“In the periods of crisis, the bigger firms absorb the smaller ones,and when the industrial monsters eventually go down, the wreckage is far greater than when the little enterprises buckle.” LittlesGreaterPeriodsBiggerCrisisMonstersFirmEnterpriseWreckageBuckles Book:The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times And Ideas Of The Great Economic Thinkers Source: The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times And Ideas Of The Great Economic Thinkers
“men don't make different mistakes at different periods of their lives. They make the same mistake over and over again and they pay a bigger and bigger price for it.” MenDifferentPayMistakePeriodsBiggerSame Mistakes Book:Written on water: a novel Source: Written on water: a novel
“I think when you work on fossils, and you realize that a species is there, and it's abundant for quite a long period of time, and then at some point it's no longer there - and so, when you look at that bigger picture, yes, you realize that either you change and adapt, or, as a species, you go extinct.” ThinkingLooksLongRealizingPeriodsBiggerSpeciesFossilsAdaptingLong Periods Of TimeBigger Picture Author:Louise Leakey
“I recently found myself going through a period of uncertainty about my future as a performer, my status as a personality, the believability of my Christian witness and the knowledge of God's will in my life. I felt a force bigger than myself saying, 'Lay back. Take it easy. Study hard. Read your bible. Think, write and keep your mouth shut for awhile.'” ThinkingWritingHardChristianFoundForceFeltEasyStudyPersonalityPeriodsMouthsBiggerLaysGods WillWitnessUncertaintyPerformersMy FutureKnowledge Of GodTake It EasyBelievability Author:Johnny Cash
“I think most comedians go through that (period), where you have to change or evolve. You don't want to just keep doing variations on the same themes. And, besides, it would look kinda creepy for a guy my age to be doing stuff that, like, a 20-year-old would do. 'Yeah, this is bullshit!' It's, like, 'Really? You don't have bigger concerns at this point in your life?'” ThinkingWantYearsLooksAgeGuyStuffPeriodsConcernBiggerYeahEvolveComedianThemeBullshitVariationCreepy Author:Patton Oswalt
“I think that they hoped the private sector would come in. And the private sector tried to come in until they saw the size of the problem. I mean, from were people on that weekend that thought they'd had a solution. And then the hole kept getting bigger and bigger. And all of a sudden became apparent that 20 billion wouldn't do it and 30 billion wouldn't do it and 40 billion wouldn't do it. So it got beyond anybody's ability to certainly to do it in a short period of time.” PeopleThinkingMeanProblemAbilitySawsPeriodsSolutionsBiggerSizeBillionsHolesWeekendPrivate Sector Author:Warren Buffett