Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves." - Victor Frankl

"It is easy to grin when your ship comes in and you've got the stock market beat. But the man worthwhile is the man who can smile when his shorts are too tight in the seat." - Judge Smails

"Don't spend your time making other people happy. Other people being happy is their problem. It's not your problem. If you are happy, it makes other people happy." - Naval Ravikant

 "Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone." - Saul Bellow

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves." - Victor Frankl

"It is easy to grin when your ship comes in and you've got the stock market beat. But the man worthwhile is the man who can smile when his shorts are too tight in the seat." - Judge Smails

"Don't spend your time making other people happy. Other people being happy is their problem. It's not your problem. If you are happy, it makes other people happy." - Naval Ravikant

"Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation." - Rumi

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

"Never play by the rules. Never pay in cash. And never tell the truth." Ross Johnson former CEO of RJR Nabisco on what he called the three rules of Wall Street. After the past few days it seems clear those three rules apply to Capital Hill too... Good on hockey equipment manufacturer Bauer for helping by making face shields for health workers fighting the Wuhan virus... "When we are no longer able to change a situation , we are challenged to change ourselves." - Victor Frankl... Cool looking building in Idaho actually a nuclear reactor. If it were a home I'd love to live in it... In March of 1917 the US took possession of the US Virgin Islands (formerly the Danish West Indies) after paying Demark $25 million. Talk about great deals! That would be worth about $505 million is today's dollars... What a great movie quote for what we're all going through...