Quotations
Success
If at first you don’t succeed, find out if the loser gets anything.Bill Lyon
Month: January 2006
Quotations
Statistics
Statistician: A man who believes figures don’t lie, but admits that under analysis some of them won’t stand up, either.Evan EsarThere are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)
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Search
Often the search proves more profitable than the goal.E. L. Konigsburg
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Advertising
Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.Mark Twain
General
No cannibalism?
News this week about the Donner party to California, as reported by CNN, “Research: Donners didn’t resort to cannibalism” alleges that the Donners themselves did not resort to cannibalism during their fateful trip to the […]
Quotations
Firefights
People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.Abigail Van Buren
General
Help! I’ve lost my focus
This excellent article in Time about “Multitasking”, and the sidebar The Case for Doing One Thing at a Time, 16 January 2006, had some really good quotes from Suze Orman, the diva of personal finance:Personal-finance […]