When action grows unprofitable, gather information; when information grows unprofitable, sleep.
—Ursula K. Le Guin, 1969
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The money market is to a commercial nation what the heart is to man.
—William Pitt, 1805People are trapped in history, and history is trapped in them.
—James Baldwin, 1953Lord, I do not ask that thou shouldst give me wealth; only show me where it is, and I will attend to the rest.
—Kate Douglas Wiggin, 1898The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
—John Locke, 1695A friend who is very near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative.
—George Ade, 1902For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.
—Richard Feynman, 1986Laws, like houses, lean on one another.
—Edmund Burke, 1765Business? Why, it’s very simple; business is other people’s money.
—Alexandre Dumas, 1857In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made school boards.
—Mark Twain, 1897Knowledge itself is power.
—Francis Bacon, 1597Traveling is like flirting with life. It’s like saying, “I would stay here and love you, but I have to go; this is my station.”
—Lisa St. Aubin de Terán, 1989On the loftiest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own rump.
—Michel de Montaigne, 1580