Most economists use statistics like drunks use lampposts: for support rather than for light. attributed in a similar Version to Andrew Lang (Scottish writer, anthropologist and journalist, 1844-1912) and falsely to Sir Winston L. Churchill (British politician, 1940-45 and 1951-55 Prime Minister, Nobel Prize in literature 1953, 1874-1964), Quotations book 2008
The state is the great fictitious entity by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else. Frédéric Bastiat - French Economist and Journalist (1801-1850), Quotations book 2008
Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. rule for monasteries - Quotations book 2008
Recognize the skills and traits you don"t possess, and hire people who have them. Howard Schultz - American entrepreneur (Starbucks) (b. 1953), Quotations book 2008
Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them. often falsely attributed to Albert Einstein - Quotations book 2008
The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty. The Bible, Proverbs 21:5 (NIV) - Quotations book 2008
Plan so big that you need God to fulfill your plan. Dr. William Rohl "Bill" Bright - American evangelist, founder of the Campus Crusade for Christ International (1921-2003), Quotations book 2008
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. Mark Twain - born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, American writer (1835-1910), from his note book (published 1935), Quotations books 2008 + 2023
Quantum potes, tantum audes. Thomas Aquinas - Italian philosopher and theologian (1224/25-1274), from "Lauda Sion" (circa 1264), Quotations book 2008
At the bottom of many criticisms of the market economy is really lack of belief in freedom itself. Milton Friedman - American economist, Nobel-Memorial Prize in economic sciences 1976 (1912-2006), Quotations book 2008
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving. Albert Einstein - German physicist, Nobel Prize in physics 1921 (1879-1955), in a letter to his son Eduard (5th February 1930), Quotations book 2008
We didn"t inherit the land from our fathers. We are borrowing it from our children. Amish proverb - Quotations book 2008
People don"t care how much you know until they know how much you care. Wisdom - Quotations book 2008
Every mission risks losing its identity as a mission if it eliminates suffering servanthood in exchange for personal ease on a par with the world"s standards. Stephen E. Freed - International Director of International Teams (www.iteams.org)
I live, you also will live. The Bible, John 14:19 (NIV) - Quotations book 2008 The Protestant pastor and song writer Otto Riethmüller (1889-1939) - he belonged to the Confessing Church - decided in 1930 under the impression of the Nacional Socialism’s propaganda, to give henceforth every calendar year a headline with a Bible verse. An act of civil courage! He has established a tradition that...
Your investment advantage is usually at its greatest immediately before, during and right after the corporate event or change. Joel Greenblatt - American hedge fonds manager and honorary professor at Columbia University (b. 1957), Quotations book 2008
There is nothing so bad that someone won"t praise it, or so good that someone won"t complain. Finnish proverb - Quotations book 2008
The currency of this world will be worthless at our death or at Christ"s return, both of which are imminent. Randy C. Alcorn - director of the Eternal Perspective Ministries and author (b. 1954),Quotations book 2008
It is more blessed to give than to receive. The Bible, Acts 20:35 (NIRV) - Quotations book 2008
No one has ever become poor by giving. Anne Frank - Dutch Jewish banker"s daughter, who died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp (1929-1945), Quotations book 2008