Quotation of the Day
“When you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” Picture hat tip to Wages of Wins.
Category: Quotation
Quotation of the Day
I will look at any additional evidence to confirm the opinion to which I have already come. Baron Molson.
Unintended Irony
“I am the person…who irreversibly founded democracy in Haiti”. Signed: “Jean-Claude Duvalier, President for Life” From the insightful book, Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson
Why Medicare?
It was approved not only to improve the health of elderly Americans, but also protect them from financial ruin. No longer will illness crush and destroy the savings that [older Americans] have so carefully put away over a lifetime so that they might enjoy dignity in their later years. President Lyndon Johnson, when signing Medicare…
On Parenting Children with Down Syndrome
All my friends had these children they thought were perfect, and then they’ve had to come to terms with their children’s limitations and problems. I had this baby everyone thought was a disaster, and my journey has been to find all the things that are amazing about her. A mother of a child with Down…
Why Reducing Waste is Difficult
Identification of waste is difficult, but eliminating it is more difficult. Every dollar of waste is income to some individual or organization. – Victor Fuchs, from “Health Care Reform in the United States“
On California’s Rising Gas Prices
The episode may also serve as a reminder that the more layers of regulation we put on commerce, the less resilient is the system when something goes wrong. – Jim Hamilton For Californians (like myself) who want to know why gas prices spiked more than 50 cents in about a week, you can read a…
Quotation of the Day: Winning
“What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War To understand the relationship between Sun Tzu and NBA coaching, see Wages of Wins.
Excellence
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” ~ Aristotle “For me, pushing myself is way more about ‘It’s hard to make something that’s interesting.’ It’s really, really hard, and I’m sure we don’t succeed with every story on every show. Basically, anything that anyone makes…It’s like a…
Quotations of the Day: On Realistic Expectations
Hofstadter’s Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter’s Law. — Douglas Hofstadter, Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid