"Whoever after due and proper warning shall be heard to utter the abominable word "Frisco", which has no linguistic or other warrant, shall be deemed guilty of High Misdemeanour, and shall pay into the Imperial Treasury as penalty the sum of twenty-five dollars."

-- Emperor Norton

#San Francisco Quotes #Twenties Quotes #Dollars Quotes

“In business, as in life, all that matters is that you do something positive.”
“As a young athlete, it was first about having fun; then it was about winning.”
“[This approach] displays the characteristic philosophical lust to vanquish the skeptic by arguing him out of his skepticism, without appeal to moral and political considerations or to the facts of everyday life. [...] But more often than not, if you give the skeptic everything he wants, then he will be successful in repulsing your attacks and terrorizing your position.”
“Geography is destiny.”
“At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent.”

Source : Barbara Bush (1994). “Barbara Bush: A Memoir”, Scribner
“It isn't myself that's important in this transaction apparently; the individual doesn't count much in the situation...all of us are more or less pawns. We're moved about like chessmen by circumstances over which we have no control.”
“The song of the curved line is called happiness.”
“Dead we become the lumber of the world.”

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