Remember that in giving any reason at all for refusing, you lay some foundation for a future request. – Arthur Helps, Essays Written in Intervals of Business, 1841
Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail. – Henry David Thoreau
I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private wealth I should decline, or any sort of personal possessions, because they would take away my liberty. – George Santayana, “The Irony of Liberalism”
Everything we possess that is not necessary for life or happiness becomes a burden, and scarcely a day passes that we do not add to it. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
You cant fall back on the private sector and say, You take care of the nations banking system. Thats a fundamental function of the government, the Federal Reserve, the Treasury and the FDIC, etc. All of those agencies have a major role to play there. – Dick Cheney
Desire is the key to motivation, but its the determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal — a commitment to excellence — that will enable you to attain the success you seek. – Mario Andretti
