“Great events ever depend but upon a single hair. The adroit man profits by everything, neglects nothing which can increase his chances; the less adroit, by sometimes disregarding a single chance, fails in everything.” MenSometimesPoliticsChancePowerFailingEventsHairDependsIncreaseProfitNeglectGreat Events Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“For better or worse, we are the Court of Appeals for the Hollywood Circuit. Millions of people toil in the shadow of the law we make, and much of their livelihood is made possible by the existence of intellectual property rights. But much of their livelihood - and much of the vibrancy of our culture - also depends on the existence of other intangible rights: The right to draw ideas from a rich and varied public domain, and the right to mock, for profit as well as fun, the cultural icons of our time.” PeopleWellsMadeIdeasLawCultureFunExistenceMillionsRichRightsDependsIntellectualDrawsShadowHollywoodCourtPropertyProfitAppealsOur TimeToilDomainIconsMockProperty RightsCircuitsLivelihoodIntangibleIntellectual PropertyVibrancyPublic Domain Author:Alex Kozinski
“The number of managers with great track records in a given market depends far more on the number of people who started in the investment business (in place of going to dental school), rather than on their ability to produce profits.” PeopleSchoolGivenAbilityNumbersRecordsProduceDependsInvestmentInvestingTrackProfitManagersTrack RecordDental Book:Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets Source: Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
“Profits are the lifeblood of the economic system, the magic elixir upon which progress and all good things depend ultimately. But one man's lifeblood is another man's cancer.” MenProgressMagicEconomicDependsGood ThingsCancerProfitOne ManAnother ManEconomic SystemsElixir Book:Coll Sci Pap V5 Source: Coll Sci Pap V5