“In elementary and middle school, I threw kids against the wall. I rubbed their heads in the dirt at recess. I bit them. I even knocked teeth out.” KidsSchoolBitsMiddleWallTeethDirtMiddle SchoolRecess Author:Russell Wilson
“Yet we can be sure that whatever fictions exist in Wall Street bookkeeping, the earth is a faithful scribe, a faultless calculator, a superb bookkeeper; we will be held responsible for every bit of our economic folly.” EarthBitsFictionEconomicStreetsWallIntegrityResponsibleFaithfulFollyStewardshipAccuracySuperbCalculatorsScribesBookkeepersBookkeeping Author:Thomas Berry
“Get scared. It will do you good. Smoke a bit, stare blankly at some ceilings, beat your head against some walls, refuse to see some people, paint and write. Get scared some more. Allow your little mind to do nothing but function. Stay inside, go out - I don't care what you'll do; but stay scared as hell. You will never be able to experience everything. So, please, do poetical justice to your soul and simply experience yourself.” PeopleWritingMindLittlesSoulCareAbleBitsJusticeHellWallPleaseBeatsFunctionPaintScaredRefuseDon't CareSmokeYour SoulI Don't CareStaringCeilingsLittle MindsExperience Yourself Author:Albert Camus
“Snow pursued by the wind is not wholly unlike a retreating army. In the open field it ranges itself in ranks and battalions; where it can get a foothold it makes a stand; where it can take cover it does so. You may see whole platoons of snow cowering behind a bit of broken wall.” MayDoeWholeBitsBehindsFieldsWindBrokenWallArmySnowRangePursuedOpen Fields Book:Can Such Things Be? Source: Can Such Things Be?
“Looking into it a bit, Jamie found that the model used by Wall Street to price LEAPs, the Black-Scholes option pricing model, made some strange assumptions.” MadeUsedFoundBitsBlackStreetsStrangeWallModelsAssumptionLeapJamieScholesPricing Book:The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (movie tie-in) Source: The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (movie tie-in)
“As a child I did a lot of imaginary bits, you know. It depends on the individual, I enjoyed then knocking the nail in, I enjoy knocking nails in walls to hang pictures up, but I also enjoy thinking 'I'm gonna do that' but I actually won't do it, I enjoy imagining doing things just as much.” ThinkingKnowsChildrenIndividualBitsEnjoyWallDependsEnjoyedImaginaryNailsKnocking Author:John Lennon
“I remember kind of doing early acting and thinking, "God, they don't paint behind the sets." It's a bit of a shame, really - "Oh, what's on the other side of this wall? Oh, you can see the plywood." I was really disappointed. I just thought that these things were real, from watching things as a kid.” ThinkingKindRealKidsRememberBitsSidesActingBehindsWallShamePaintDisappointedThinking God Author:Andy Serkis
“Do what boxers do, sway with the punches. Don't resist. If any of what happens at work gets to you, just let it. You won't be able to shut it out in the long term anyway. Take it bit by bit, release it like a dam, don't let it collect until the wall develops cracks.” IfsLongHappensAbleBitsTermWallReleaseLong TermCracksBoxersDams Author:Jo Nesbo