Quotation of the Day

[riverbabe]

Only quote an entrepreneur really needs to know: “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” - Henry Ford

[Karel]

Only quote an entrepreneur really needs to know: “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” - Henry Ford

A really hilarious reply is this, first stating that Ford never said that, then that it was nevertheless his mindset, and finally why that was almost the downfall of Ford in the 1920s.

[Gary611]

Viagra is like a Disney ride, you wait one hour for a two minute ride!
-Ukn

[riverbabe]

A really hilarious reply is this, first stating that Ford never said that, then that it was nevertheless his mindset, and finally why that was almost the downfall of Ford in the 1920s.

Damn, you're good! BTW, my father owned a Model A way before I was born. It had to climb steep hills by backing up them to allow the gas to reach the engine by gravity. By steep hills, I'm talking climbing the escarpment between Hamilton and Waterloo. The new route is less steep. The old one was much much steeper with lots of switch-backs. Scary.

[blindsquirrel]

Damn, you're good! BTW, my father owned a Model A way before I was born. It had to climb steep hills by backing up them to allow the gas to reach the engine by gravity. By steep hills, I'm talking climbing the escarpment between Hamilton and Waterloo. The new route is less steep. The old one was much much steeper with lots of switch-backs. Scary.

My grandfather who grew up during the Great Depression in Oklahoma said his Ford was the same way, you had to back it up a steep hill. Of course his was owned by a poor sharecropper and he also didn't have money to fix it when it broke and he'd have to drive it backwards when the forward moving gears would break.

[riverbabe]

So so many quotes to choose from! This one got my attention today.

"A Labour source said, 'It's perfectly simple. We are in favour of Britain leaving the EU because that's what people voted for, and we're trying to win back the trust of the British people, but we also want to make clear that a lot of us think it's going to be a disaster and that although we're voting for it because the British people want us to we also want to make clear that if it is a disaster we wanted them not to do it, although not enough that we were willing to vote against it, because we want people to trust us and see that we are willing to do something we think is not in their best interest to prove that we have their best interest at heart and should be put in charge of the country. Clear?'" [Private Eye via Alex Massie]

[billyjoe]

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-------billy

[riverbabe]

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-------billy

Exactly. Double-speak.

[billyjoe]

"Part of the beauty of me is that I am very rich." Trump on Good Morning America

-------------billy

[billyjoe]

"the only reason for time is so everything doesn't happen at once" Einstein?

-----------billy

[jiesen]

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

--- Confucius

[riverbabe]

"Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow." - Mark Twain
(variations exist)

[billyjoe]

"I've known many great comedians that became good actors, but not one actor that became a good comedian" Jackie Gleason

-------------billy

[riverbabe]

“Optimism is a mile high, but an inch deep. People are being pulled into this stock market. They’re worried it’s gone up too fast.’’


-- John Manley, Chief Equity Strategist for Wells Fargo Funds Management.

[mimo_100]

"Americans have combined human ingenuity, a market system, a tide of talented and ambitious immigrants, and the rule of law to deliver abundance beyond any dreams of our forefathers."

Warren Buffet letter to Berkshire stockholders, February 25, 2017