“The life of the spirit may be fairly represented in diagram as a large acute-angled triangle divided horizontally into unequal parts with the narrowest segment uppermost. The lower the segment the greater it is in breadth, depth, and area.” MaySpiritGreaterAreasDepthDividedBreadthTrianglesDiagrams Book:Kandinsky Source: Kandinsky
“New York has total depth in every area. Washington has only politics; after that, the second biggest thing is white marble.” HomeWhiteNew YorkTravelAreasDepthMarble Author:John Lindsay
“Music can move us to the heights or depths of emotion. It can persuade us to buy something, or remind us of our first date. It can lift us out of depression when nothing else can. It can get us dancing to its beat. But the power of music goes much, much further. Indeed, music occupies more areas of our brain than language does-humans are a musical species.” FirstsHumansDoeMovingLanguageEmotionBrainBeatsAreasDancingSpeciesDepthMusicalLiftsHeightPower Of MusicFirst Date Book:Migraine Source: Migraine
“The big picture is: the main thing you should be concerned about in the future are incremental returns on capital going forward. As it turns out, past history of a good return on capital is a good proxy for this but obviously not foolproof. I think this is an area where thoughtful analysis can add value to any simple ranking/screening strategy such as the magic formula. When doing in depth analysis of companies, I care very much about long term earnings power, not necessarily so much about the volatility of that earnings power but about my certainty of "normal" earnings power over time.” ThinkingShouldLongBigsCarePastValuesTurnsTermSimpleCompanyMagicReturnNormalAreasConcernedStrategyAddDepthCertaintyAnalysisLong TermThoughtfulFormulasI CareEarningBig PictureScreeningRankingProxyVolatilityFoolproof Author:Joel Greenblatt
“Maybe that's what you got when you stood over your grief, facing it finally. A sense of its depths, its area, the distance across, and the way over or around it, whichever you chose in the end.” WayEndsGriefAreasDistanceDepth Book:The Truth About Forever Source: The Truth About Forever