“A lot of cats in New Orleans, very soulful, very soulful musicians and they assume that they're singers. And they just make that assumption. And so when there's a little intonation problem, people are very forgiving of them because they heard how soulful they play.” PeopleLittlesPlayProblemHeardMusicianCatForgivingAssumingSingersAssumptionNew OrleansSoulfulIntonation Author:Wendell Pierce
“The activity at this very moment must be the only thing that matters, to which one is fully given. If one is concentrated, it matters little what one is doing. The important, as well as the unimportant things, assume a new dimension of reality, because they have one's full attention.” IfsWellsLittlesImportantMatterMomentsRealityGivenAttentionActivityAssumingDimensionsConcentrationUnimportantThings That MatterOnly Thing That MattersUnimportant Things Book:THE ART OF LOVING Source: THE ART OF LOVING
“If you understood a business perfectly and the future of the business, you would need very little in the way of a margin of safety. So, the more vulnerable the business is, assuming you still want to invest in it, the larger margin of safety you'd need. If you're driving a truck across a bridge that says it holds 10,000 pounds and you've got a 9,800 pound vehicle, if the bridge is 6 inches above the crevice it covers, you may feel okay, but if it's over the Grand Canyon, you may feel you want a little larger margin of safety.” IfsWayWantNeedsFeelsMayLittlesStillsUnderstoodOkaySafetyAssumingDrivingVulnerableBridgesPoundsVehicleInchesTruckMarginsCanyonsGrand CanyonCrevice Author:Warren Buffett