"This will remain so after Hurricane Katrina disappears from the front pages of our newspapers. Long ago. it was said that 'one half of the world does not know how the other half lives. '... It did not know because it did not care... until some flagrant outrage on decency and the health of the community aroused it to noisy but ephemeral indignation."

-- Jacob August Riis

#Long Quotes #Community Quotes #Hurricanes Quotes

“Most of all I grieve for my soul because even though I do, finally, believe there is a God, and that I have met him, I do not know if he has given me an immortal soul, but only one that was to last me as long as my body lasted. I do not know if when the last page of my book is closed, that will be the end of me.”
“Smart phones are re-inventing the connections between companies and their customers.”
“As a drumset player I look outside the typical canon of drums - jazz and rock. When I hear something like the "Monkey Chant", even though there are no instruments on it at all, the rhythms are so intriguing.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“I am asked often about Abraham Lincoln's mistakes and faults; he certainly made some mistakes. I have chapter in President Lincoln about the Powhatan affair that was a royal screw-up in the early days - right alongside the Sumter affair. Lincoln signed letters he should not signed, and the ship was sent to two places at one under two captains etc. Fortunately, no great harm. Lincoln took the blame and did not do anything like that again.”
“My favorite Bond films are the really early ones, the first ones in fact, like 'Dr. No' and 'From Russia with Love.'”
“Youth is fleeting and life is short, you might as well strike hard. Anything else is just average.”
“Singing is an arduous business and it needs sacrifices.”

Source : "Soprano soundtrack" by Will Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. December 19, 2003.
“To be a value investor, you have to be willing [and able] to suffer pain.”

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