, Reader’s Digest, March 2010 Related articles by Zemanta Jackson family latest: who stun-gunned Blanket? (guardian.co.uk) Sprint’s Never-Ending Marathon (online.wsj.com) Exclusive: Michael Jackson’s Bodyguards on His Finances and Family (abcnews.go.com)
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John W Gardner: Plumbing and philosophy
Image via Wikipedia The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy; neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water. – John W. Gardner Source: Reader’s Digest March 2010. Related articles by Zemanta…
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Gen Michel Aoun: Freedom
“Any existence deprived of freedom is a kind of death.” —Gen Michel Aoun. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/486225399 Quote of the day: “Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.” —Mark Twain.
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Helen Keller: Tolerance
Image by The Library of Congress via Flickr “The highest result of education is tolerance.” —Helen Keller, author and lecturer (1880-1968).
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Eve Babitz: Grown up
By the time I’d grown up, I naturally supposed that I’d be grown up. – Eve Babitz.
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A H Weiler: Nothing is impossible
Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn’t have to do it himself. – A. H. Weiler.
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G. K. Chesterton: Eager and tired
There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read. – G. K. Chesterton
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Piet Hein: Twin mystery
Twin Mystery. To many people artists seem / undisciplined and lawless. / Such laziness, with such great gifts, / seems little short of crime. / One mystery is how they make / the things they make so flawless; / another, what they’re doing with / their energy and time. –Piet Hein, poet and scientist (1905-1996).
