Makes You Think

“There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.” – Twain

“The most surprising thing I found about business was the large concern for finance and low concern for service.” – Henry Ford

“It’s a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn’t want to hear.” —Richard Cavett

“No harm’s done to history by making it something someone would want to read.” – David McCullough

“Some things have to be believed to be seen.” —Ralph Hodgson

“Risk means more things can happen than will happen.” - Elroy DimsonGall’s Law: “A complex system that works invariably evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work.”

“If you can get your work life to where you enjoy half of it, that is amazing. Very few people ever achieve that.” - Bezos

“The dead outnumber the living 14 to 1, and we ignore the accumulated experience of such a huge majority of mankind at our peril.” – Niall Ferguson

“The secret to doing good research is always to be a little underemployed. You waste years by not being able to waste hours.” – Amos Tversky