The Trojans lost the war because they fell for a really dumb trick. hey, there's a gigantic wooden horse outside read more

The Trojans lost the war because they fell for a really dumb trick. hey, there's a gigantic wooden horse outside and all the Greeks have left. Let's bring it inside! Not a formula for long-term survival. Now if they had formed a task force to study the Trojan Horse and report back to a committee, everyone wouldn't have been massacred.. Who says middle management is useless?

It is impossible to understand the history of economic thought if one does not pay attention to the fact that read more

It is impossible to understand the history of economic thought if one does not pay attention to the fact that economics as such is a challenge to the conceit of those in power.

If you're not a white male, consider sales seriously. Most employers, regardless of how sexist or racist they may be, read more

If you're not a white male, consider sales seriously. Most employers, regardless of how sexist or racist they may be, will pay for any sales they can get. And they care little for the color or gender of the person who brings that business to the firm. Most will be glad to get the business even if it comes from a green, bisexual Martian.

Don't buy the house, buy the neighborhood.

Don't buy the house, buy the neighborhood.

If you can run one business well, you can run any business well.

If you can run one business well, you can run any business well.

When we are in competition with ourselves, and match our todays against our yesterdays, we derive encouragement from past misfortunes read more

When we are in competition with ourselves, and match our todays against our yesterdays, we derive encouragement from past misfortunes and blemishes. Moreover, the competition with ourselves leaves unimpaired our benevolence toward our fellow men.

My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants.

My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants.

Avarice is the vice of declining years.

Avarice is the vice of declining years.

Because bankers measure their self-worth in money, and pay themselves a lot of it, they think they're fine fellows and read more

Because bankers measure their self-worth in money, and pay themselves a lot of it, they think they're fine fellows and don't need to explain themselves.