AOTBE
AOTBE All Other Things Being Equal A useful phrase for discussing...
Tag: Maxim
Giving and Receiving
Blessed are those who can give without remembering and receive without forgetting. Attributed to many sources. So in...
Les Wisdom
"You don’t get in life what you want, you get in life what you are." Les Brown Motivational...
Alfonso X on Aging
"Burn old logs. Drink old wine. Read old books. Keep old friends." Alfonso X of...
Bureaucracy
Bureaucracy is a construction by which a person is conveniently separated from the consequences of his or her...
Tell Me
Don’t tell me what you “think,” just tell me what’s in your portfolio. Nassim Taleb in Skin in the...
Russia (Churchill Quote)
“Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” Winston...
Seeing
What you see is what you want to see. On our tour of Russia we went on a home visit in Uglich a small provincial town....
Looking Ahead (Churchill Quote)
"It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look farther than you can see." Winston...
The Mob
The mob hates due process Photo of the Tsars family before they were killed by the...
