B Quotes
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“Buffett found it 'extraordinary' that academics studied such things. They studied what was measurable, rather than what was meaningful. 'As a friend [Charlie Munger] said, to a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”
Source: Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist
“Buffett gave two criteria for evaluating the performance of management: 1) How well do they run the business? and 2) How well do they treat the owners?”
Source: University of Berkshire Hathaway: 30 Years of Lessons Learned from Warren Buffett & Charlie Munger at the Annual Shareholders Meeting
“Buffett was a billionaire who drove his own car, did his own taxes, and still lived in a home he had bought in 1958 for $31,500. He seemed to answer to a deeply rooted, distinctly American mythology, in which decency and common sense triumphed over cosmopolitan guile, and in which an idealized past held firm against a rootless and too hurriedly changing present.”
Source: Buffett
“Buffett's methodology was straightforward, and in that sense 'simple.' It was not simple in the sense of being easy to execute. Valuing companies such as Coca-Cola took a wisdom forged by years of experience; even then, there was a highly subjective element. A Berkshire stockholder once complained that there were no more franchises like Coca-Cola left. Munger tartly rebuked him. 'Why should it be easy to do something that, if done well two or three times, will make your family rich for life?”
“Buffett's uncommon urge to chronicle made him a unique character in American life, not only a great capitalist but the Great Explainer of American capitalism. He taught a generation how to think about business, and he showed that securities were not just tokens like the Monopoly flatiron, and that investing need not be a game of chance. It was also a logical, commonsensical enterprise, like the tangible businesses beneath. He stripped Wall Street of its mystery and rejoined it to Main Street -- a mythical or disappearing place, perhaps, but one that is comprehensible to the ordinary American.”
Source: Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist
“Buffett, when he gave away his money, referenced Carnegie. He quoted from Carnegie. When he said, "The man who dies rich dies disgraced," in the 1880s, his fellow millionaires looked on him like he was a lunatic, you know, an idiot, a mad man.”
“Buffett’s genius was largely a genius of character—of patience, discipline, and rationality.”
Source: Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist
“Buffon is a gentleman thinking only of the ball [after Gianluigi Buffon's strong tackle on Andy Carroll during a friendly with Newcastle”
“Buffon said unreservedly, "Genius is simply patience carried to the extreme." To those who asked how he achieved fame he replied: "By spending forty years of my life bent over my writing desk."”
Source: Advice for a Young Investigator
“Buffon, who, with all his theoretical ingenuity and extraordinary eloquence, I suspect had little actual information in the science on which he wrote so admirably For instance, he tells us that the cow sheds her horns every two years; a most palpable error. ... It is wonderful that Buffon who lived so much in the country at his noble seat should have fallen into such a blunder I suppose he has confounded the cow with the deer.”
Source: The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished
“Buffoons, buffoons! One can play any tune on them!”
Source: Henry IV
“Buffy Anne Summers 1981-2001 Beloved sister devoted friend she saved the world a lot.”
“Buffy loves Angel. He loves her. And I love Ho Hos.”
“Buffy Summers: (to Spike) "I could NEVER be your girl!”
“Buffy the Vampire Slayer showed the whole world, and an entire sprawling industry, that writing monsters and demons and end-of-the-world is not hack-work, it can challenge the best. Joss Whedon raised the bar for every writer - not just genre or niche writers, but every single one of us.”
“Buffy's high school was built on top of a vortex of evil, the Hellmouth. And whose wasn't?”
Source: The Partly Cloudy Patriot
“Buffys very similar to me to me when I was growing up. A child in an adult world, sort of trapped between the two. Does Buffy go to the prom or does she save the world from demons?”
“Buford didn’t dress for respect, he earned it. He didn’t try to get his name in the newspapers, instead he led with deeds that caused his men to follow his guidon with confidence and the full expectation of success.”
Source: The Devils to Pay: John Buford at Gettysburg. a History and Walking Tour.
“Buford, my beloved vintage 1930’s Underwood Universal Champion Portable typewriter. You are both my writing partner and my best friend. This journey you and I have been on has been fun. Although in 2016 you gave me carpal tunnel. In both hands. Didn’t think I knew it was you, did you? You sneaky sombitch.”
“Bug eating and backstabbing are the stuff of great entertainment.”
“Bugger off kitty!" - Ryou
"But before we begin this duel to the death, I have just one question. Could I get a hug?" - Melvin
"Help! This supermodel is one of my fangirls!" - Ryou
"A locked door?! Impossiblllllll- No wait, that's totally possible. What am I talking about?" - Melvin
"Let's ditch the tosser!" - Ryou
"What a lovely day." - Melvin
"Gangway; women and shemales first!" -Ryou
"This door is a bitch!" - Melvin
"Can I be the main character now?" - Ryou
"'STAB'. (Denied.) 'KILL'. (Denied.) 'MUTIL-' Ah dammit, there aren't enough spaces! Umm... 'PAIN'. (Denied.) Why are these the only words I know?!" - Melvin
"I'm here to kick ass and drink cups of tea. And I'm all out of tea." - Ryou”
“Bugger off sweetheart Nanny's busy”
“Bugger what they say about fate. Bridey Hawthorn is the cruellest mistress.”
Source: Winter's Thrall
“Buggery was invented to fill that awkward hour between evensong and cocktails.”
Source: New Bats in Old Belfries: Or Some Loose Tiles
“Bugis Street, once famous for its transvestite prostitutes - the sort of place where one could have imagined Noel Coward, ripped on opium, cocaine and the local tailoring, just off his rickshaw for a night of high buggery - had, when it proved difficult to suppress, a subway station dropped on top of it.”
Source: Distrust That Particular Flavor
“Bugs are not going to inherit the earth. They own it now. So we might as well make peace with the landlord.”
“Bugs Bunny is my muse.”
“Bugs have always loved me.”
“Bugs is who we want to be. Daffy is who we are.”
“Bugs lurk in corners and congregate at boundaries.”
Source: Software Testing Techniques
“Bugs never bug my head. They are amazing. It is the activities of humans which actually bug me all the time.”
“Bugsy Siegel. The mobster with the beautiful blue eyes.”
“Bugungi dard ertangi tojga aylanadi.”
Source: Amor Apocalypse: Canım Sana İhtiyacım
“Bugün Adım Mejnun, Şiir
Çocukken bana sordular,
büyüdüğünde ne olmak istiyorsun?
İyi bir insan, dedi o deli çocuk.
Büyüdüm bugün, çünkü adım İnsan.
Büyüdüğümde bana sordular, manyak mısın,
neden bu kadar çok savaşıyorsun?
Evet manyağım, kâinat Leyla'm benim,
çünkü bugün adım Mejnun.
Deliliksız insanlık yok,
orman gibi bencil dünyada.
Köktendinci hayvanların ortasında,
şair savaşçıyım ben, bugün adım Mevlana.”
Source: The Humanitarian Dictator
“Bugün (Bir Hayat Şiiri)
Bugün, biz dindar değiliz.
Bugün, biz sadece insanız.
Bugün, bütün siyaseti unuttuk.
Çünkü bugün, biz sadece insanız.
Bugün, biz entelektüel değiliz.
Çünkü bugün, biz insan olduk.
Bugün, beynimizde mantık yoktur.
Çünkü bugün, biz insan olduk.
Bugün, lükse hiç ihtiyacımız yok.
Çünkü bugün, biz insan olduk.
Bugün, sadelik en büyük zenginliktir.
Çünkü bugün, gerçekten insan olduk.
İyi biliyorum, o gün bugün değil.
Yolculuğa bugün başlayalım, yarın değil.”
Source: Honor He Wrote: 100 Sonnets For Humans Not Vegetables
“Bugün, birkaç duble ilkbahar içip kırlarda volta attım... Aramızdaki şehirleri çıkardım, mesafelerden kurtuldum. Çıngar çıkardım takvimler arası. Kelimelere gelişine vurdum. Yırttım attım haritaları, anayasaları. Seninle bin kez daha dağıldım sayfalar üstü, cemreler sonrası, adalar arası... Seni var ya, seksen milyonlarca kez öptüm saydım. Cıvıl cıvıl bir şehir akşamının sokaklarında buldum kendimi... Çiçekli bir baharın koynundan taştım. Çıplak ayaklarından öptüm say seni: Geldim, sokuldum, koltuk altından öptüm seni... Gülen gözlerinden bin kere öptüm. İçim ilkbahar sabahı, dışım yaz gecesi... 'Florebo cuocumque ferar' diyor bilgenin biri: 'Taşındığım her yerde çiçek açacağım' demiş yani. Yürüdüğüm her yerde çiçek açtım bugün... Ben bugün, ilkbaharın kendisi oldum. Bilmem, senin bundan haberin var mı?”
“Bugün de olmaz,” diye mırıldandım. “Çünkü bana gülümsedi.”
Source: All the Bright Places
“Bugün hayat ne kadar zorsa,
yarın hatıralar o kadar tatlı olacak.”
Source: Rowdy Scientist: Handbook of Humanitarian Science
“Bugün mutsuzsan ve yirmi yıl sonra mutlu olacaksan, seni gelecekteki o mutlu zamana götürecek bir mucize olursa gider miydin? Gitme, çünkü her saniye - mutlu ya da mutsuz olsan da - çok değerlidir!”
“Bugün ne istemediğini anlıyorsun, yarın ne istediğini anlayacaklar.”
Source: Babam Beni Şahdamarımdan Öptü
“Bugün Çad'da doğan bir çocuğun Finlandiya'da doğan bir çocuğa kıyasla beşinci doğum gününden önce ölme olasılığı 50 kat daha fazladır.”
Source: How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, The New Climate War, The Rare Metals War 3 Books Collection Set
“Bugün, çok geçmeden ‘bir zamanlar’ olacaktır! Gelecekte güzel bir geçmişe sahip olmak istiyorsan, güzel ‘bugünlere’ sahip olman gerek!”
“Bugün, çıldırdıktan, sevdikten, yanıp yıkılıp yeniden doğrulduktan, sonunda benim için yürünebilecek, tekliğinde şaşırtacak denli öteki yollara benzeyen tek yolu bulduktan, erincin taşırıcı garipliğinde Yehuda’yı anladıktan sonra her şey kolay geliyor. Bundan sonra güçlüğe rastlamayacağımdan değil, aşkın tüketilmez gücünü bildiğim için kolay geliyor.”
Source: Death in Troy
“Bugün üzgün olduğunda, bugün duygusal olarak ayakta kalmak için mutlu geçmişini hatırla!”
“Bugünkü kuşaklar daha çok hayatla değil de hayat üzerine görüşleriyle meşguldü. Bu anlaşılmaz saçma bir şeydi ama böyle idi. Onun için de hayat değerini kaybediyor... kelimelerle harcanıp gidiyordu.”
“Bugünlerde fikir sahibi herkes korkudan kaskatı kesiliyor.”
Source: Coming Up for Air
“Bugünü yakalamak imkânsızdır; avuçlarımızdan akar gider! Yarını yakalamak imkânsızdır; avuçlarımızdan akar gider! Onları tutamayız; bizden sürekli kaçarlar!”
“Bugünün acısı yarın tacı oluyor.”
Source: Amor Apocalypse: Canım Sana İhtiyacım
“Bugünün yaşayan insanları, yarının henüz doğmamış insanlarından çok daha önemlidir! Yarının insanlarına yardım etmekten önce bugünün insanlarına yardım etmeliyiz! Bugünün insanlarını göz ardı ederek uzak geleceğin insanlarını kurtarmak amacıyla planlar yapamayız!”
“Buhari is a child crawling at 72, he has nothing to offer”