Quotes

The seeking of uniqueness, through art and otherwise, is a developed defense to the evils of group thinking and group action, and the madness

I’d rather have my own suffering than someone else’s solution. – despite suffering from severe depression

recoup the $180 million he personally invested in Temenos. “I think that I exhibited an element of hubris,” he said. Resort development “was not

“Money had no value to my dad. It just his way to keep score, to prove how smart he was outwitting the ‘suckers’.”

accused of theft, he ended up heroically defending the island of run, which was preserved for England instead of the Dutch. The Dutch later

A trader in the spice islands, 1600s, “At home men are famous for doing nothing, here they are infamous for their honest endeavor. At

Anyway, starting in the early 1970s, American monetary policy came to resemble a game of tennis without the net. Relieved of the irksome inhibition

The division of labor is both the source of our wealth,and also the reason we don’t appreciate it, because we have experience with very

WSJ: Why do you have a consumer business? Mr. Premji: One, it’s traditional. Second, it’s a good hobby. It’s a fun business, you can

Urban design has intrigued Mr. Murren since college. He majored in urban studies and art history and took a job as an equity analyst