“If you look at the economics of Nokia roughly half of the company, half of the business, half of how we think about the business is focused on those emerging markets and on those lower-priced devices. But, of course, people who are aspirational and buying those lower-priced devices today are looking at smart phones tomorrow, and so forth.” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksTodayCoursesHalfCompanyTomorrowSmartEconomicsPhonesFocusedBuyingDevicesEmergingNokiaEmerging Markets Author:Stephen Elop
“Thou waitest for the spark from heaven! and we, Light half-believers in our casual deeds . . . Who hesitate and falter life away, And lose tomorrow the ground won today- Ah, do not we, Wanderer, await it too?” LifeLightTodayHeavenLosesHalfTomorrowDeedsBelieverSparksCasualWanderers Author:Matthew Arnold
“It is easy to be mindless in America, because dreaming of and living for a better tomorrow is the American way. ... The problem is, in the second half of the twentieth century, we have gotten so good at living for tomorrow that most of us spend very little time in the present.” WayLittlesMomentsProblemDreamAmericaEasyHalfCenturyTomorrowLive In The MomentTwentieth CenturyLittle TimeMindlessBetter Tomorrow Book:Are You the One for Me? ; Real Moments Source: Are You the One for Me? ; Real Moments
“If the Old Testament were a reliable guide in the matter of capital punishment, half the people in the United States would have to be killed tomorrow.” PeopleIfsMatterStatesUnitedHalfUnited StatesTomorrowGuidesPunishmentTestamentDeath PenaltyOld TestamentCapital Punishment Book:Reflections Source: Reflections
“If all the lawyers were hanged tomorrow, and their bones were sold to a mah jong factory, we'd all be freer and safer, and our taxes would be reduced by almost a half.” IfsWould BeHalfTomorrowTaxesBonesLawyerFactories Author:H. L. Mencken
“I can't sleep without knowing there's hope. Half the night I waste in sighs. In a wakeful doze I sorrow. For the hands, for the lips... the eyes. For the meeting of tomorrow.” I CanHandsEyeNightSleepHalfKnowingTomorrowSorrowWasteMeetingsLipsSighCan't SleepI Can't Sleep Author:Alfred Lord Tennyson
“One thing I want to emphasize is that, like any human being, we can discuss our view of the economy and the market. Fortunately for our clients, we don't tend to operate based on the view. Our investment strategy is to invest bottom up, one stock at a time, based on price compared to value. And while we may have a macro view that things aren't very good right now - which in fact we feel very strongly we will put money to work regardless of that macro view if we find bargains. So tomorrow, if we found half a dozen bargains, we would invest all our cash.” IfsWantFeelsHumansMayFactsValuesFoundHuman BeingsViewsHalfEconomyOne ThingTomorrowRight NowStrategyInvestmentBottomVery GoodCashDozenVery StrongClientsBargainsMacro Author:Seth Klarman
“Life knows us not and we do not know life—-we don’t know even our own thoughts. Half the words we use have no meaning whatever and of the other half each man understands each word after the fashion of his own folly and conceit. Faith is a myth and beliefs shift like mists on the shore; thoughts vanish; words, once pronounced, die; and the memory of yesterday is as shadowy as the hope of tomorrow” KnowsMenUseDiesBeliefMemoriesHalfFashionTomorrowMythYesterdayFollyShoreMistConceitOther Half Book:The Selected Letters of Joseph Conrad Source: The Selected Letters of Joseph Conrad
“THE THOUGHTFUL LOVER Deny yourself all half things. Have it or leave it. But it will keep—or it is not worth the having. Never start anything you can't finish— However do not lose faith because you are starved! She loves you she says. Believe it —tomorrow. But today the particulars of poetry that difficult art require your whole attention.” BelieveArtWholeTodayDifficultLosesAttentionHalfLove YouLoversTomorrowDenyThoughtful Author:William Carlos Williams