“By all odds, earliest man, so naked to the elements and to deadly enemies, should have existed in a state of constant shock. We find him instead the only lighthearted being in a deadly serious universe.... He alone, with childish carelessness, tinkered and played, and exerted himself more in the pursuit of superfluities than of necessities. Yet the tinkering and playing, and the fascination with the nonessential, were a chief source of the inventiveness which enabled man to prevail over better-equipped and more-purposeful animals.” MenShouldStatesUniverseAnimalEnemySeriousSourceElementsShould HaveConstantPursuitNakedChiefsShockOddsFascinationCarelessnessInventivenessTinkering Author:Eric Hoffer
“The defensive (or passive) investor will place chief emphasis on the avoidance of serious mistakes or losses. His second aim will be freedom from effort, annoyance, and the need for making frequent decisions.” NeedsLossDecisionEffortMistakeSeriousAimInvestingChiefsInvestorsPassiveEmphasisAvoidanceAnnoyanceSerious Mistakes Book:The Intelligent Investor, Rev. Ed Source: The Intelligent Investor, Rev. Ed
“We see a missile here, a bomb there - looks good on CNN. This is nonsense. This is not a strategy of a serious commander in chief.” LooksSeriousStrategyChiefsBombsNonsenseCommandersMissilesCnnCommander In Chief Author:Ted Cruz
“The president [Barack Obama] himself has said he thought part of his job was to remind the American people that being president and commander in chief is a serious responsibility.” PeopleSaidJobsPresidentResponsibilitySeriousChiefsBarackCommandersPresident Barack ObamaCommander In Chief Author:Hillary Clinton
“Remember chief of staff Rahm Emanuel's callous enjoinder 'you never want a serious crisis to go to waste'? This White House is a serious crisis.” WantRememberHouseWhiteSeriousWasteCrisisChiefsWhite HouseStaffCallousChief Of Staff Author:Bob Tyrrell
“If people do not organize in the name of their interest, the world will not take them as being serious. And that is the chief reason that every person who is gay should join some gay organization. Because he must prove to the world that he cares about his own freedom.” PeopleIfsWorldShouldPersonsReasonCareNamesInterestSeriousGayProveOrganizationChiefsOrganize Author:Bayard Rustin
“Donald Trump poses a serious threat to America, based on what he has said. He is unqualified to be president and he is unfit temperamentally to be commander-in-chief.” SaidAmericaPresidentSeriousTrumpThreatChiefsCommandersCommander In ChiefUnqualified Author:Hillary Clinton