Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

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Life Advice from F Scott Fitzgerald

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!

Life Advice from F. Scott Fitzgerald

Farnam Street Knowledge

F. Scott Fitzgerald: A List of Thing to Worry About and Things to Not Worry About

Good life advice from an unexpected source (wouldn't have guessed at Fitzgerald being a decent parent).

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!

Farnam Street Knowledge

F. Scott Fitzgerald: A List of Thing to Worry About and Things to Not Worry About

Good life advice from an unexpected source (wouldn't have guessed at Fitzgerald being a decent parent).

Life Advice from F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

 "Visible talent is the result of years of effort applied in the same direction. It looks sexy at the outcome level, but it's incredibly boring at the micro level." - Shane Parrish

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function." - F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in." - Aristotle

"Self-sufficiency is the greatest of all wealth." - Epicurus 

Farnam Street Knowledge

 F. Scott Fitzgerald: A List of Thing to Worry About and Things to Not Worry About

Good life advice from an unexpected source (wouldn't have guessed at Fitzgerald being a decent parent).

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

 "Visible talent is the result of years of effort applied in the same direction. It looks sexy at the outcome level, but it's incredibly boring at the micro level." - Shane Parrish

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function." - F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in." - Aristotle

"Self-sufficiency is the greatest of all wealth." - Epicurus

"When the debate is lost, slander becomes he tool of the loser." - Socrates

"All the returns in life, whether in wealth, relationships, or knowledge, come from compound interest." - Naval Ravikant 

Farnam Street Knowledge

- Too Busy to Pay Attention

- F. Scott Fitzgerald: A List of Things to Worry About and thing to Not Worry About

- What Information Do You Need in Order to Change? 

Quotes for Today

 Here are some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Visible talent is the result of years of effort applied in the same direction. It looks sexy at the outcome level, but it's incredibly boring at the micro level." - Shane Parrish

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function." - F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in." - Aristotle

"Self-sufficiency is the greatest of all wealth." - Epicurus

"When the debate is lost, slander becomes he tool of the loser." - Socrates

"All the returns in life, whether in wealth, relationships, or knowledge, come from compound interest." - Naval Ravikant 

Farnam Street Knowledge

- F. Scott Fitzgerald: A List of Things to Worry About and Things Not to Worry About

- Gresham's Law: Why Bad Drives Out Good as Time Passes. This seems especially true of politicians.

- Muscular Bonding: The Power of Dance and Drill

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- This is interesting - nuclear power is the future. No idea of the scale of that product but if small enough it reminds me of Mr. Fusion from Back to the Future

- Jury returns $2 BILLION verdict against Monsanto for couple with cancer who blamed the cancer on Roundup. Will be interesting to see if this verdict survives appeal.

- F. Scott Fitzgerald's list of things to worry about and things not to worry about

- Yesterday was Rob Gronkowski's 30th birthday. The Patriots put together a highlight reel to celebrate.

- Free Solo and Economic Growth. Interesting read.

- China loses more from this trade war. I've long had the same opinion which is why I think we'll see a Trade Agreement within 6 months.

F Scott Fitzgerald and the Great Gatsby

Interesting look into the life and finances of writer F Scott Fitzgerald.

His masterpiece The Great Gatsby (which has now twice been been made into a major motion picture - what a strange phrase that is - have you ever heard a movie described as a minor motion picture?) was published in 1925. According to Fitzgerald's notes and ledgers - he made $18,333.61 for that year. That would be roughly $250,000 in today's dollars.

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Why were scientists silent over gene-edited babies? And a related question - why are medical doctors silent over infanticide posing as late term abortion?

- Water on Mars. Much less scary than Water of Mars.

- F. Scott Firzgerald: A list of things to worry about and things not to worry about

- Gotta love Bill Walton

- 12 facts about Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels on its 20th anniversary

- Very cool!

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Heh heh - Harry Shearer got fooled by fake congressman from non-existent congressional district. I love the fact that there was not just a fake twitter account for the fake congressman but also one for his "Chief of Staff".

- This week would have been Elvis Presley's 80th birthday. Here's the story of when Donald Rumsfeld met the King.

- After seeing this - I'm guessing Peter King won't be getting an interview from either coach in today's 4:30 game.

- Funny - Nick Dipaulo's Mitch Hedberg story

- Heh heh

- Holy crap what a shot!

- Definitely lost some respect for Mark Jackson after reading this

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- ESNet - the 100 Gbps shadow internet that only the Government has access to

- Raylan vs Boyd - the final Justified showdown

- Losing by 20 and you sack the back-up QB.

- This Jim Carrey as Matthew McConaughey Lincoln ad was great. Wish I knew who the writer was.

- A history of Ultron - the villain in the new Avengers movie

- Interesting - the football genius of F. Scott Fitzgerald

- Heh heh - funny because it's true!

The Great Gatsby

I have read F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby a few times. The first time was for an English class. The next two times because Ernest Hemingway spoke so highly of the book I was sure I was missing something. Each time reading the book felt like a chore to be finished.

I agree completely with this review of the book The Great Gatsby - it just doesn't do anything for me.

For books about the same period in time - give me John Steinbeck's Cannery Row or Hemingway's A Moveable Feast (even though this book wasn't actually published till 1964 - three years after Hemingway's suicide).

I have no desire whatsoever to see the movie.