“A firm belief atthracts facts. They come out iv holes in the ground an' cracks in th' wall to support belief, but they run away fr'm doubt.” FactsRunningReligionBeliefSupportDoubtWallHolesFirmCracksRunning AwayFirm Beliefs Book:Mr. Dooley Says Source: Mr. Dooley Says
“The whole financial structure of Wall Street seems to rise or fall on the mere fact that the Federal Reserve Bank raises or lowers the amount of interest. Any business that can't survive a one percent change must be skating on thin ice. Why even the poor farmer took a raise of another ten percent just to get a loan from the bank, and nobody from the government paid any attention. But you let Wall Street have a nightmare and the whole country has to help to get them back into bed again.” CountryWholeFactsHelpingSeemsGovernmentFallInterestPoorAttentionStreetsWallAmountBedTenPercentEconomicsPaidRaisesStructureMereFinancialIceNightmareFarmersReservesLoanSkatingFederal ReserveSkating On Thin Ice Author:Will Rogers
“All the suffering that humanity ever knew can be traced to the one fact that no man in the history of the Galaxy ... could really understand one another. Every human being lived behind an impenetrable wall of choking mist within which no other but he existed.” MenHumansFactsSufferingHumanityHuman BeingsBehindsLonelinessWallGalaxyMistChoke Author:Isaac Asimov
“Where are these rational practices to be taught and acquired? Not within the four walls of a bare building, in which formality predominates... But in the nursery, play-ground, fields, gardens, workshops, manufactures, museums and class-rooms. ...The facts collected from all these sources will be concentrated, explained, discussed, made obvious to all, and shown in their direct application to practice in all the business of life.” MadePlayFactsRoomsClassPracticeFourFieldsBuildingTaughtSourceWallGardenDirectObviousRationalMuseumsApplicationWorkshopsNurseryFormalityFour Walls Author:Robert Owen
“In fact, of all hoodoos in Wall Street I think the resolve to induce the stock market to act as a fairy godmother is the busiest and most persistent.” ThinkingFactsStreetsWallFairyResolvePersistentGodmotherFairy Godmother Book:Reminiscences of a Stock Operator Source: Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
“So, it's pretty crazy. Look, we're bailing out Wall Street, we're bailing out banks, we're bailing out car companies. In fact, did you know there's a special box on your tax form this year you can check if you want a portion of your taxes to actually go to running the government?” IfsKnowsWantYearsLooksFactsGovernmentRunningFormCompanyCrazyStreetsSpecialCarWallTaxesBoxesChecksPortionsDid You KnowBailing Out Author:Jay Leno
“Yesterday the CEO of Citigroup said that he can understand why all these Occupy Wall Street protesters are so frustrated. In fact, he felt so bad for them, he gave himself a $10 million sympathy bonus.” SaidFactsFeltMillionsStreetsWallYesterdayFrustratedCeoBonusOccupy Wall Street Author:Jimmy Fallon