Robertson Davies
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"Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look out of the window and see the blue sky – or the answer is wrong and you have to start over and try again and see how it comes out this time." – Carl Sandburg
“Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look out of the …
The virtue of some people consists wholly in condemning the vices in others. -Samuel, Herbert
The virtue of some people consists wholly in condemning the vices in others. -Samuel, Herbert
We need two kinds of acquaintances, one to complain to, while to the others we boast. -Logan Pearsall Smith
We need two kinds of acquaintances, one to complain to, while to the others we boast. -Logan Pearsall …
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shall find it after many days. -Bible
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shall find it after many days. -Bible
The grace of God is a wind which is always blowing. -Ramakrishna, Sri
The grace of God is a wind which is always blowing. -Ramakrishna, Sri
Cooke, E. V.
Perhaps the reward of the spirit who tries is not the goal but the exercise. Cooke, E. V. …
"Aspire to be like Mt. Fuji, with such a broad and solid foundation that the strongest earthquake cannot move you, and so tall that the greatest enterprises of common men seem insignificant from your lofty perspective. With your mind as high as Mt Fuji you can see all things clearly. And you can see all the forces that shape events; not just the things happening near to you." – Miyamoto Musashi
“Aspire to be like Mt. Fuji, with such a broad and solid foundation that the strongest earthquake cannot …
"[The second component is a voluntary separation program that offers several months’ severance as an enticement to people who have been thinking of retiring or otherwise leaving — standard stuff at most companies. These, along with normal attrition, should have helped Intel reduce its head count.] Unfortunately, … normal turnover laws may not hold during a downturn in the economy." – Chuck Mulloy
“ Unfortunately, … normal turnover laws may not hold during a downturn in the economy.” – Chuck Mulloy
Where does one go from a world of insanity? Somewhere on the other side of despair. -T. S. Eliot
Where does one go from a world of insanity? Somewhere on the other side of despair. -T. S. …
Norm: Like it caught me in bed with its wife. -Cheers (1982)
Norm: Like it caught me in bed with its wife. -Cheers (1982)