“I worked as a teacher in the public school system in New York City for several years, and I was a victim of the layoffs, you know, in the mid-'70s. And then I worked as a sales engineer for a company in New Jersey that was selling industrial filtration equipment.” KnowsYearsSchoolCitiesCompanyTeacherNew YorkVictimSellingNew York CityEngineersEquipmentPublic SchoolJerseyNew JerseySchool SystemLayoffFiltration Author:Feisal Abdul Rauf
“The U.S. and European markets have become mature, profit margins are lower, and equipment isnt so new. Because profits are relatively low, it limits the willingness of companies to invest in newer equipment.” CompanyLimitsLowsProfitMatureWillingnessEquipmentMarginsProfit Margin Author:Zong Qinghou
“A lot of companies have lots of assets tied up in plant and equipment. Well, is it old plant, or is it new plant?” WellsValuesCompanyPlantInvestingAssetsTiedEquipmentTied Up Author:Walter Schloss
“I thought all I had to do was to buy a camera and become a film director. So when I left school I worked at a telephone company, which gave me the money to buy the basic equipment including the camera, the projector and the screen.” SchoolFilmLeftCompanyDirectorsCamerasIncludingScreensEquipmentTelephonesFilm DirectorsProjectors Author:Jean-Pierre Jeunet
“War is like a game of chess ... but with this little difference, that in chess you may think over each move as long as you please and are not limited for time, and with this difference too, that a knight is always stronger than a pawn, and two pawns are always stronger than one, while in war a battalion is sometimes stronger than a division and sometimes weaker than a company. The relative strength of bodies of troops can never be known to anyone.... Success never depends, and never will depend, on position, or equipment, or even on numbers, and least of all on position.” ThinkingMayLittlesLongTwoWarSometimesBodyMovingGamesDifferencesNumbersCompanyKnownPositionDependsPleaseStrongerChessDivisionRelativeTroopsEquipmentKnightsPawns Author:Leo Tolstoy
“It is not the willingness to kill on the part of our soldiers which most concerns me. That is an inherent part of war. It is our lack of respect for even the admirable characteristics of our enemy; for courage, for suffering, for death, for his willingness to die for his beliefs, for his companies and squadrons which go forth, one after another, to annihilation against our superior training and equipment.” WarSufferingDiesBeliefCompanyEnemyTrainingConcernSoldierSuperiorsCharacteristicsWillingnessInherentEquipmentArt Of WarAdmirableAnnihilationLack Of Respect Author:Charles Lindbergh
“The thing to remember is that children are temporary. As soon as they develop a sense of humor and get to be good company, maybe even remember to take the trash out and close the refrigerator door, they pack up their electronic equipment and their clothes, and some of your clothes, and leave in a U-Haul, to return only at Thanksgiving.” ChildrenRememberCompanyDoorsReturnClothesBe GoodTemporarySense Of HumorPacksEquipmentTrashRefrigeratorsHaulGood CompanyU Haul Book:One's Company: Reflections on Living Alone Source: One's Company: Reflections on Living Alone