Showing posts with label Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Show all posts

Saturday, August 21, 2010

How Did the Snail Reach the Ark?

Nocturnal Moon Naticarius orientalis snail fou...Image via WikipediaPerseverance is another name for success. – Anonymous




When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. – Franklin D. Roosevelt



One becomes more interested in a job of work after the first impulse to drop it has been overcome. – Fulton J. Sheen



The last key in the bunch is often the one to open the lock. – Anonymous



Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another. – Walter Elliott



One of the first rules of perseverance is to know when to stop persevering. – Carolyn Wells



By perseverance the snail reached the Ark. - Charles Spurgeon


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Friday, July 2, 2010

An Arch Never Sleeps

Scissor Arches, Wells CathedralImage by Cornell University Library via Flickr
Q: Why is the stock market like an oven?


A: They can both be self-cleaning. – anonymous



Artificial inflation of stocks must be considered a crime as serious as counterfeiting, which it closely resembles. – Andrew Maurois



Buying and selling securities on the Stock Exchange do not start new industries. Big business never starts anything new. It merely absorb consolidation and profits at the expense of others. – Franklin Delano Roosevelt



A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his client to plant vines. – Frank Lloyd Wright



To build is to be robbed. – Samuel Johnson



An arch never sleeps. – Hindu proverb



Good architecture lets nature in. – Mario Pei