“When you see reference to a new paradigm you should always, under all circumstances, take cover. Because ever since the great tulipmania in 1637, speculation has always been covered by a new paradigm. There was never a paradigm so new and so wonderful as the one that covered John Law and the South Sea Bubble - until the day of disaster.” ShouldLawWonderfulSeaCircumstancesSouthDisasterCoveredBubblesSpeculationParadigm Author:John Kenneth Galbraith
“Methinks I am like a man, who having struck on many shoals, and having narrowly escap'd shipwreck in passing a small frith, has yet the temerity to put out to sea in the same leaky weather-beaten vessel, and even carries his ambition so far as to think of compassing the globe under these disadvantageous circumstances.” ThinkingMenSeaCircumstancesAmbitionPassingPassingsWeatherCarrieGlobesBeatenVesselShipwreck Book:A Treatise of Human Nature: Revision of Great Book Source: A Treatise of Human Nature: Revision of Great Book
“Prosperity too often has the same effect on a Christian that a calm at sea has on a Dutch mariner; who frequently, it is said, in those circumstances, ties up the rudder, gets drunk, and goes to sleep.” SaidChristianSleepSeaEffectsCircumstancesCalmProsperityDrunkTiesDutchMarinersRudders Author:William Cornelius Van Horne
“Chile needs Bolivian natural resources and Bolivia needs access to the sea. Under those circumstances, it must be possible to find a solution in the interest of both countries.” NeedsCountryInterestNaturalSeaCircumstancesSolutionsResourcesAccessNatural ResourcesChileBolivia Author:Evo Morales
“Averages might mean something to bureaucrats and engineers, but the sea had no struck with statistics: it was a succession of unpredictable circumstances and extremes.” MeanMightSeaCircumstancesAverageExtremesStatisticsEngineersUnpredictableSuccessionBureaucrats Author:Frank Schatzing
“The sign, which says: "Do not, under any circumstances, open this door!" - Of course, I've read it. Why do you think I want it opened?.. To see why they wanted it shut, of course. This exchange contains almost all you need to know about human civilization. At least, those bits of it that are now under the sea, fenced off or still smoking.” ThinkingKnowsWantNeedsHumansStillsWantedCoursesBitsDoorsSeaCircumstancesCivilizationSmokingHuman CivilizationRidcully Author:Terry Pratchett