"A BUSINESSMAN cannot force you to buy his product; if he makes a mistake, He suffers the consequences; if he fails, he takes the loss. A bureaucrat, forces you to obey his decisions, whether you agree with him or not... If he makes a mistake, you suffer the consequences; If he fails, He passes the loss on to you, in the form of heavier taxes."

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Source : "The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z".

#Mistake Quotes #Loss Quotes #Decision Quotes

“I don't buy art. I'd rather buy a beautiful location or a beautiful site than buy art. A beautiful home is like owning a beautiful painting, except you can live in it.”

Source : "The Merchant" by Nick Paumgarten, www.newyorker.com. September 20, 2010.
“Team spirit means you are willing to sacrifice personal considerations for the welfare of all. That defines a team player.”
“I sell myself for the highest price. Exactly like a prostitute. There is no difference.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Suffering is due entirely to clinging or resisting. It is a sign of our unwillingness to move on, to flow with life”
“Any fool can destroy trees. They cannot run away; and if they could, they would still be destroyed-chased and hunted down as long as fun or a dollar could be got of their bark hides.”
“O Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, I would like to be filled with love for You; keep me closely united with You, may my heart be near to Yours. I want to be to You like the apostle John. O Mary of the Rosary, keep me recollected when I say these prayers of yours; bind me forever, with your rosary, to Jesus of the Blessed Sacrament. Blessed be Jesus, my love..”

Source : Pope John XXIII, (2000). “Journal of a Soul”, p.50, A&C Black
“What is impossible to me as an imitator of Christ, becomes perfectly natural as a participant of Christ. It is Only when Christ nullifies the force of my inherent "self' life," and communicates to me a Divine life, that Christian living in its true sense, is at all possible for me.”
“Proposition VIII. When two Undulations, from different Origins, coincide either perfectly or very nearly in Direction, their joint effect is a Combination of the Motions belonging to each.”

Source : Thomas Young, George Peacock, John Leitch (1855). “Miscellaneous Works: Scientific memoirs”, p.157

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