Quotation of the Day

[riverbabe]

Quotation of the Day

""Even if it's rare or isolated, our tolerance for any such lack of empathy needs to be zero."

- Jeff Bezos, Amazon's chief executive, responding to how his company's workplace was portrayed in a New York Times article.

[billyjoe]

For some reason I started thinking of this song today. It contains many memorable quotes. I found a coin from 1932 that went on a scale my grandfather used to sell vegetables in 1932. His income that year was $20 and he was widowed with 5 children ages 11 to 21.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo8g98Au6rk

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

[Louetta]

For some reason I started thinking of this song today. It contains many memorable quotes. I found a coin from 1932 that went on a scale my grandfather used to sell vegetables in 1932. His income that year was $20 and he was widowed with 5 children ages 11 to 21.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo8g98Au6rk

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

Very nice. I was surprised at how up tempo they did it.

[riverbabe]

For some reason I started thinking of this song today. It contains many memorable quotes. I found a coin from 1932 that went on a scale my grandfather used to sell vegetables in 1932. His income that year was $20 and he was widowed with 5 children ages 11 to 21.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo8g98Au6rk

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

A sad sad song. Up tempo or not.

[billyjoe]

"You get recessions, you have stock market declines. If you don't understand that's going to happen,then you're not ready. You won't do well in the market." Peter Lynch

[riverbabe]

QUOTATION OF THE DAY

"Every time I go to a new country, I buy a SIM card and activate the Internet and download the map to locate myself. I would never have been able to arrive at my destination without my smartphone."

OSAMA ALJASEM, a 32-year-old music teacher from Syria, who migrated to Belgrade, Serbia, and was plotting his next move into northern Europe.

[riverbabe]

This is not me. It is Jeb Bush.

QUOTATION OF THE DAY

"Look, this guy's the front-runner. He should be treated like a front-runner, not like some kind of alternative universe to the political system."

JEB BUSH, on Donald J. Trump, at a town-hall-style meeting in Norfolk, Va.

[riverbabe]

Quotation of the Day

"Is it a miracle when LeBron James scores 37 points? Not really, he is the best basketball player. The guy scores more than anybody. Each shot is unique, but over time, some teams win and they score and that's like performance fees for us."

- Stephen A. Schwarzman, Blackstone's chief executive, on the durability of the company's stock price.

[jiesen]

Classic QotD:

"This company is in shambles, and I don’t have time to wet-nurse the board. So I need all of you to resign."

-Steve Jobs to the Apple board of directors, 1997

[Louetta]

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."

Think it's an old Irish saying.

[jiesen]

If the market didn't drive you to drink this weekend, then this should do it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntkC-o52weI

(for those who'd rather cut&paste)

[jiesen]

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."

Think it's an old Irish saying.

I think it may be older than that...

[Louetta]

I think it may be older than that...

Leave it to the people at Dartmouth to study beer. (AH-ha ha. Oops, sorry.)

[riverbabe]

"(The Party) seeks power entirely for its own sake. It is not interested in the good of others; it is interested solely in power."
-- George Orwell, 1984

[Louetta]

My favorite Yogi-ism:

When you come to a fork in the road, take it.