“There is but little room for doubt that Egypt led the way in the creation of the earliest known group of civilizations which arose on both sides of the land bridge between Africa and Eurasia in the fourth millennium B.C.” WayLittlesSidesRoomsKnownDoubtGroupsLandCreationCivilizationBridgesFourthEgyptBoth SidesMillennium Author:James Henry Breasted
“You wouldn't think such a place as San Francisco could exist. The wonderful sunlight there, the hills, the great bridges, the Pacific at your shoes. Beautiful Chinatown. Every race in the world. The sardine fleets sailing out. The little cable-cars whizzing down The City hills. And all the people are open and friendly.” PeopleThinkingWorldLittlesBeautifulRaceCitiesWonderfulCarShoesHillsBridgesFriendlySunlightSailingSan FranciscoCablesPacificBeautiful CitySardinesChinatown Author:Dylan Thomas
“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