Quotation of the Day

[Phoenix7]

You Cannot Be Old And Wise , If You Were Never Young And Crazy!

[riverbabe]

Quotation of the Day

"The dividends of a business are based on reality. The stock price is based on emotion."

Eric R. Ervin, co-founder and chief executive of Reality Shares, an upstart exchange-traded fund outfit based in San Diego.

[billyjoe]

"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there" Will Rogers

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

[Phoenix7]

"it is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves"

William Shakespeare

[billyjoe]

"If one has a God given creative talent one should use it or reap sorrow and despair." William Blake

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

[riverbabe]

ON THIS DAY

On June 12, 1987, during a visit to the divided German city of Berlin, President Ronald Reagan publicly challenged Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev to ''tear down this wall.''

P.S. I have a colorful piece of it with markings of where the rebar was, purchased from a sidewalk vendor at the Brandenburg Gate. Unfortunately it is disintegrating rapidly.

[riverbabe]

Quotation of the Day

"The problem for these guys is that I fully understand the system and I understand how they make their money. And that's what they don't like about me."
Senator Elizabeth Warren, responding to criticism from Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase.

[riverbabe]

LeBron James: "I feel confident because I'm the best player in the world"

http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2015/06/lebron_james_cleveland_cavalie_50.html#incart_more_sports

[billyjoe]

Martine Rothblatt: "You have to be practical. Doing even crazy things with a logical approach"

If you don't know who Martine Rothblatt is, google her. You'll be amazed.

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

[riverbabe]

Martine Rothblatt: "You have to be practical. Doing even crazy things with a logical approach"

If you don't know who Martine Rothblatt is, google her. You'll be amazed.

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

Absolutely amazing. And, more amazing, she and I share UCLA and U. of Maryland, College Park degrees. And I was a big investor in Sirius radio. Just sayin'... The rest of her personal bio I truly do not share. Amazing person!

[billyjoe]

River, Did you see Martine's wife Bina and the robot Bina 48? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYshJRYCArE

and this video. Hard to process all this info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4KHuQYm_z4

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

[riverbabe]

QUOTATION OF THE DAY

"Science is like a compass. It can tell us where north is, but it can't tell us if we want to go north. That's where our morality comes in."

NATHANIEL P. HITT, a fisheries biologist, on religion's role in addressing climate change.

[riverbabe]

Quotation of the Day

"You're probably asking why it took six days to create the earth, and was it absolutely necessary to rest on the seventh. And I'm sure you think Heaven would be a little more effective, if they merged some of the various religions."
Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, delivering a eulogy for Jimmy Lee.

[billyjoe]

"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation" Herman Melville

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

[billyjoe]

" In the end it's not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years" A. Lincoln

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