Showing posts with label Patrick Collinson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Patrick Collinson. Show all posts

Sunday, November 17, 2024

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!

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Wherever the ways of man are gentle, there is commerce, and wherever there is commerce, the ways of men are gentle." - Montesquieu

"We need more cowbell." - Christopher Walken

"Random violence makes the news precisely because it is so rare; routine acts of kindness does not make the news precisely because it is so commonplace." - Matt Ridley 

"Operation Warp Speed specifically was an excellent idea and has worked out great - Novavax vaccine wouldn't exist without it." - Patrick Collison

"That's the reason they're called lessons, they lessen from day to day." - Lewis Carroll

"Energy and persistence conquer all things." - Benjamin Franklin

Linky Links

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

- Interesting interview of Patrick Collison, co-founder and CEO of Stripe. I find Collison a fascinating character.

Morgan Housel: Investing - the Greatest Show on Earth

- The Miseducation of America's Elites. Woke Culture IS the new Scientology. What a great analogy from Bari Weiss. Khan Academy looks like a better and better option for parents.

- SpaceX moves to beam Starlink Internet into trucks, boats and aircraft. I predicted this months ago. Just the 18-wheelers and yachts could eat up the million licenses Starlink has from the FCC.