"When you look like your passport photo, it's time to go home."

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Erma Bombeck

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“There were a number of books about Bill Wilson, and by him, but a lot of the basic biographical tasks had not been done.”
“My first degree was in mathematics. That was great, but it didn't help with many of the things that puzzled me. I became a philosopher because I wanted to understand everything, especially those things that didn't make sense. And that has continued to be my philosophical motivation. That's one reason I have such a roving philosophical eye - once I have figured out a philosophical topic to my satisfaction, I find myself moving on to new problems.”

Source : "Physical". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. April 8, 2013.
“He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment-seat. Oh! be swift my soul to answer him, be jubilant my feet! Our God is marching on.”

Source : Julia Ward Howe (1866). “Later Lyrics”, p.42
“He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.”
“There is always a critical job to be done. There is a sales door to be opened, a credit line to be established, a new important employee to be found, or a business technique to be learned. The venture investor must always be on call to advise, to persuade, to dissuade, to encourage, but always to help build. Then venture capital becomes true creative capital - creating growth for the company and financial success for the investing organization”

Source : Georges Frederic Doriot, Udayan Gupta (2004). “The First Venture Capitalist: Georges Doriot on Leadership, Capital, & Business Organization”, p.73, Calgary : Gondolier
“Men may rise on stepping stones of their dead selves to higher things.”
“Roman influence seeds itself, sprouting mighty oaks right through the modern forest of computers, digital disks, microviruses and space satellites.”
“To see what is in front of oneâ€™s nose needs a constant struggle.”

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