“Historians still often see the end of the war as meaning nothing more for Germany than lost territories, lost participation in colonization, and lost assets for the state and individuals. They frequently overlook the most serious loss that Germany suffered.” StillsWarEndsStatesIndividualLostLossSeriousGermanyAssetsTerritoryHistorianParticipationColonizationMeaning Nothing Author:Gustav Stresemann
“Time is man's most precious asset. All men neglect it; all regret the loss of it; nothing can be done without it.” MenDoneLossRegretManagementNeglectAssetsTime Management Author:Voltaire
“The diversity of our cultures is Europe's greatest asset. We have to preserve this asset. And any political intervention that reduces this diversity is a loss to Europe.” PoliticalCultureLossDiversityEuropePreservesAssetsIntervention Author:Jaroslaw Kaczynski
“And people really behaved in a fraudulent way or something, we'll go back and find the culprits later on. But that really isn't the problem we have. I mean that's where it came from, though. We leveraged up and if you have a 20 percent fall in value of a $20 trillion asset, that's $4 trillion. And when $4 trillion lands - losses land in the wrong part of this economy, it can gum up the whole place.” PeopleIfsWayMeanWholeProblemValuesFallLossEconomyLandPercentAssetsGumCulprit Author:Warren Buffett
“As we peer into society's future, we -- you and I, and our government -- must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering for our own ease and convenience the precious resources of tomorrow. We cannot mortgage the material assets of our grandchildren without risking the loss also of their political and spiritual heritage. We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow.” WantGovernmentTodaySpiritualPoliticalLossDemocracyGenerationsMaterialsTomorrowResourcesImpulseEaseAssetsHeritagePeersGrandchildrenConvenienceMortgagePhantomsMilitary Industrial ComplexFarewell Address Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower