“The advice I would give to a young person – would be…Keep your head up in failure and your head down in success.” Jerry Seinfeld Posted on February 28, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“The four most dangerous words in investing are: this time it’s different.” Sir John Templeton Posted on February 26, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.” Bil Gates Posted on February 24, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“This government can only sell the illusion, and put itself in a position where it is free from judgment of its efforts. It does this, first of all, by stating inchoate goals, “change, hope, fairness, peace,” and then indicting those who question them as traitors or ogres; finally, it explains its lack of success by reference to persistent if magical forces put in play by its predecessors and yet uneradicated because of insufficient funding.” David Mamet Posted on February 23, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Beethoven could tell you how to write a symphony, but you can’t write a symphony like Beethoven did.” Jack Bogle Posted on February 22, 2015 by mplacente Reply
BHO… “A steady patriot of the world alone, The friend of every country –but his own.” George Canning Posted on February 21, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Apple’s market share is bigger than BMW’s or Mercedes’s or Porsche’s in the automotive market. What’s wrong with being BMW or Mercedes?” Steve Jobs Posted on February 20, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“True terror is to wake up one morning and discover your high school class is running the country.” Kurt Vonnegut Posted on February 19, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; it’s what you do with them that’s important.” Jim Rohn Posted on February 17, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong.” Warren Buffett Posted on February 13, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” Thomas Watson, IBM Chairman, 1943 Posted on February 10, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“The distant rear of an army engaged in battle is not the best place from which to judge correctly what is going on in front.” Ulysses S. Grant Posted on February 9, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Fact: Anything you tax, you get less of. Anything you subsidize, you get more of.” Jack Kemp Posted on February 7, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.” U.S. Grant Posted on February 6, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“National defense should have a strategy-driven budget, not a budget-driven strategy.” Henry Kissinger Posted on February 5, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I’m beginning to believe it.” Clarence Darrow Posted on February 4, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Notifying the enemy in advance of our withdrawal dates and declaring certain capabilities off limits is no way to operate.” General James Mattis, USMC “You cannot defeat an enemy you do not admit exists.” Lt. General Michael Flynn, USA Posted on February 3, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“As the price of college continues to outpace both inflation and the growth of average family incomes, students, parents, and policy makers are demanding to know just what families are getting for their money. The short, unsettling answer: No one really knows!” Thomas Sowell Posted on February 2, 2015 by mplacente Reply