Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks.

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks!

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks!

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I thought may resonate with you.

"The interrelated problems of jobs, housing, and education in the great cties we now recognize as the great challenge of our urban society." - Bill Zeckendorf

"I try not to speak about the charities and people I help, because I believe we can only truly be generous when we expect nothing in return." - Muhammad Ali

"You are going to die one day, and none of this is going to matter. So enjoy yourself. Do something positive. Project some love. Make someone happy. Laugh a little bit. Appreciate the moment. And do your work." - Naval Rivikant

"Depend on nobody. Take pride in yourself. And fight fo everything. That's the way it has to be." - Bob Gibson

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats." - Howard Aiken

"When I'm open, I score. When I'm not, I pass. I play basketball as simple as I can. I don't jump high. I don't run fast. I don't think so much about the NBA." - Nikola Jokic

"In moments of crisis, one's world tends to become simplified, and people and its events tend to fall into distinct categories." - Bill Zeckendorf

"'He's the audience of one' is what I tell myself. That's who I'm living every single day for." - Haley Cavinder

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"When things happen too fast, nobody can be certain about anything at all, not even about himself." - Milan Kundera

"I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed." - Friedrich Nietzsche 

"To clarify, the recent Huberman Lab Podcast I did on psilocybin was about psilocybin. I was not actually on psilocybin when I recorded it." - Andrew Huberman

"My observation has always been that after a certain key point you must move ahead as if a project were assured - in order to assure it - because if you wait around for all the pieces of the puzzle to fit before closing the deal, you can wait forever." - Bill Zeckendorf

On the Actions of Crowds

Troops of penguins, if they have been out of the water for a time, are very wary about diving into the sea; after all, there are often unfriendly creatures down there. Instead, these gregarious birds solemnly cluster around the edge of the ice, studying the water, leaning over the edge, backing away, bowing, and politely making room for anyone else who might want to step to the brink and maybe even test the water. Soon, building up excitement, the whole troop begins milling and shifting at the water's edge. As happens in crowds, even the politest of crowds, near a brink, someone sooner or later is jostled over the side. Once this happens, the who troop stands still and watches. If their "volunteer" is attacked or gobbled up, his friends and relatives find some way to entertain themselves on shore for a while longer. If, on the other hand, the penguin goes through a series of aquabatics with no ill result, the whole gang of his fellows stage a swim-in. - Bill Zeckendorf

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"If you don't know what your top three priorities are, you don't have priorities." - Donald Rumsfeld

"Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time." - Paulo Coelho

"You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time." - M. Scott Peck

"The only trick was not to be so awed and frightened by the present that you were not able to see the future that lay within it." - Bill Zeckendorf

Currently Reading - Zeckendorf

Currently reading, Zeckendorf the autobiography of Bill Zeckendorf. The subtitle explains, "The autobiography of the man who played a real-life game of Monopoly and won the largest real estate empire in history." That may be a little hyperbolic but I'm enjoying it all the same. 

Zeckendorf is probably the man most responsible for the United Nations being located in NYC where it is today:

Philadelphia would be selected, and so certain did the choice seem, that in December, 1946, Philadelphia was in process of condemning property for its proposed UN location... 

"We've been up all night patching up the details, but its going to work. The old man [Rockefeller] is going to give that 8.5 million dollars to the UN, and they're going to take your property."... 

On Saturday, December 14, eight days after my first call to [Mayor] O'Dwyer, the General Assembly formally approved New York City as the site for United Nations headquarters...

Another constructive and important result of my involvement with the United Nations is that it led to my first meeting with the Rockefellers, whose vision and magnanimity made the UN settlement in New York possible...

At the dedication ceremonies for the new buildings, my wife and I were seated well to the back of the area, while a great many others, who had far less to do with the realization of the project, were at the front and center of activities...

The official proposed site in NYC was rejected out of hand by the UN and it seemed certain the Philadelphia had beat out San Francisco as the eventual site but for Bill Zeckendorf's foresight and action. Yet it is the Rockefellers who get the credit for changing history and Bill Zeckendorf is largely forgotten.

Like I said - enjoying this book very much.