Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Charlie Munger: Blood brother of evil
“The history of much of which we don’t like in modern corporate capitalism comes from an unreasonable expectation, communicated from headquarters, that [corporate] earnings have to go up with no volatility and great regularity. That kind of an expectation from headquarters is not just the kissing cousin of evil. It’s the blood brother of evil.…
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Warren Buffett: Lot of bad things
“Businesses do not meet expectations quarter after quarter and year after year. It just isn’t in the nature of running businesses. And, in our view, people that predict precisely what the future will be are either kidding investors, or they’re kidding themselves, or they’re kidding both. Charlie and I have been around the culture, sometimes…
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Dr. Kaye Remington: First principles
“Understanding First Principles is the basis of all understanding.” – Dr. Kaye Remington.
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Christopher Dawson: Fundamental error of the modern hedonist
“It is the fundamental error of the modern hedonist to believe that man can abandon moral effort, throw off every repression and spiritual discipline, and yet preserve all the achievements of culture.” —Christopher Dawson.
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Simon Sinek: Relationships
“We cannot control a relationship. We can only contribute to a relationship. All relationships, business or personal, are an opportunity to serve another human being.” —Simon Sinek.
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Alexandra Adornetto: Built-in entertainment system
“Imagination makes us aware of limitless possibilities. How many of us haven’t pondered the concept of infinity or imagined the possibility of time travel? In one of her poems, Emily Bronte likens imagination to a constant companion, but I prefer to think of it as a built-in entertainment system.” —Alexandra Adornetto.
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Adam McKay: Respect and dignity
“Have you noticed the difference between dignity and respect is a big one? People that fly off the handle and get angry too much always talk about, ‘I’m not being respected.’ But respect is something you can’t control, right? Dignity is inside you, dignity is yours.” —Adam McKay.
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Isak Dinesen: Cure for anything
“The cure for anything is salt water — sweat, tears, or the sea.” -Isak Dinesen (pen name of Karen Blixen), author (17 Apr 1885-1962).
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Simon Sinek: More than desire to win
“To succeed takes more than the desire to win. It also takes the acceptance that we could fail.” —Simon Sinek.
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John C Maxwell: Where your character stops
“Your success stops where your character stops. You can never rise above the limitations of your character.” ― John C. Maxwell.
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Peter Ustinov: One day of modern warfare
“Did you know that the worldwide food shortage that threatens up to five hundred million children could be alleviated at the cost of only one day, only ONE day, of modern warfare? ” —Peter Ustinov, actor, writer, and director (16 Apr 1921-2004).
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Cory House: Code is like humor
“Code is like humor. When you have to explain it, it’s bad.” – Cory House.
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E F L Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax: True merit
“True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.” —E F L Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax.
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Joseph Sobran: New laws
“Politicians always promise to make even more new laws, as if this were some sort of achievement. It rarely occurs to them to pare down the fantastic body of laws already on the books. In their minds, there is no such thing as enough.” —Joseph Sobran.
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C S Lewis: Act as if you did
“Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love them.” —C S Lewis.
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Erin Hahn: Let my stupid heart decide
“But if I close my eyes And wish it all away Pretend I’m someone else, Pretend I’m here to stay Gave us half a chance, Let my stupid heart decide There’s no doubt in my mind, You’d be mine.” —Erin Hahn, You’d Be Mine.
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Simon Sinek: Reason to
“Give people a reason to come to work, not just a place to go to work.” —Simon Sinek.
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Thomas Jefferson: Tax for education
“The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings, priests, and nobles who will rise up among us if we leave the people in ignorance.” —Thomas Jefferson, third US president, architect, and author.
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Henry James: Be kind
“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind, the second is to be kind, and the third is to be kind.” —Henry James.
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Maurice Carlos Ruffin: Dimmer reality
“We fear endings most. The end is where we visit a loved one’s bedside for the last time. After an ending, we accept a dimmer reality.” —Maurice Carlos Ruffin.
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Jane Austen: More social capital
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a person in possession of little fortune, must be in want of more social capital.” — Jane Austen.
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James Branch Cabell: Best of all possible worlds
“The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true.” —James Branch Cabell, The Silver Stallion.
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Karen Thompson Walker: Fewest words
“Sometimes the saddest stories take the fewest words.” —Karen Thompson Walker, The Age of Miracles.
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Shane Parrish: Idiot over the short term
“So much advantage in life comes from being willing to look like an idiot over the short term.” —Shane Parrish.
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John C Maxwell: Everyone needs encouragement
“If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it – young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous – is changed by it.” – John C. Maxwell.
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Samuel Beckett: We are not saints
“We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?” —Samuel Beckett.
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Pablo D’ors: Meditation
“Meditation is not difficult. The difficult thing is wanting to meditate.” —Pablo D’ors.
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G K Chesterton: Children’s games
‘The human race, to which so many of my readers belong, has been playing at children’s games from the beginning, and will probably do it till the end, which is a nuisance for the few people who grow up. And one of the games which it is most attached is called, “Keep tomorrow dark,” and…
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Justin Meyer: Never build large apps
“The secret to building large apps is never build large apps. Break your applications into small pieces. Then, assemble those testable, bite-sized pieces into your big application.” – Justin Meyer.
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Henry Clay: Inimical to liberty
“All religions united with government are more or less inimical to liberty. All, separated from government, are compatible with liberty.” —Henry Clay, statesman and orator (12 Apr 1777-1852).
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Bryan Magee: Real philosophy
“The basic drive behind real philosophy is curiosity about the world, not interest in the writings of philosophers.” —Bryan Magee.
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Study
“Study something old but not visibly useful (classics), something modern and useful (accounting, coding), never something new and not visibly useful.” —Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
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Warren Buffett: Bigger-fool game
“Once you talk about something that’s an asset appreciation investment, ignoring the underlying economics of what you’re lending on, you’re really talking about the bigger-fool game. You’re saying…this is a silly price but there’ll be a bigger fool that comes along. And that actually can be a profitable game for a while. But it’s nothing…
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Charlie Munger: Easy lending on houses
“It’s obvious that the easy lending on houses causes more houses to be built and causes housing prices to be higher, probably, in the new field. Eventually, of course, if you construct enough of new anything, you can have a countervailing effect. If you build way too many houses, you’d eventually cause a price decline.”…
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E B White: No limit to complications
“There’s no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.” — E. B. White.
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Daniel Dennett: Effect, not cause
“The mind is the effect, not the cause.” -Daniel Dennett, philosopher, writer, and professor.
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Paul Krugman: Simple does not mean stupid
“Simple doesn’t mean stupid. Thinking that it does, does.” —Paul Krugman.
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Simon Sinek: Giving
“Giving doesn’t mean that we don’t ask for help. Giving means that we ask for help so that we can better give to others.” —Simon Sinek.
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Theodore Rubin: Believe everything or doubt everything
“There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything or to doubt everything; both ways save us from thinking.” —Theodore Rubin.
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Warren Buffett: Craziness
“The idea that you risk what you need and is important to you for something that you don’t need and it is unimportant, is just craziness.” –Warren Buffett.
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Seneca: Men learn as they teach
“Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those who you are capable of improving. The process is a mutual one: men learn as they teach.” —Seneca.
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Vincent Gallo: Creeps
“I don’t trust or love anyone. Because people are so creepy. Creepy creepy creeps. Creeping around. Creeping here and creeping there. Creeping everywhere. Crippity crappity creepies.” —Vincent Gallo.
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G K Chesterton: Modern idolatry of humor
“The most pitiful of modern idolatries is the modern idolatry of humor — the philosophy which, in contempt of the image of God, would turn man into a philosophical hyena.” —G K Chesterton.
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Marcel Proust: Dream more
“If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time.” – Marcel Proust.
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Simon Sinek: Accountability
“Accountability is never to a number. Accountability is always to a person.” —Simon Sinek.
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William Hazlitt: Art of life
“The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure much.” —William Hazlitt, essayist (10 Apr 1778-1830).
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George R R Martin: Be careful, my lady
“Oh, It’s truth you want? Be careful, my lady. Tyrion says that people often claim to hunger for the truth, but seldom like the taste when it’s served up.” —George R R Martin.
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Dalai Lama: Genuine love and compassion
“With genuine love and compassion, another person’s appearance or behaviour has no affect on your attitude.” ~ Dalai Lama.
