Quotes
Nov 2 2009
The Foundations of Cooperation
“The foundation of cooperation is not really trust, but the durability of the relationship.” – Robert Axelrod
Mar 6 2008
Charlie Munger on Getting Ahead
We get these questions a lot from the enterprising young. It’s a very intelligent question: You look at some old guy who’s rich and you ask, “How can I become like you, except faster?”; Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up. Discharge your duties faithfully and well.
Feb 28 2008
Warren Buffett on Effort and Value
Out of school I offered to work for [Benjamin] Graham for free and he said I was overpriced. – Warren Buffett
Samuel Adams on Freedom
If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.
Feb 26 2008
Keynes on the Currency
There is no subtler, surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency. The process engages all the hidden forces of economic law on the side of destruction, and it does it in a manner which not one man in a million is able to diagnose.
Feb 8 2008
Churchill on Persistence
When going through hell, keep going – Winston Churchill