A Pound of Perhaps

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Nine out of ten economic laws are economic laws only till they are found out. – Robert Lynd




Economics is a subject that does not greatly respect one’s wishes. – Nikita Khrushchev



The dynamo of our economic system is self-interest which may range from mere petty greed to admirable types of self expression. – Felix Frankfurter



Whatever you have, you must either use or lose. – Henry Ford



During the first period of a man’s life the greatest danger is: not to take the risk. – Soren Keirkegaard



The worst financial risks are those that think the world owes them a living. – anonymous



A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps. – James Thurber

One who thinks Twice before saying Nothing

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If built in great numbers, motels will be used for nothing but illegal purposes. – J. Edgar Hoover




Attend no auctions if thou hast no money. – The Talmud



I never knew an auctioneer to lie, unless it was absolutely necessary.



A politician is one who thinks twice before saying nothing. – anonymous



Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. – Nikita Khrushchev



Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it’s improtant. – Eugene McCarthy



I have no political ambitions for myself or my children. – Joseph P. Kennedy

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Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers (Persian post riders) from the swift accomplishment of their appointed rounds. – Herodotus

You know you and I have some of the same people working for each other. – Nikita Krushchev (speaking to CIA director Allen Dulles)

Some people work just hard enough not to get fired, and some companies pay people just enough that they won’t quit. – Louis E. Boone

The employer generally gets the employee he deserves. -–Sir Walter Gilbey
Few great men could pass personnel. – Paul Goodman

Everyone thinks his sack heaviest. – George Herbert

A good horse should be seldom spurred. – Thomas Fuller

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