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 hope may resonate with you. 

"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." - Richard Feynman

"He knew them as worse than all bad weapons, because their existence justified their targets." - John le Carre

"While the rest of us are chasing victory, the best in the world know they must avoid losing before they can win. It turns out this is a surprisingly effective strategy." - Shane Parrish

"You can no more disconnect from the universe and its inhabitants than a wave can extricate itself from the ocean." - Dan Harris

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate  with you.

"Experts are addicts. They solve nothing. They are servants of whatever system hires them." - John le Carre

""The strongest intellectual foundation is built upon science, math, and philosophy, as they are the search for universal truths." - Naval Ravikant

"It's a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear." - Dick Cavett

"Nothing delights the mind as much as loving and loyal friendship." - Seneca

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting you are special too." - Ernest Hemingway

"No one tries to win the moment at the expense of the decade, and yet that is often how it goes." - Shane Parrish

"'There is only now,' he explained finally, his voice now above a murmur, 'There is no other dimension but now. In the past we have done everything badly for the sake of the future. Now we must do everything right for the sake of the present.'" - John le Carre

"I write for the same reason a beaver eats wood, if I don't my teeth will grow long and poke through my brain." - David Mamet

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Don't hope that events will turn out the way you want, welcome events in whichever way they happen: this is the path to peace." - Epictetus

"In Russia we have secrecy and we have loneliness, but we have no word for privacy." - John le Carre

"Make your peace with the fact that saying 'no' often requires trading popularity for respect." - Greg McKeown

"Pacificists become militants. Freedom fighters become tyrants. Blessings become curses. Help becomes hindrance. More becomes less." - Tim Ferriss

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"What one man calls God, another calls the law of physics." - Nikola Tesla

"Physics is the law, everything else is a recommendation." - Elon Musk

"I create my own luck. I'm a successful gambler because I never bet on an event I'm not sure of in advance." - Arnold Rothstein

"I learn by going where I need to go." - John le Carre

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Great minds have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein

"Amateurs built the Ark, professionals built the Titanic." - Amy Rees Anderson

"Name me a single Russian worth his salt who could face the problems of his country sober!" - John le Carre

"And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good." - John Steinbeck

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Master the best of what other people have already figured out. This is how you turn the hindsight of others into your foresight." - Shane Parrish

"Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of their way and let them have it." - Dwight D. Eisenhower

"One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being." - May Sarton

"But Clive knew nothing of unfairness because he knew nothing of its opposite." - John le Carre

Currently Reading

Here's the books I'm currently reading: 

Just finishing up Michael Lombardi's latest book Football Done Right. Will probably do a Substack post on this book soon but I highly recommend it. Perhaps the best book on the NFL I've read. Liking it so much because I'm also reading it in Lombardi's voice.

Reading Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson. At the point where PayPal was just sold in the book. So far enjoying it very much.

Re-reading The Russia House by John le Carre. Have read the book and seen the movie in the past but am finding the context of the War in Ukraine gives the book deeper meaning than I appreciated in the past. Am having a hard time picturing Barley as anyone but Sean Connery though.

About halfway through Tim Ferriss's Tools of Titans. The Internet related content may be somewhat outdated but finding great book recommendations and timeless quotes. Still feel a real-world MBA based on just the books of Walter Isaacson and Tim Ferriss would be a big winner. 

The Russia House

"The American strategists can sleep in peace. Their nightmares cannot be realized. The Soviet knight is dying inside his armour. He is a secondary power like you British. He can start a war but cannot continue one and cannot win one. Believe me." - The Russia House by John Le Carre 

Copywrite 1989. Think on that.

Quotes for Today

 Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"You get paid linearly for analyzing and solving problems and non-linearly for spotting and seizing opportunities." - Shane Parrish

"I'm not afraid of the media. Why should anyone listen to the media? Who are these people? What makes them experts? What have they accomplished?" - Dana White

"There's one thing worse than change and that's the status quo." - John Le Carre

"You have to lower your ideals of freedom if you want to suck on the warm teat of China." - South Park

How Smiley’s People Conquered Britain

If you're a fan of author John Le Carre (real name David Cornwell - you learn something new every day) then this article should be of interest to you.  The article is supposed to be a review of two new biographies of John le Carre (aka David Cornwell) but is really how le Carre showed the British establishment from the outsider's point of view which opened the window into that world for the reader.

I have to admit I have a soft spot in my heart for the book Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy but more so for the movie. Tinker, Tailor is one of those movies that I'll stop and watch every time I come across it while scrolling through my options. What a great cast in that flick.

HT Execupundit

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

 "Jill Biden has the same degree as Bill Cosby." - Dan McLaughlin

"You get paid linearly for analyzing and solving problems and non-linearly for spotting and seizing opportunities." - Shane Parrish

"I'm not afraid of the media. Why should anyone listen to the media? Who are these people? What makes them experts? What have they accomplished?" - Dana White

"There's one thing worse than change and that's the status quo." - John Le Carre

Quotes for Today

Some quotes that I hope may resonate with you.

"When immigration is done by single individuals, it is immigration. When done by groups, it is invasion." - Nassim Taleb

"But test and prove all things until you can recognize what is good; to that hold fast." - 1 Thessalonians 5:21

"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." - Arthur Schopenhauer

"When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said Let us pray. We closed our eyes. When we opened them, we had the Bible and they had the land." - Desmond Tutu

"Jill Biden has the same degree as Bill Cosby." - Dan McLaughlin

"You get paid linearly for analyzing and solving problems and non-linearly for spotting and seizing opportunities." - Shane Parrish

"There's one thing worse than change and that's the status quo." - John Le Carre

Linky Links

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

- A doctor on 9 things that could go wrong with the new vaccines. My worry is that #3 and #9 somehow get combined.

- After the pandemic, a pile of IOU's. The pandemic has caused $12 TRILLION in new debt worldwide.

- Cool - Cell signaling technologies. This could easily be hosted at an art gallery.

- John le Carre has passed aged 89. The Russia House is an under-rated book of his and his The Tailor of Panama his most fun. 

-  The American Medical Association rescinds previous statement against prescription of hydroxychloroquine.  Did the science change or the political situation?

- "This is obviously not good" is the understatement of the decade.