"I think that the failures of Enron and WorldCom and other companies are partially failures of investors to recognize companies that are selling for a thousand times nothing, but chances are they may be worth only that."

-- Arthur Levitt Jr

#Thinking Quotes #May Quotes #Chance Quotes

“I believe strongly that we need to get beyond rhetoric, beyond industry and environmentalists fighting with each other, and seriously solve problems.”

Source : "The Complete Gale Norton Interview". Interview with Alex Pasquariello, www.hcn.org. May 24, 2004.
“Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. Work as hard and as much as you want to on the things you like to do the best. Don't think about what you want to be, but what you want to do. Keep up some kind of a minimum with other things so that society doesn't stop you from doing anything at all.”
“If we expected self-reliance of family groups, if we expected hardiness and resilience and initiative on the part of individuals, and if we rewarded initiative instead of dependence on government, we would not only ameliorate many of the family-related social problems we see at present, but we would also reduce our vulnerability to terrorism. People who are hardy, resilient, and self reliant are a lot harder to terrorize.”
“Is it [hunting] really a sport if you have all the equipment and your opponent doesn't know a game is going on?”
“Murder is the apex of megalomania, the ultimate in control.”

Source : Lucy Freeman (1955). “"Before I Kill More ..."”
“I feel like if it's not scaring you, you're doing it wrong.”
“I grew up with a family that had very little and were at times homeless.”
“If there was strife and contention in the home, very little else in life could compensate for it.”

Source : Lawana Blackwell (2007). “Courtship of the Vicar's Daughter, The”, p.67, Bethany House

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