"Being an entrepreneur is an existential, not just a financial thing."

-- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#Entrepreneur Quotes #Financial Quotes #Existential Quotes

“Letâ€™s hope the institution of marriage survives its detractors, for without it there would be no more adultery and without adultery two thirds of our novelists would stand in line for unemployment checks.”
“The sunlight ... that strikes Earthâ€™s land surface in two hours is equivalent to total human energy use in a year. While much of that sunlight becomes heat, solar energy is also responsible for the energy embodied in wind, hydro, wave, and biomass, each with the potential to be harnessed for human use. Only a small portion of that enormous daily, renewable flux of energy will ever be needed by humanity.”
“Of beer, an enthusiast has said that it could never be bad, but that some brands might be better than others.”
“To have somone hold you could be the greatest medicine of all.”
“Cuba is a poor country. Most of the Cubans who leave only do so if they can find better economic conditions elsewhere. That's why we need changes. We have to offer incentives to keep people here. We have to create more attractive policies for young people, so that it also makes economic sense for them to stay. We need growth and a better quality of life for everyone.”
“Well, I'm not good with sliminess. I hate the thought of creatures that have slime on them or creatures that leave a slimy trail. At home, the sight of a slug can bring up my breakfast.”
“I started by hacking around the back yard in Richmond.”
“We look on those approaching the banks of a river all must cross, with ten times the interest they excited when dancing in the meadow.”

Source : Hester Lynch Piozzi (1861). “Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)”, p.367

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